Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 5938 08 Nov 2025, 12:05

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 33:32.153 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:10.258
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 1:55.582
And I update APT using apt 7.270
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.270
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.135
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.028
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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39.768
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 13.272
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 19.065
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.323
And persistence is disabled 0.127
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.980
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.353
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:25.622
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 14.084
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.418
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.112
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 24.932
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.577
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.695
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:35.509
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.239
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.052
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.860
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
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39.464
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 11.136
And the system is very low on memory 5.424
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.408
When I try to create a persistent partition 5.709
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.166
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.521
And I free up some memory 0.959
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 12.521
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.616
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.938
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:13.092
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 12.119
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.539
And all tps features are active 2.612
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.452
When I disable the first tps feature 3.191
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.059
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.459
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:36.278
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.381
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.077
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
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18.317
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 11.950
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.079
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.081
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.088
When I disable the first tps feature 3.191
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.065
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.105
When I enable the first tps feature 2.626
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.061
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.065
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.085
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
16.330
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 9.806
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.076
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.069
And I disable the first tps feature 3.142
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.188
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.047
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.021
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
52.246
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 10.107
And the network is plugged 0.079
And Tor is ready 13.495
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.828
When I write some files expected to persist 1.336
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.241
# 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" 18.156
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.095
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:54.830
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 10.170
And the network is plugged 0.056
And Tor is ready 41.276
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.153
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.796
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:41.813
And I capture all network traffic 0.005
And the network is plugged 0.049
And Tor is ready 12.858
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.368
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.075
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.206
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.177
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.089
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51.446
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 without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 13.082
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.135
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 16.486
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 20.742
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.892
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:44.731
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.018
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 13.659
When I enable persistence 23.573
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 15.159
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 40.372
And I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 30.049
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.160
When I cold reboot the computer 10.547
And the computer reboots Tails 1:5.498
Given I enable persistence 12.521
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.472
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 12.508
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.206
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.875
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.012
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2:51.662
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 12.881
# 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 29.905
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.090
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:39.256
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 21.529
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.069
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.013
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48.608
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 10.832
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 17.855
Then persistence is disabled 0.107
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.517
And all notifications have disappeared 10.798
When I delete the persistent partition 3.100
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.396
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.802
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:56.927
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 9.680
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.065
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.682
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:37.225
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.272
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.003
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
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56.841
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 10.527
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.061
When I try to enable persistence 1.311
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 16.490
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 12.981
And all notifications have disappeared 9.556
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.331
And all tps features are enabled 2.497
And all tps features but the first one are active 2.084
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.251
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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6:25.404
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 5:42.624
And I enable persistence 27.347
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 12.376
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.811
And persistence is enabled 2.244
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.826
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
31.065
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 9.243
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 21.108
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.712
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.040
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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33.691
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 10.589
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 11.376
When I enable persistence 9.299
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.071
And persistence is successfully enabled 2.355
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.627
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
32.904
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 10.539
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 11.900
When I try to enable persistence 1.401
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 4.886
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.318
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.269
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.095
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.325
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.167
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.216
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
55.332
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 9.852
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.102
When I try to enable persistence 1.388
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 13.116
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.305
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.047
When I log in to a new session 13.467
And all notifications have disappeared 10.715
# 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 0.598
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.216
Then the Tor Browser starts 2.010
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.262
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.290
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
53.606
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 9.923
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 12.075
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.331
When I try to enable persistence 1.349
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 4.183
When I log in to a new session 13.124
And all notifications have disappeared 9.068
Then the Tor Browser starts 2.275
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.273
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.041
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000