Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 5992 09 Dec 2025, 01:30

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 34:54.141 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:34.000
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 2:18.110
And I update APT using apt 8.263
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.356
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.269
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.108
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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46.310
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.009
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 14.168
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 21.232
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.346
And persistence is disabled 0.126
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 10.436
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.986
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:21.093
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 14.165
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.404
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.211
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 29.347
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.749
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.079
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:23.438
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.612
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.084
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.013
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.023
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41.677
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 10.864
And the system is very low on memory 5.870
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.274
When I try to create a persistent partition 5.885
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.236
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.545
And I free up some memory 0.969
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 14.482
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.547
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.144
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:12.105
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 13.971
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.486
And all tps features are active 2.536
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.607
When I disable the first tps feature 2.772
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.074
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.322
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:32.503
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.830
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.039
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.012
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19.819
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 12.557
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.113
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.096
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.060
When I disable the first tps feature 3.116
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.067
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.050
When I enable the first tps feature 3.475
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.170
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.110
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.390
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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19.004
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 11.071
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.134
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.100
And I disable the first tps feature 3.299
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 4.351
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.047
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.045
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
53.821
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 10.676
And the network is plugged 0.102
And Tor is ready 14.304
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.571
When I write some files expected to persist 1.528
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.823
# 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" 18.813
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.598
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:18.524
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 13.239
And the network is plugged 0.071
And Tor is ready 13.296
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.161
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.786
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:25.501
And I capture all network traffic 0.010
And the network is plugged 0.064
And Tor is ready 13.679
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.424
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.099
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.189
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.990
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.065
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1:1.524
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 13.940
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.135
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 18.914
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 27.534
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 2.201
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:35.091
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 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 14.682
When I enable persistence 24.104
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 15.519
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 41.162
And I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 32.110
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.171
When I cold reboot the computer 10.960
And the computer reboots Tails 47.184
Given I enable persistence 16.087
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.694
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 12.253
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.159
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.127
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
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3:27.995
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 14.602
# 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 45.409
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.270
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:47.955
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 30.757
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.238
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product
53.685
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 11.300
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 19.919
Then persistence is disabled 0.120
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 7.228
And all notifications have disappeared 10.682
When I delete the persistent partition 3.851
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.581
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.017
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:49.657
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 11.432
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.075
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.680
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:26.867
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.602
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.914
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.012
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1:13.473
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 20.524
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.050
When I try to enable persistence 1.361
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 19.125
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 13.501
And all notifications have disappeared 11.745
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 2.313
And all tps features are enabled 2.643
And all tps features but the first one are active 2.206
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.258
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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6:25.940
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 5:39.097
And I enable persistence 29.645
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 14.134
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.740
And persistence is enabled 2.322
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.943
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
34.718
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 11.122
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 22.823
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.773
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.740
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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42.357
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 12.649
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 12.081
When I enable persistence 15.125
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.060
And persistence is successfully enabled 2.441
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.386
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
39.553
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 12.253
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 14.599
When I try to enable persistence 1.615
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 6.613
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.215
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.296
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.406
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.273
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.277
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.270
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
1:1.243
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 11.528
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.118
When I try to enable persistence 1.328
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 14.506
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.403
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.091
When I log in to a new session 13.193
And all notifications have disappeared 13.569
# 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" 0.274
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.541
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.257
Then the Tor Browser starts 2.101
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.327
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.000
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:2.543
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 11.522
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 15.206
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.377
When I try to enable persistence 1.360
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 5.222
When I log in to a new session 14.894
And all notifications have disappeared 9.746
Then the Tor Browser starts 2.878
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.334
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.942
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000