Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 5988 07 Dec 2025, 08:53

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 34:18.143 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:43.623
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.011
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 2:28.720
And I update APT using apt 7.313
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.363
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.225
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.819
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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40.064
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 13.064
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 19.358
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.381
And persistence is disabled 0.111
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 7.147
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.021
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:9.272
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 14.791
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.462
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.118
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 25.270
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.570
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.546
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:16.181
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.243
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.087
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.709
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.013
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41.220
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 11.645
And the system is very low on memory 5.670
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.326
When I try to create a persistent partition 5.866
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.159
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.602
And I free up some memory 0.972
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 13.225
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.750
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.544
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:3.739
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 13.129
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.413
And all tps features are active 2.708
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.742
When I disable the first tps feature 3.236
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.212
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 13.305
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:23.503
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.488
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.679
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
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17.324
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 10.610
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.096
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.099
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.082
When I disable the first tps feature 3.328
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.081
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.082
When I enable the first tps feature 2.747
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.126
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.069
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.181
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
17.368
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 10.293
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.111
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.095
And I disable the first tps feature 3.607
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.160
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.100
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.077
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
57.317
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 10.329
And the network is plugged 0.062
And Tor is ready 14.361
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.693
When I write some files expected to persist 1.350
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.466
# 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" 19.052
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.578
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:6.617
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.022
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 10.236
And the network is plugged 0.053
And Tor is ready 11.682
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.213
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.178
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:19.724
And I capture all network traffic 0.005
And the network is plugged 0.082
And Tor is ready 12.631
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.430
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.151
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.226
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.895
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.077
Tags: @product
53.575
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 13.112
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.131
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 17.366
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 21.964
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.582
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:22.905
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 13.510
When I enable persistence 25.316
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 15.554
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 43.286
And I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 30.265
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.181
When I cold reboot the computer 8.484
And the computer reboots Tails 43.030
Given I enable persistence 10.995
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.514
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.555
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.210
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 5.954
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.077
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3:33.056
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.012
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 15.577
# 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 39.638
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 24.208
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:49.969
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 23.664
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.485
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product
52.063
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 12.290
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 19.439
Then persistence is disabled 0.117
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.501
And all notifications have disappeared 10.282
When I delete the persistent partition 3.000
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.431
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.112
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:54.475
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 20.797
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.053
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.351
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:21.969
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.303
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.638
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
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58.582
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 11.238
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.069
When I try to enable persistence 1.339
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 17.706
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 12.365
And all notifications have disappeared 10.009
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.374
And all tps features are enabled 2.469
And all tps features but the first one are active 2.008
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.411
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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6:56.616
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 6:6.817
And I enable persistence 31.988
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 14.454
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.959
And persistence is enabled 2.395
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.151
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
33.599
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 10.179
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 22.661
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.759
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.888
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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39.708
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 11.346
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 11.221
When I enable persistence 14.624
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.052
And persistence is successfully enabled 2.463
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.880
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
35.840
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 10.695
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 11.405
When I try to enable persistence 1.465
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 6.995
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.360
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.408
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.585
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.290
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.632
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.609
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
1:0.763
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 10.106
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.124
When I try to enable persistence 1.459
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 13.549
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.275
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.048
When I log in to a new session 15.823
And all notifications have disappeared 12.140
# 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" 0.363
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.700
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.437
Then the Tor Browser starts 2.507
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.229
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.984
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
1:0.406
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 11.007
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 11.590
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.433
When I try to enable persistence 1.373
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 5.883
When I log in to a new session 13.594
And all notifications have disappeared 11.815
Then the Tor Browser starts 2.491
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.216
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.124
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000