Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6009 15 Dec 2025, 17:27

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 39:6.059 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:20.930
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 2:1.696
And I update APT using apt 8.775
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 9.419
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.040
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.097
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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43.185
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 14.215
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 21.464
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.302
And persistence is disabled 0.138
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 7.063
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.320
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:18.516
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 15.230
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.454
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.138
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 27.225
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.747
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.995
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:22.462
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.206
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.056
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.386
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.082
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43.351
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.030
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 12.064
And the system is very low on memory 5.302
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.407
When I try to create a persistent partition 6.903
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.234
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.655
And I free up some memory 1.142
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 14.001
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.638
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.995
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:11.339
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 13.989
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.451
And all tps features are active 8.812
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.826
When I disable the first tps feature 2.855
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.204
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.937
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:25.250
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.012
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.843
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
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28.349
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 19.482
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.073
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.074
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.087
When I disable the first tps feature 4.934
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.353
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.066
When I enable the first tps feature 3.142
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.069
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.065
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.146
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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18.107
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.049
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 10.672
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.102
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.060
And I disable the first tps feature 3.335
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.812
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.124
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.973
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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58.690
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 10.610
And the network is plugged 0.057
And Tor is ready 14.691
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.597
When I write some files expected to persist 1.289
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.477
# 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" 19.967
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.176
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:33.059
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 10.761
And the network is plugged 0.082
And Tor is ready 12.809
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.174
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.426
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:44.111
And I capture all network traffic 0.010
And the network is plugged 0.095
And Tor is ready 12.774
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.492
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.080
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.240
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.222
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.070
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57.814
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 13.841
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.157
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 18.100
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 24.714
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.512
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:33.574
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 15.680
When I enable persistence 23.155
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 15.993
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 40.991
And I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 32.293
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.275
When I cold reboot the computer 10.972
And the computer reboots Tails 45.383
Given I enable persistence 14.209
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.609
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 13.833
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.175
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.054
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.012
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2:41.836
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 12.287
# 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 30.488
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.410
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:24.265
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 26.384
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.075
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
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57.335
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 13.331
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 21.555
Then persistence is disabled 0.144
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.793
And all notifications have disappeared 13.143
When I delete the persistent partition 2.982
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.384
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.378
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:44.562
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 11.687
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.098
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.063
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:24.449
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.262
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.436
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
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1:2.414
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 12.620
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.066
When I try to enable persistence 1.294
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 18.081
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 13.817
And all notifications have disappeared 9.868
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.437
And all tps features are enabled 3.052
And all tps features but the first one are active 2.175
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.234
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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11:28.504
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 10:37.059
And I enable persistence 34.541
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 13.992
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.688
And persistence is enabled 2.223
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.151
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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39.435
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 9.597
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 29.193
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.644
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.034
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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39.263
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 12.945
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 11.591
When I enable persistence 12.267
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.052
And persistence is successfully enabled 2.405
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.382
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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42.686
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 12.164
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 11.960
When I try to enable persistence 1.427
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 11.229
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.278
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 1.481
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.568
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.304
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.270
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.793
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
1:1.217
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 12.147
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.072
When I try to enable persistence 1.347
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 15.116
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.246
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.100
When I log in to a new session 14.501
And all notifications have disappeared 11.004
# 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" 0.309
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.641
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.312
Then the Tor Browser starts 2.208
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.209
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.242
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:1.882
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 12.096
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 12.577
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.588
When I try to enable persistence 1.366
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.412
When I log in to a new session 14.430
And all notifications have disappeared 10.604
Then the Tor Browser starts 4.489
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.315
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.386
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000