Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 5990 08 Dec 2025, 08:35

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 38:1.913 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:31.522
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 2:14.943
And I update APT using apt 7.802
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.468
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 2.308
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.138
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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52.328
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 23.265
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 20.770
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.313
And persistence is disabled 0.123
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 7.854
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.352
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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4:14.550
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 36.508
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.361
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.165
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 45.578
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.716
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 36.280
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:11.065
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 3.790
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.082
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.874
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
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1:2.515
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 16.768
And the system is very low on memory 8.554
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.259
When I try to create a persistent partition 5.836
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 1.788
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.617
And I free up some memory 4.550
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 21.569
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.571
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.163
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:15.442
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 15.063
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.369
And all tps features are active 2.349
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.410
When I disable the first tps feature 11.140
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.406
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.218
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:29.041
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.442
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.353
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
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22.664
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 enabled and logged in 14.574
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.260
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.099
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.069
When I disable the first tps feature 4.729
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.066
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.043
When I enable the first tps feature 2.693
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.075
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.051
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.058
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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22.461
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.038
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 14.438
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.095
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.070
And I disable the first tps feature 3.145
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 4.654
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.057
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.005
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:5.194
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 10.725
And the network is plugged 0.104
And Tor is ready 21.291
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.673
When I write some files expected to persist 1.389
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.903
# 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" 20.106
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.313
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:41.079
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 10.106
And the network is plugged 0.665
And Tor is ready 10.867
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.218
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 18.857
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:43.989
And I capture all network traffic 0.004
And the network is plugged 0.052
And Tor is ready 15.695
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.368
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.068
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.184
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 6.012
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.096
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1:2.644
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.051
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 16.432
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.128
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 20.407
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 24.675
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.116
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:35.480
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 13.368
When I enable persistence 25.246
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 15.693
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 40.896
And I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 31.754
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.242
When I cold reboot the computer 11.769
And the computer reboots Tails 48.549
Given I enable persistence 13.657
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.694
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 13.435
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.171
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.716
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.012
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2:46.109
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 enabled and logged in 15.152
# 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 30.386
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.607
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:22.057
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 28.905
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.541
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
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55.003
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 12.540
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 19.115
Then persistence is disabled 0.117
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 7.211
And all notifications have disappeared 11.654
When I delete the persistent partition 3.647
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.717
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.285
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:58.687
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 11.407
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.053
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.207
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:34.936
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 1.082
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.897
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
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1:4.576
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 12.357
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.076
When I try to enable persistence 1.304
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 18.845
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 14.531
And all notifications have disappeared 9.629
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 3.186
And all tps features are enabled 2.507
And all tps features but the first one are active 2.138
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.111
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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7:11.674
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 6:17.358
And I enable persistence 38.178
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 12.590
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.772
And persistence is enabled 2.775
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.668
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
34.920
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 10.230
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 23.804
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.885
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.175
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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47.428
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 15.673
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 14.791
When I enable persistence 13.946
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.054
And persistence is successfully enabled 2.962
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.304
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
36.889
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 11.091
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 13.866
When I try to enable persistence 1.396
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 5.169
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.289
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 1.068
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.433
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.286
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.287
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.324
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
1:0.873
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 10.992
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.098
When I try to enable persistence 1.297
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 14.591
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.315
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.049
When I log in to a new session 15.665
And all notifications have disappeared 10.130
# 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" 0.404
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 1.225
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.492
Then the Tor Browser starts 2.358
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.253
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 2.418
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
59.862
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 9.971
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 13.311
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.385
When I try to enable persistence 1.322
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 4.640
When I log in to a new session 14.067
And all notifications have disappeared 10.900
Then the Tor Browser starts 2.941
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.323
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.957
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000