Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 5962 20 Nov 2025, 16:31

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 35:50.113 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:19.235
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 2:3.780
And I update APT using apt 7.322
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.405
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.726
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.635
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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41.821
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 12.737
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 19.886
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.367
And persistence is disabled 0.130
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 8.698
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.374
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:36.296
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 14.545
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.480
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.151
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 27.958
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.582
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.952
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:42.030
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.537
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.058
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.731
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
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43.661
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 12.058
And the system is very low on memory 6.312
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.341
When I try to create a persistent partition 6.355
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.136
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.553
And I free up some memory 1.302
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 14.000
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.600
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.030
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:30.411
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 13.373
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.458
And all tps features are active 2.455
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.575
When I disable the first tps feature 3.258
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.918
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 13.112
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:50.550
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.708
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.319
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.013
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17.150
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 11.248
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.091
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.081
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.055
When I disable the first tps feature 2.807
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.070
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.064
When I enable the first tps feature 2.598
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.073
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.059
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.154
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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17.804
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.061
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 11.551
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.076
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.062
And I disable the first tps feature 2.726
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.307
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.078
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.721
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:5.732
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 13.123
And the network is plugged 0.056
And Tor is ready 19.267
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.623
When I write some files expected to persist 1.468
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.581
# 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" 19.612
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.161
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:31.431
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 10.671
And the network is plugged 0.051
And Tor is ready 12.662
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.196
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.164
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:42.517
And I capture all network traffic 0.097
And the network is plugged 0.147
And Tor is ready 13.193
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.439
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.097
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.192
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.095
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.077
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57.423
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 stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 14.854
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.119
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 18.374
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 23.075
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.697
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:47.273
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 13.990
When I enable persistence 24.094
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 15.670
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 41.358
And I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 30.406
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.173
When I cold reboot the computer 8.090
And the computer reboots Tails 1:6.492
Given I enable persistence 13.954
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.541
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 12.303
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.195
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.871
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
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3:9.859
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 13.140
# 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 34.567
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.567
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:47.060
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 23.524
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.066
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.012
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56.660
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 13.421
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 20.845
Then persistence is disabled 0.122
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.312
And all notifications have disappeared 12.140
When I delete the persistent partition 3.398
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.420
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.058
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:13.070
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 13.284
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.071
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.467
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:47.564
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.683
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.943
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.038
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1:3.655
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 12.722
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.203
When I try to enable persistence 1.444
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 19.879
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 12.357
And all notifications have disappeared 10.658
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.911
And all tps features are enabled 2.411
And all tps features but the first one are active 2.067
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.194
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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6:55.998
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 6:11.528
And I enable persistence 28.747
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 12.735
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.634
And persistence is enabled 2.352
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.249
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
32.933
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 11.351
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 20.770
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.810
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.935
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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40.061
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 12.638
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 13.533
When I enable persistence 11.023
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.061
And persistence is successfully enabled 2.806
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.085
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
36.122
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 11.708
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 14.579
When I try to enable persistence 1.335
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.972
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.305
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.267
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.060
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.284
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.609
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.007
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
57.070
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 10.557
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.090
When I try to enable persistence 1.304
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 15.539
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.209
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.047
When I log in to a new session 12.561
And all notifications have disappeared 10.514
# 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" 0.192
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.487
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.396
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.999
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.168
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.530
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
56.436
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 10.247
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 12.460
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.396
When I try to enable persistence 1.401
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 4.237
When I log in to a new session 12.322
And all notifications have disappeared 10.104
Then the Tor Browser starts 2.942
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.322
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.585
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000