Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6013 18 Dec 2025, 13:10

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 40:2.716 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:13.812
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 1:58.036
And I update APT using apt 7.888
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.313
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.573
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.377
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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40.940
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 13.403
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 19.492
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.328
And persistence is disabled 0.129
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 7.586
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.201
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:11.110
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 14.135
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.396
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.140
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 25.005
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.567
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.218
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:19.329
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.250
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.066
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.010
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
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51.761
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 22.253
And the system is very low on memory 5.105
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.477
When I try to create a persistent partition 6.244
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.131
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.560
And I free up some memory 1.062
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 13.246
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.680
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.202
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:8.374
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 12.783
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.460
And all tps features are active 2.422
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.585
When I disable the first tps feature 12.632
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.366
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.522
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:21.013
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.587
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.014
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
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17.679
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 11.372
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.088
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.062
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.067
When I disable the first tps feature 3.168
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.065
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.048
When I enable the first tps feature 2.617
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.076
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.112
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.715
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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16.875
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 10.398
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.101
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.074
And I disable the first tps feature 3.148
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.096
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.055
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.052
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
56.534
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 10.044
And the network is plugged 0.069
And Tor is ready 13.565
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.611
When I write some files expected to persist 1.820
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.336
# 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" 19.087
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.350
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:13.624
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 10.369
And the network is plugged 0.062
And Tor is ready 14.725
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.195
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.662
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:22.210
And I capture all network traffic 0.006
And the network is plugged 0.054
And Tor is ready 13.531
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.424
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.118
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.263
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.969
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.071
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56.945
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 without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 12.945
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.152
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 20.382
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 22.464
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.914
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:21.479
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 12.793
When I enable persistence 22.632
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 15.413
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 40.763
And I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 32.183
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.229
When I cold reboot the computer 7.835
And the computer reboots Tails 44.952
Given I enable persistence 11.192
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.543
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 12.779
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.157
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.211
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
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2:52.545
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 13.166
# 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 31.619
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.688
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:35.136
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 22.934
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.492
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.019
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57.193
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 13.903
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 21.019
Then persistence is disabled 0.144
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 7.252
And all notifications have disappeared 11.212
When I delete the persistent partition 3.158
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.503
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.141
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:43.909
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 11.493
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.060
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.106
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:23.545
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.703
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.240
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
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1:5.931
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 12.453
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.070
When I try to enable persistence 1.334
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 18.620
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 13.374
And all notifications have disappeared 10.464
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.925
And all tps features are enabled 2.679
And all tps features but the first one are active 5.007
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.248
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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13:23.116
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 12:8.014
And I enable persistence 58.814
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 13.396
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.643
And persistence is enabled 2.247
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.861
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
32.569
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 10.054
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 21.574
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.940
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.043
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
50.974
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 12.900
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 13.007
When I enable persistence 22.132
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.060
And persistence is successfully enabled 2.873
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.151
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
34.896
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 11.622
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 12.060
When I try to enable persistence 1.466
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 5.478
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.303
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.253
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.082
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.453
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.175
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.083
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
57.870
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 11.042
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.073
When I try to enable persistence 1.399
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 13.181
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.281
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.047
When I log in to a new session 14.932
And all notifications have disappeared 10.687
# 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" 0.260
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.532
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.233
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.955
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.242
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 2.578
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
54.572
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 10.660
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 11.476
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.394
When I try to enable persistence 1.351
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 4.431
When I log in to a new session 12.907
And all notifications have disappeared 9.699
Then the Tor Browser starts 2.419
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.231
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.335
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000