Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 5943 11 Nov 2025, 15:50

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 36:5.503 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:28.857
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.017
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 2:10.053
And I update APT using apt 8.423
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 9.407
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.972
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.760
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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44.046
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 14.923
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 20.217
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.322
And persistence is disabled 0.145
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 8.438
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.061
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:38.265
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 15.900
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.423
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.152
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 29.491
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.586
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.301
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:40.085
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.235
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.088
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.855
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
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39.251
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 12.340
And the system is very low on memory 4.680
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.433
When I try to create a persistent partition 6.034
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.226
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.590
And I free up some memory 1.086
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 11.307
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.551
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.116
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:20.029
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 13.553
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.369
And all tps features are active 2.313
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.362
When I disable the first tps feature 3.203
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.106
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.496
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:41.435
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.189
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.204
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
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17.341
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 11.164
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.099
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.073
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.070
When I disable the first tps feature 3.121
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.099
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.053
When I enable the first tps feature 2.527
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.067
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.063
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.045
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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18.958
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 12.316
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.090
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.065
And I disable the first tps feature 3.186
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.224
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.075
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.246
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:24.293
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 10.159
And the network is plugged 0.061
And Tor is ready 43.670
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.578
When I write some files expected to persist 1.428
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.747
# 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" 19.646
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.603
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:4.473
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 11.563
And the network is plugged 0.083
And Tor is ready 41.093
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.213
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.889
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:44.358
And I capture all network traffic 0.005
And the network is plugged 0.062
And Tor is ready 14.362
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.512
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.087
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.240
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.330
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.062
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53.804
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 12.980
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.102
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 17.827
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 21.893
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.899
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:49.652
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 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 13.512
When I enable persistence 27.130
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 15.420
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 40.915
And I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 30.614
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.174
When I cold reboot the computer 12.558
And the computer reboots Tails 1:5.845
Given I enable persistence 10.365
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.596
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 12.251
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.267
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.938
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.018
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3:13.419
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 13.119
# 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 34.364
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.103
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:55.327
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 19.504
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.643
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.012
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52.537
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 12.238
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 19.322
Then persistence is disabled 0.121
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.305
And all notifications have disappeared 10.968
When I delete the persistent partition 3.080
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.500
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.982
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:9.026
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 11.289
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.078
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.729
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:45.668
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.260
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.192
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
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1:3.967
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 12.628
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.075
When I try to enable persistence 1.341
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 19.639
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 14.141
And all notifications have disappeared 10.029
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.414
And all tps features are enabled 2.377
And all tps features but the first one are active 2.320
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.254
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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6:13.706
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 5:26.233
And I enable persistence 32.115
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 12.366
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.667
And persistence is enabled 2.323
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.235
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
34.102
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 9.987
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 23.500
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.613
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.798
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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38.549
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 12.478
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 12.620
When I enable persistence 10.759
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.093
And persistence is successfully enabled 2.596
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.987
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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35.954
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 10.724
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 13.782
When I try to enable persistence 1.452
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 5.546
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.341
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.273
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.081
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.320
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.432
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.358
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
1:3.635
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 10.379
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.078
When I try to enable persistence 1.474
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 15.699
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.342
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.047
When I log in to a new session 15.695
And all notifications have disappeared 13.254
# 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" 0.376
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.806
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.224
Then the Tor Browser starts 2.233
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.023
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.026
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
1:1.629
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 11.085
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 12.900
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.392
When I try to enable persistence 1.349
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 5.837
When I log in to a new session 13.307
And all notifications have disappeared 12.105
Then the Tor Browser starts 2.355
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.294
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.931
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000