Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 5925 02 Nov 2025, 12:07

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 33:31.730 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:13.044
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:57.669
And I update APT using apt 8.062
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.354
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.959
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.846
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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39.799
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 14.128
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 18.566
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.467
And persistence is disabled 0.129
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.507
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.431
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:21.851
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 13.280
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.371
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.122
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 23.937
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.639
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.349
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:34.854
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.233
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.062
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.076
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
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38.914
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 11.529
And the system is very low on memory 4.809
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.382
When I try to create a persistent partition 5.736
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.148
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.579
And I free up some memory 1.031
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 12.121
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.574
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.951
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:18.449
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 13.679
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.354
And all tps features are active 2.049
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.210
When I disable the first tps feature 3.098
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.161
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.494
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:43.458
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.942
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.874
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
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16.703
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 10.930
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.075
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.131
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.068
When I disable the first tps feature 2.710
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.061
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.046
When I enable the first tps feature 2.548
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.065
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.064
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.241
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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17.227
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 10.790
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.118
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.113
And I disable the first tps feature 3.121
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.028
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.056
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.407
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:24.690
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 10.355
And the network is plugged 0.061
And Tor is ready 43.798
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.608
When I write some files expected to persist 1.255
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.816
# 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" 17.793
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.253
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:28.093
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.014
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 10.513
And the network is plugged 0.061
And Tor is ready 11.584
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.139
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.024
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:40.595
And I capture all network traffic 0.006
And the network is plugged 0.059
And Tor is ready 13.443
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.392
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.076
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.195
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.947
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.062
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55.130
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 stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 12.794
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.100
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 17.822
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 23.413
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.570
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:41.283
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 13.255
When I enable persistence 23.677
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 15.219
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 40.300
And I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 29.419
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.161
When I cold reboot the computer 7.465
And the computer reboots Tails 1:6.657
Given I enable persistence 12.094
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.582
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 12.300
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.147
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.757
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.012
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2:48.603
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 10.666
# 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 29.138
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.501
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:38.787
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 20.509
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.251
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
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48.889
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 10.546
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 18.396
Then persistence is disabled 0.128
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.730
And all notifications have disappeared 10.512
When I delete the persistent partition 3.040
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.535
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.300
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:3.583
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 11.337
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.096
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.065
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:41.802
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.282
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.799
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
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56.188
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 10.259
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.058
When I try to enable persistence 1.343
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 17.049
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.475
And all notifications have disappeared 10.357
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.416
And all tps features are enabled 2.230
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.998
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.975
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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6:7.782
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 5:22.767
And I enable persistence 30.024
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 12.112
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.659
And persistence is enabled 2.218
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.900
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
31.320
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.670
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 20.851
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.798
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.337
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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34.072
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 10.676
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 10.849
When I enable persistence 9.904
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.073
And persistence is successfully enabled 2.568
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.109
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
32.626
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 9.876
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 13.569
When I try to enable persistence 1.321
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.782
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.313
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.278
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.053
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.275
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.155
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.267
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
55.369
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 10.018
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.064
When I try to enable persistence 1.278
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 13.325
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.337
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.067
When I log in to a new session 13.653
And all notifications have disappeared 10.681
# 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" 0.176
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.434
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.253
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.885
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.192
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 2.890
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
58.104
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 with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 10.022
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 11.940
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.460
When I try to enable persistence 1.363
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 4.535
When I log in to a new session 16.597
And all notifications have disappeared 8.996
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.935
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.252
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.037
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000