Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 5923 31 Oct 2025, 14:23

Feature Report

Steps Scenarios Features
Feature Passed Failed Skipped Pending Undefined Total Passed Failed Total Duration Status
Tails persistence 157 0 0 0 0 157 21 0 21 34:50.839 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:4.264
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:47.968
And I update APT using apt 8.366
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.514
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.415
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.874
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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33.523
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.068
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 17.007
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.341
And persistence is disabled 0.136
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.969
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.096
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:19.454
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 12.199
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.371
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.164
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 21.926
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.521
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.727
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:34.866
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.618
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.058
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.964
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
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38.955
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 9.896
And the system is very low on memory 5.056
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.572
When I try to create a persistent partition 6.120
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.185
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.616
And I free up some memory 1.239
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 12.686
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.582
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.278
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:12.144
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 9.853
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.377
And all tps features are active 2.407
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.296
When I disable the first tps feature 3.360
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.490
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.353
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:39.748
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.257
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.814
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product
16.724
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 10.473
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.092
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.076
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.079
When I disable the first tps feature 3.199
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.081
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.078
When I enable the first tps feature 2.513
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.063
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.067
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.130
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
16.487
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 9.956
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.081
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.090
And I disable the first tps feature 3.143
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.151
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.062
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.869
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
54.137
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 10.124
And the network is plugged 0.115
And Tor is ready 13.832
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.690
When I write some files expected to persist 1.428
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.130
# XXX: The next step succeeds (and the --debug output confirms that it's actually looking for the files) but will fail in a subsequent scenario restoring the same snapshot. This exactly what we want, but why does it work? What is guestfs's behaviour when qcow2 internal snapshots are involved?
Then only the expected files are present on the persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 18.815
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.206
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:28.601
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 9.954
And the network is plugged 0.065
And Tor is ready 13.240
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.169
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.215
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:40.849
And I capture all network traffic 0.031
And the network is plugged 0.070
And Tor is ready 12.326
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.405
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.108
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.166
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.998
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.069
Tags: @product
51.234
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 12.746
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.093
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 16.069
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 21.325
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.100
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:37.053
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.376
When I enable persistence 21.771
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 15.387
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 40.683
And I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 29.254
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.206
When I cold reboot the computer 10.512
And the computer reboots Tails 1:3.647
Given I enable persistence 12.903
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.596
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 12.550
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.163
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.980
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.014
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2:52.386
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 10.199
# Note that if anything fails after the passphrase was changed and
# before it's changed back below, subsequent scenarios might fail
# because the Persistent Storage doesn't have the expected passphrase.
When I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage 29.676
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.650
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:40.163
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 22.696
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.160
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.019
Tags: @product
49.365
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.016
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.906
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 18.679
Then persistence is disabled 0.170
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.372
And all notifications have disappeared 11.068
When I delete the persistent partition 3.521
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.645
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.051
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:3.608
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 10.426
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.270
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.711
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:42.878
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.320
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.882
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
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59.169
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.007
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 10.013
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.065
When I try to enable persistence 1.377
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 18.855
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 12.010
And all notifications have disappeared 10.370
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.478
And all tps features are enabled 2.570
And all tps features but the first one are active 2.427
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.913
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
8:15.887
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7:29.394
And I enable persistence 30.190
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 13.162
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.744
And persistence is enabled 2.395
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.874
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
33.097
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.393
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 23.000
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.703
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.038
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
38.146
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.675
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 12.811
When I enable persistence 12.975
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.077
And persistence is successfully enabled 2.605
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.076
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
32.629
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.933
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 12.826
When I try to enable persistence 1.386
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 4.297
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.333
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.263
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.059
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.287
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.239
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.158
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
55.960
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.011
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 10.047
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.070
When I try to enable persistence 1.283
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 14.127
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.328
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.053
When I log in to a new session 13.020
And all notifications have disappeared 10.895
# Now both WhisperBack and Tor Browser has started at the same
# time, so we do not know which window is focused. The steps about
# Tor Browser care about that, but the ones about WhisperBack do
# not, so we first deal with WhisperBack and then kill it to
# ensure that Tor Browser is focused.
Then WhisperBack is prefilled for fsck with summary: "Failed to repair the file system of your Persistent Storage" 0.244
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.491
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.283
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.895
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.218
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.335
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
58.006
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 10.287
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 13.040
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.481
When I try to enable persistence 1.324
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 5.026
When I log in to a new session 12.441
And all notifications have disappeared 10.761
Then the Tor Browser starts 2.417
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.224
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.226
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000