Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 5967 24 Nov 2025, 21:11

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 32:31.960 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:6.997
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 1:52.884
And I update APT using apt 6.548
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.312
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.250
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.978
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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31.015
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 12.957
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.681
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.341
And persistence is disabled 0.123
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 3.910
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.851
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:16.395
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 13.430
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.371
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.139
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 18.670
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.539
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.467
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:33.495
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.212
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.068
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.116
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.017
Tags: @product
32.912
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 10.146
And the system is very low on memory 1.085
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.282
When I try to create a persistent partition 5.484
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.226
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.487
And I free up some memory 0.956
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 11.684
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.558
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.155
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:9.189
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 11.859
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.334
And all tps features are active 2.178
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.461
When I disable the first tps feature 2.584
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.048
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.521
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:36.270
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.929
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.751
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
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15.645
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 10.190
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.064
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.072
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.060
When I disable the first tps feature 2.539
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.058
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.043
When I enable the first tps feature 2.501
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.063
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.049
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.674
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
15.568
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 9.633
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.073
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.064
And I disable the first tps feature 2.623
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.101
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.071
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.820
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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48.290
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 9.700
And the network is plugged 0.049
And Tor is ready 13.577
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.624
When I write some files expected to persist 1.442
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.826
# 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" 18.070
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.623
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:18.094
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 9.495
And the network is plugged 0.072
And Tor is ready 11.095
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.154
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.771
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:36.428
And I capture all network traffic 0.006
And the network is plugged 0.052
And Tor is ready 12.145
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.534
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.118
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.219
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.984
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.047
Tags: @product
42.989
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 stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 12.805
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.082
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 11.552
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 17.549
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.589
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:31.325
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 12.456
When I enable persistence 13.429
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 15.331
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 40.120
And I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 30.230
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.203
When I cold reboot the computer 6.550
And the computer reboots Tails 1:6.097
Given I enable persistence 13.194
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.759
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 12.750
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.201
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.728
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.013
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3:3.452
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 12.737
# 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 22.542
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.059
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:54.059
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 26.053
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.518
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
Tags: @product
44.635
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 10.854
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.423
Then persistence is disabled 0.135
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 3.860
And all notifications have disappeared 10.787
When I delete the persistent partition 3.106
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.465
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.871
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:18.574
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 persistent partition enabled and logged in 10.430
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.067
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.999
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:59.788
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.287
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.587
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
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1:21.689
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 17.855
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.051
When I try to enable persistence 1.309
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 34.254
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.461
And all notifications have disappeared 10.058
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.873
And all tps features are enabled 2.755
And all tps features but the first one are active 2.069
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.679
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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6:40.968
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 5:53.035
And I enable persistence 33.192
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.787
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.659
And persistence is enabled 2.292
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.612
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
27.091
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 8.915
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 17.340
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.835
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.817
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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29.289
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 11.579
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 5.335
When I enable persistence 9.617
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.070
And persistence is successfully enabled 2.686
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.995
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
26.226
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 10.343
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 5.756
When I try to enable persistence 1.407
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 4.419
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.279
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.250
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.062
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.324
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.382
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.246
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
44.818
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 10.362
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.073
When I try to enable persistence 1.405
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 4.411
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.347
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.043
When I log in to a new session 12.248
And all notifications have disappeared 9.592
# 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" 0.220
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.513
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.259
Then the Tor Browser starts 2.155
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.185
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.026
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
46.791
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 9.716
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 5.308
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.373
When I try to enable persistence 1.402
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 4.005
When I log in to a new session 11.706
And all notifications have disappeared 9.976
Then the Tor Browser starts 3.169
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.132
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.110
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000