Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 5955 15 Nov 2025, 08:35

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 36:11.783 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:29.037
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 2:10.818
And I update APT using apt 7.448
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 9.614
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.156
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.253
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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42.099
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 13.519
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 20.723
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.319
And persistence is disabled 0.116
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 7.419
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.976
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:32.772
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 14.823
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.518
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.127
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 25.624
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.686
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.523
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:39.809
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.597
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.062
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.810
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.012
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43.536
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 11.583
And the system is very low on memory 5.747
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.567
When I try to create a persistent partition 6.292
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.207
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.602
And I free up some memory 0.995
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 14.778
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.762
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.961
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:23.966
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 13.728
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.353
And all tps features are active 2.676
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.585
When I disable the first tps feature 3.174
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.132
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.931
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:44.957
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.426
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.978
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
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19.085
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 12.886
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.101
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.078
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.071
When I disable the first tps feature 3.127
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.066
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.055
When I enable the first tps feature 2.548
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.064
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.083
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.864
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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17.637
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 11.000
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.124
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.097
And I disable the first tps feature 3.278
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.082
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.053
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.766
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
57.324
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 10.967
And the network is plugged 0.064
And Tor is ready 13.873
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.771
When I write some files expected to persist 2.104
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.103
# 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" 19.439
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.555
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:59.569
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 11.280
And the network is plugged 0.083
And Tor is ready 40.114
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.167
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.656
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:44.062
And I capture all network traffic 0.023
And the network is plugged 0.054
And Tor is ready 13.405
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.444
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.095
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.180
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.906
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.065
Tags: @product
59.415
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 15.093
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.118
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 18.965
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 24.238
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.709
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:54.519
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 13.914
When I enable persistence 25.462
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 15.866
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 40.638
And I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 33.184
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.235
When I cold reboot the computer 7.573
And the computer reboots Tails 1:7.323
Given I enable persistence 14.149
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.577
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 15.416
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.174
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.729
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
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3:21.085
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 13.491
# 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 34.307
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.840
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 2:0.046
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 22.399
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.394
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
Tags: @product
52.251
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 11.301
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 18.555
Then persistence is disabled 0.174
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.935
And all notifications have disappeared 11.047
When I delete the persistent partition 3.689
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.546
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.510
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:11.690
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 11.072
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.080
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.702
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:49.559
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.275
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.795
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
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1:2.977
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 12.101
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.077
When I try to enable persistence 1.304
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 18.895
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 13.962
And all notifications have disappeared 10.319
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.506
And all tps features are enabled 2.385
And all tps features but the first one are active 2.423
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.892
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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6:30.519
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 5:42.384
And I enable persistence 31.593
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 13.737
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.654
And persistence is enabled 2.148
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.059
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
33.678
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.011
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 9.683
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 23.250
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.744
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.674
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
41.981
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 13.104
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 13.215
When I enable persistence 12.906
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.068
And persistence is successfully enabled 2.685
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.232
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
34.363
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 10.931
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 11.565
When I try to enable persistence 1.374
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 6.048
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.399
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.260
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.085
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.371
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.325
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.025
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
1:2.296
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 10.720
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.079
When I try to enable persistence 1.272
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 15.427
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.377
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.066
When I log in to a new session 15.276
And all notifications have disappeared 12.199
# 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" 0.257
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.617
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.319
Then the Tor Browser starts 2.414
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.266
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.486
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
1:1.976
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 11.355
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 13.483
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.401
When I try to enable persistence 1.319
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 7.343
When I log in to a new session 11.849
And all notifications have disappeared 11.552
Then the Tor Browser starts 2.458
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.212
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 2.253
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000