Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 5928 03 Nov 2025, 15:52

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 33:29.394 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:13.114
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 1:57.425
And I update APT using apt 7.735
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.468
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.485
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.842
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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40.923
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 13.398
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 18.598
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.336
And persistence is disabled 0.133
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 8.455
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.310
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:25.827
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 13.671
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.426
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.154
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 24.723
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.573
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.535
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:36.099
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.585
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.057
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.035
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
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39.000
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 10.649
And the system is very low on memory 5.253
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.299
When I try to create a persistent partition 5.862
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.157
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.567
And I free up some memory 1.184
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 12.452
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.574
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.953
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:22.869
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.008
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 12.596
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.413
And all tps features are active 2.318
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.148
When I disable the first tps feature 3.076
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.891
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.532
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:45.846
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.047
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 4.625
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
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25.446
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 19.177
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.117
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.069
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.067
When I disable the first tps feature 3.114
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.069
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.071
When I enable the first tps feature 2.646
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.065
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.048
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.905
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
16.815
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 10.432
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.094
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.088
And I disable the first tps feature 3.070
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.066
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.062
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.134
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
55.216
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 10.238
And the network is plugged 0.061
And Tor is ready 13.715
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.592
When I write some files expected to persist 1.351
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.017
# 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" 18.239
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.581
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:23.882
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 10.793
And the network is plugged 0.080
And Tor is ready 11.255
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.160
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.009
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:37.209
And I capture all network traffic 0.006
And the network is plugged 0.060
And Tor is ready 12.568
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.399
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.106
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.232
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.214
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.043
Tags: @product
53.029
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 stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 13.107
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.188
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 17.349
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 21.383
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.479
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:41.354
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 13.236
When I enable persistence 25.387
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 15.227
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 40.147
And I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 29.809
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.202
When I cold reboot the computer 7.421
And the computer reboots Tails 1:5.190
Given I enable persistence 12.761
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.558
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.227
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.184
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.495
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.014
Tags: @product
3:5.325
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 12.813
# 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 33.250
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.323
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:49.191
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 20.745
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.243
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.015
Tags: @product
51.522
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 11.022
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 18.417
Then persistence is disabled 0.118
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 7.534
And all notifications have disappeared 11.026
When I delete the persistent partition 2.979
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.423
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.851
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:1.144
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 11.371
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.069
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.962
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:38.468
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.272
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.791
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.019
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56.623
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 10.021
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.051
When I try to enable persistence 1.335
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 16.470
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 12.818
And all notifications have disappeared 10.023
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.365
And all tps features are enabled 2.508
And all tps features but the first one are active 2.028
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.992
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
6:5.706
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 5:19.522
And I enable persistence 30.820
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 12.401
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.671
And persistence is enabled 2.289
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.553
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
31.009
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 9.625
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 20.691
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.693
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.883
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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36.909
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 10.803
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 11.580
When I enable persistence 12.075
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.058
And persistence is successfully enabled 2.391
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.966
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
32.582
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 10.074
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 11.993
When I try to enable persistence 1.349
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 4.753
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.385
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.275
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.059
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.305
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.386
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.113
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
55.386
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.556
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.066
When I try to enable persistence 1.415
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 13.709
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.405
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.066
When I log in to a new session 13.567
And all notifications have disappeared 10.059
# 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" 0.247
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.501
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.362
Then the Tor Browser starts 2.192
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.236
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.984
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
55.705
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 10.088
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 12.485
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.411
When I try to enable persistence 1.300
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.600
When I log in to a new session 13.110
And all notifications have disappeared 9.653
Then the Tor Browser starts 2.621
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.433
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.874
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000