Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 5940 10 Nov 2025, 12:12

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 33:8.229 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:12.170
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 1:57.245
And I update APT using apt 7.476
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.380
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.067
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.996
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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40.491
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 14.415
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 19.046
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.408
And persistence is disabled 0.131
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.489
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.096
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:23.343
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 13.799
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.436
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.141
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 24.149
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.763
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.104
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:35.656
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.223
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.068
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.084
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
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37.606
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 11.106
And the system is very low on memory 5.312
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.239
When I try to create a persistent partition 5.299
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.162
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.494
And I free up some memory 1.205
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 11.159
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.625
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.966
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:19.652
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 13.596
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.450
And all tps features are active 2.358
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.246
When I disable the first tps feature 3.072
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.540
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 13.000
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:40.416
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.970
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.703
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
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17.041
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 10.796
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.116
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.063
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.068
When I disable the first tps feature 3.110
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.157
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.042
When I enable the first tps feature 2.543
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.077
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.063
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.904
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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16.960
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 10.285
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.089
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.073
And I disable the first tps feature 3.189
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.258
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.065
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.210
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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54.453
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 10.006
And the network is plugged 0.065
And Tor is ready 13.202
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.725
When I write some files expected to persist 1.385
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.918
# 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" 18.149
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.343
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:23.604
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 10.410
And the network is plugged 0.058
And Tor is ready 10.888
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.165
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.814
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:40.246
And I capture all network traffic 0.006
And the network is plugged 0.067
And Tor is ready 13.243
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.396
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.073
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.232
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.892
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.089
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53.261
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 12.357
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.124
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 17.826
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 21.954
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.772
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:39.552
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 12.620
When I enable persistence 25.857
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 15.228
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 40.204
And I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 29.107
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.180
When I cold reboot the computer 7.356
And the computer reboots Tails 1:4.099
Given I enable persistence 12.346
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.507
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.877
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.166
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.965
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
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2:50.686
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 11.566
# 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 28.206
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.458
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:38.646
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 22.808
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.257
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.019
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49.403
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.009
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 11.156
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 18.514
Then persistence is disabled 0.110
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.619
And all notifications have disappeared 10.573
When I delete the persistent partition 3.021
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.408
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.241
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:4.980
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 11.093
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.075
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.447
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:42.102
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.261
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.863
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.030
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57.227
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 9.932
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.080
When I try to enable persistence 2.363
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 17.204
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 12.167
And all notifications have disappeared 9.518
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.489
And all tps features are enabled 2.432
And all tps features but the first one are active 2.039
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.191
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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6:2.438
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 5:18.342
And I enable persistence 28.610
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 12.686
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.640
And persistence is enabled 2.159
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 2.084
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
33.198
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 9.467
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 22.953
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.777
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.777
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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42.875
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 10.143
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 13.809
When I enable persistence 16.472
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.065
And persistence is successfully enabled 2.384
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.193
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
35.764
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 10.146
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 12.954
When I try to enable persistence 2.422
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 5.543
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.290
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.344
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.598
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.319
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.146
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.962
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
56.784
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 9.789
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.090
When I try to enable persistence 2.369
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 13.832
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.208
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.044
When I log in to a new session 13.215
And all notifications have disappeared 10.934
# 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" 0.250
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.526
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.282
Then the Tor Browser starts 2.091
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.149
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.958
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
56.731
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 10.124
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 13.308
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.321
When I try to enable persistence 2.398
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 4.537
When I log in to a new session 12.020
And all notifications have disappeared 9.979
Then the Tor Browser starts 2.623
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.417
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.910
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000