Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 5932 05 Nov 2025, 12:23

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 36:13.135 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:26.165
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 2:4.776
And I update APT using apt 13.556
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.845
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.987
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.572
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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50.761
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 13.514
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 28.839
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.491
And persistence is disabled 0.133
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 7.781
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.473
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:40.331
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 logged in 14.765
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.546
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.127
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 25.636
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.640
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 13.954
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:44.388
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.208
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.063
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.930
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.012
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41.116
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 logged in 11.425
And the system is very low on memory 5.607
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.280
When I try to create a persistent partition 5.691
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.169
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.904
And I free up some memory 1.584
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 12.827
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.626
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.059
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:31.277
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 14.237
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.440
And all tps features are active 2.190
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.545
When I disable the first tps feature 3.261
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.926
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.979
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:49.966
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.729
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.739
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
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18.359
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 11.622
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.127
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.095
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.077
When I disable the first tps feature 3.218
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.086
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.064
When I enable the first tps feature 2.910
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.089
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.067
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.015
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
18.234
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 10.294
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.082
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.074
And I disable the first tps feature 4.045
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.688
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.050
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.306
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:4.436
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 10.304
And the network is plugged 0.065
And Tor is ready 16.724
And I take note of which tps features are available 4.016
When I write some files expected to persist 2.696
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.495
# 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" 19.133
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.463
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:42.497
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 enabled and logged in 11.151
And the network is plugged 0.061
And Tor is ready 11.539
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.181
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.418
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:53.335
And I capture all network traffic 0.059
And the network is plugged 1.011
And Tor is ready 12.993
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.463
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.074
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.205
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.154
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.043
Tags: @product
58.866
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 14.104
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.123
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 19.318
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 24.319
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.854
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:54.051
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 14.347
When I enable persistence 25.049
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 15.546
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 41.073
And I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 30.661
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.224
When I cold reboot the computer 10.904
And the computer reboots Tails 1:9.023
Given I enable persistence 12.926
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.602
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 13.525
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.166
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.013
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product
3:11.811
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 14.892
# 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 40.382
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.757
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:46.442
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 22.335
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.389
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product
55.541
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 11.594
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 21.793
Then persistence is disabled 0.110
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.837
And all notifications have disappeared 11.112
When I delete the persistent partition 3.534
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.558
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.363
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:13.860
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 12.337
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.090
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.482
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:49.626
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.322
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.726
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.012
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1:4.935
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 12.282
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.063
When I try to enable persistence 1.294
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 19.217
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 14.813
And all notifications have disappeared 9.816
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.925
And all tps features are enabled 2.509
And all tps features but the first one are active 3.012
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.520
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
6:31.464
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 5:42.101
And I enable persistence 33.133
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 13.445
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.610
And persistence is enabled 2.172
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.175
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
32.298
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 10.240
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 21.256
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.801
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.165
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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42.473
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 12.391
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 12.410
When I enable persistence 14.915
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.063
And persistence is successfully enabled 2.692
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.258
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
36.382
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 10.866
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 12.427
When I try to enable persistence 1.448
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 6.846
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.332
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.265
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.579
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.319
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.296
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.319
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
1:0.571
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 10.401
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.073
When I try to enable persistence 1.383
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 14.871
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.332
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.052
When I log in to a new session 14.911
And all notifications have disappeared 12.323
# 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" 0.283
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.562
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.231
Then the Tor Browser starts 2.056
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.087
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.071
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
57.698
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 10.098
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 11.900
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.432
When I try to enable persistence 1.394
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 5.808
When I log in to a new session 12.620
And all notifications have disappeared 10.374
Then the Tor Browser starts 2.718
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.350
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.720
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000