Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 5937 07 Nov 2025, 20:07

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 36:46.936 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:21.563
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.011
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 2:3.359
And I update APT using apt 7.428
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 9.548
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.227
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.189
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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44.594
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 13.178
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 21.852
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.408
And persistence is disabled 0.139
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 9.014
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.025
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:38.739
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 14.850
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.411
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.145
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 26.725
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.703
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.820
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:43.475
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.549
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.057
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.759
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.019
Tags: @product
40.494
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 11.114
And the system is very low on memory 5.743
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.301
When I try to create a persistent partition 5.415
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.143
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.721
And I free up some memory 1.214
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 13.253
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.586
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.177
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:26.418
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 14.219
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.454
And all tps features are active 2.656
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.321
When I disable the first tps feature 2.774
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.252
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.605
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:46.917
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.217
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.295
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
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16.992
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.038
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 10.919
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.097
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.070
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.088
When I disable the first tps feature 2.847
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.075
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.052
When I enable the first tps feature 2.696
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.063
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.081
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.863
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
17.673
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 11.022
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.091
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.108
And I disable the first tps feature 3.110
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.288
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.052
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.733
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:4.516
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 11.022
And the network is plugged 0.073
And Tor is ready 23.185
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.594
When I write some files expected to persist 1.382
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.411
# 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" 19.846
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.399
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:30.560
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.010
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 10.561
And the network is plugged 0.094
And Tor is ready 12.311
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.201
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.278
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:45.296
And I capture all network traffic 0.006
And the network is plugged 0.059
And Tor is ready 13.034
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.429
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.102
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.183
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.045
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.054
Tags: @product
56.570
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 stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 14.224
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.107
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 18.825
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 22.413
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.426
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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4:0.012
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 12.047
When I enable persistence 23.942
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 15.300
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 40.667
And I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 29.516
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.160
When I cold reboot the computer 12.830
And the computer reboots Tails 1:11.331
Given I enable persistence 20.546
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.607
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 12.905
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.155
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.998
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.012
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3:46.815
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 enabled and logged in 13.605
# 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 38.935
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.539
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 2:19.899
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 24.835
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.406
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product
57.920
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 11.552
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 20.755
Then persistence is disabled 0.111
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 8.198
And all notifications have disappeared 11.108
When I delete the persistent partition 5.753
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.440
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.600
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:9.491
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 10.786
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.076
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.701
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:46.245
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.680
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.188
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
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1:0.657
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 10.125
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.074
When I try to enable persistence 1.446
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 19.540
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 12.705
And all notifications have disappeared 10.792
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.483
And all tps features are enabled 2.507
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.980
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.734
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
6:41.001
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 5:55.236
And I enable persistence 29.491
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 13.313
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.697
And persistence is enabled 2.261
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.954
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
35.376
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.013
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 10.099
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 24.591
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.685
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.049
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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46.439
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 12.641
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 13.255
When I enable persistence 17.929
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.049
And persistence is successfully enabled 2.562
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.164
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
36.223
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 11.413
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 14.215
When I try to enable persistence 1.550
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 4.922
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.277
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.283
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.064
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.260
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.234
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.902
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
1:7.068
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 14.223
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.073
When I try to enable persistence 1.287
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 15.551
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.410
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.054
When I log in to a new session 16.335
And all notifications have disappeared 11.229
# 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" 0.227
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.668
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.242
Then the Tor Browser starts 3.459
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.304
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.874
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
1:7.806
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 10.878
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 16.631
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.373
When I try to enable persistence 1.301
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 7.811
When I log in to a new session 13.041
And all notifications have disappeared 11.854
Then the Tor Browser starts 4.748
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.166
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.931
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000