Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 5961 20 Nov 2025, 09:19

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 33:32.513 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:34.550
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 2:21.355
And I update APT using apt 5.396
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.284
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.513
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.149
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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32.187
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 12.447
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.894
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.396
And persistence is disabled 0.141
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.307
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.677
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:33.097
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 14.616
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.490
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.123
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 22.912
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.573
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.450
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:43.199
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.626
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.104
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.018
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
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42.754
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 10.215
And the system is very low on memory 3.182
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.258
When I try to create a persistent partition 9.021
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.152
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.536
And I free up some memory 1.579
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 15.262
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.545
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.333
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:19.559
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 12.575
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.380
And all tps features are active 2.721
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.728
When I disable the first tps feature 2.586
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.174
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.924
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:45.039
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.429
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.936
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.012
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17.258
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 11.588
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.060
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.059
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.070
When I disable the first tps feature 2.665
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.070
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.054
When I enable the first tps feature 2.560
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.066
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.060
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.064
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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17.640
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 10.723
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.089
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.070
And I disable the first tps feature 3.175
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.524
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.056
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.864
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
52.571
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 10.333
And the network is plugged 0.073
And Tor is ready 12.631
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.558
When I write some files expected to persist 1.346
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.063
# 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" 19.563
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.366
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:30.589
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 11.043
And the network is plugged 0.069
And Tor is ready 10.416
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.175
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.921
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:44.983
And I capture all network traffic 0.006
And the network is plugged 0.060
And Tor is ready 15.239
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.384
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.088
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.200
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.006
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.093
Tags: @product
52.327
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 13.575
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.092
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 15.867
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 21.792
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.562
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:38.900
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.008
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 13.441
When I enable persistence 15.221
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 15.693
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 41.626
And I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 30.728
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.185
When I cold reboot the computer 10.584
And the computer reboots Tails 1:6.566
Given I enable persistence 11.288
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.600
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 12.796
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.164
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.700
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
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2:54.783
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 12.294
# 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 24.455
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.506
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:44.864
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 23.662
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.154
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product
47.487
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 12.827
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.263
Then persistence is disabled 0.125
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.157
And all notifications have disappeared 11.280
When I delete the persistent partition 3.434
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.399
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.919
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:4.178
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 11.602
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.078
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.840
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:44.358
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.298
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.773
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
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51.746
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 11.451
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.059
When I try to enable persistence 1.394
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 9.443
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 12.785
And all notifications have disappeared 10.327
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.464
And all tps features are enabled 2.594
And all tps features but the first one are active 2.225
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.180
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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6:21.100
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 5:38.288
And I enable persistence 26.232
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 13.501
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.737
And persistence is enabled 2.339
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.045
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
29.694
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 9.300
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 19.601
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.792
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.779
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
39.277
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 12.897
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 8.907
When I enable persistence 13.542
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.067
And persistence is successfully enabled 3.863
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.368
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
30.940
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 12.169
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.778
When I try to enable persistence 1.533
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 5.433
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.265
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.266
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.059
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.270
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.161
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.010
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
50.610
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 11.995
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.073
When I try to enable persistence 1.283
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 4.974
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.308
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.051
When I log in to a new session 13.923
And all notifications have disappeared 10.526
# 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" 0.692
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.669
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.446
Then the Tor Browser starts 2.381
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.284
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.818
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
51.253
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 10.635
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 6.438
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.416
When I try to enable persistence 1.338
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 4.376
When I log in to a new session 15.229
And all notifications have disappeared 8.191
Then the Tor Browser starts 2.339
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.288
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.735
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000