Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 5963 21 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 41:19.979 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:45.981
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 2:32.079
And I update APT using apt 6.575
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.325
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.000
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.645
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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38.371
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 12.428
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 16.397
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 1.609
And persistence is disabled 0.449
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 7.485
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.932
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:46.025
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 12.674
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.374
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.160
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 22.632
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.656
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.660
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:59.201
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.601
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.063
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.179
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.021
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36.708
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 11.481
And the system is very low on memory 1.393
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.185
When I try to create a persistent partition 5.450
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.145
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.699
And I free up some memory 1.728
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 12.986
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.637
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.807
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:24.747
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 13.894
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.483
And all tps features are active 2.146
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.373
When I disable the first tps feature 3.138
Then all tps features but the first one are active 3.081
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.269
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:46.506
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.853
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.866
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
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16.463
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 enabled and logged in 10.754
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.068
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.057
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.061
When I disable the first tps feature 2.599
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.061
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.055
When I enable the first tps feature 2.651
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.073
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.080
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.939
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
18.845
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 12.746
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.071
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.108
And I disable the first tps feature 2.630
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.229
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.059
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.073
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
53.988
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 10.807
And the network is plugged 0.056
And Tor is ready 13.353
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.770
When I write some files expected to persist 1.678
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.905
# 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" 19.416
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.444
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:30.358
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 9.943
And the network is plugged 0.068
And Tor is ready 9.947
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.140
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.358
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:47.406
And I capture all network traffic 0.009
And the network is plugged 0.109
And Tor is ready 13.704
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.342
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.097
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.229
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.754
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.044
Tags: @product
50.117
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 12.775
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.086
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 14.787
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 21.468
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.450
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:35.922
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 14.134
When I enable persistence 16.358
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 16.084
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 41.141
And I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 29.030
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.185
When I cold reboot the computer 5.943
And the computer reboots Tails 1:6.797
Given I enable persistence 12.399
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.529
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 13.155
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.162
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.691
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
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2:54.021
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 12.952
# 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 24.509
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.479
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:44.212
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 22.867
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.429
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
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44.447
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 11.824
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.967
Then persistence is disabled 0.115
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.248
And all notifications have disappeared 10.907
When I delete the persistent partition 3.003
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.379
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.983
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:5.117
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 11.401
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.098
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.707
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:45.594
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.315
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.421
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.018
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1:25.317
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 11.328
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.051
When I try to enable persistence 1.250
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 23.269
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 19.104
And all notifications have disappeared 11.108
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.981
And all tps features are enabled 14.873
And all tps features but the first one are active 2.348
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.971
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
12:22.402
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 11:39.269
And I enable persistence 27.489
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 12.613
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.679
And persistence is enabled 2.350
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.994
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
58.185
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 9.425
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 48.132
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.627
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.720
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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34.624
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 13.363
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 6.130
When I enable persistence 12.099
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.063
And persistence is successfully enabled 2.967
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.830
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
55.775
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 10.566
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 34.510
When I try to enable persistence 1.298
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 4.698
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.231
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.586
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.066
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.437
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.378
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.753
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
50.903
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 10.493
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.069
When I try to enable persistence 1.362
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 5.585
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.297
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.065
When I log in to a new session 14.946
And all notifications have disappeared 11.445
# 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" 0.301
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.709
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.348
Then the Tor Browser starts 2.035
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.240
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.051
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
51.655
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 11.297
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 6.190
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.326
When I try to enable persistence 1.280
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 4.126
When I log in to a new session 13.929
And all notifications have disappeared 10.410
Then the Tor Browser starts 2.848
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.247
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.891
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000