Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 5964 22 Nov 2025, 12:44

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 33:28.622 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:12.147
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 1:57.435
And I update APT using apt 7.373
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.279
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.059
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.108
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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42.037
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 12.602
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 21.418
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.332
And persistence is disabled 0.149
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 7.534
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.137
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:25.649
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 12.981
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.447
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.135
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 25.036
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.663
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.055
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:35.009
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.233
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.086
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.790
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
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40.367
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 11.355
And the system is very low on memory 6.192
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.315
When I try to create a persistent partition 5.582
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.170
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.536
And I free up some memory 1.481
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 12.128
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.603
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.934
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:12.722
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 13.028
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.379
And all tps features are active 2.252
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.321
When I disable the first tps feature 2.732
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.904
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.974
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:34.874
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.255
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.716
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.015
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17.240
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 11.388
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.081
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.067
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.058
When I disable the first tps feature 2.736
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.069
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.069
When I enable the first tps feature 2.648
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.058
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.062
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.084
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
16.947
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 10.387
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.070
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.062
And I disable the first tps feature 3.092
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.273
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.061
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.997
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
54.587
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 10.525
And the network is plugged 0.060
And Tor is ready 13.377
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.597
When I write some files expected to persist 1.315
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.079
# 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" 17.631
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.296
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:26.934
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 10.332
And the network is plugged 0.089
And Tor is ready 10.885
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.150
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.190
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:41.385
And I capture all network traffic 0.006
And the network is plugged 0.053
And Tor is ready 12.139
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.440
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.068
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.192
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.040
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.064
Tags: @product
50.459
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 12.678
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.112
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 17.181
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 19.487
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.570
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:39.925
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 12.988
When I enable persistence 22.462
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 14.981
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 40.063
And I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 28.917
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.177
When I cold reboot the computer 12.121
And the computer reboots Tails 1:3.525
Given I enable persistence 12.273
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.561
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.696
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.156
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.029
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product
3:7.642
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 13.247
# 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 32.831
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.993
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:49.791
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 20.779
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.187
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
Tags: @product
50.760
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 11.399
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 18.725
Then persistence is disabled 0.135
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.277
And all notifications have disappeared 10.733
When I delete the persistent partition 2.973
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.515
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.376
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:2.579
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 11.865
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.052
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.861
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:42.507
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.292
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.772
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
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1:2.074
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 12.324
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.070
When I try to enable persistence 1.364
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 20.104
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 12.206
And all notifications have disappeared 9.963
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.377
And all tps features are enabled 2.668
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.993
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.086
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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6:13.297
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 5:30.716
And I enable persistence 27.991
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.615
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.684
And persistence is enabled 2.289
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.030
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
30.675
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 9.716
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 20.233
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.725
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.786
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
36.435
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 12.886
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 11.253
When I enable persistence 9.731
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.056
And persistence is successfully enabled 2.507
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.249
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
33.136
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 10.798
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 12.375
When I try to enable persistence 1.358
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 4.453
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.301
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.221
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.069
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.308
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.250
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.067
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
55.847
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 9.899
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.063
When I try to enable persistence 1.277
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 14.031
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.283
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.063
When I log in to a new session 12.414
And all notifications have disappeared 11.367
# 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" 0.282
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.565
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.269
Then the Tor Browser starts 2.131
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.198
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.294
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
57.152
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 11.097
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 12.544
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.325
When I try to enable persistence 1.386
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 4.251
When I log in to a new session 12.234
And all notifications have disappeared 10.859
Then the Tor Browser starts 2.348
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 2.105
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.976
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000