Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6015 19 Dec 2025, 07:14

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 19:26.481 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:27.829
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:15.392
And I update APT using apt 5.362
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.278
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.795
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.929
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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26.467
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.565
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.348
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.285
And persistence is disabled 0.097
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.169
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.707
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:33.178
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 8.289
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.289
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.099
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 16.686
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.430
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.279
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 57.865
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.177
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.061
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.607
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
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27.651
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 7.605
And the system is very low on memory 3.467
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.184
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.342
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.096
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.321
And I free up some memory 0.776
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.776
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.079
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.664
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:24.673
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.133
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.280
And all tps features are active 1.134
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.810
When I disable the first tps feature 2.602
Then all tps features but the first one are active 0.988
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.282
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 59.381
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.059
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.526
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.024
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13.091
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.725
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.061
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.055
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.073
When I disable the first tps feature 2.505
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.057
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.033
When I enable the first tps feature 2.477
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.048
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.053
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.671
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
12.713
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.255
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.066
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.055
And I disable the first tps feature 2.482
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.810
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.042
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.094
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
39.513
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.292
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 9.673
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.187
When I write some files expected to persist 1.296
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.374
# 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" 11.672
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.253
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:38.413
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 7.258
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 9.873
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.119
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.407
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 59.253
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.020
And Tor is ready 11.906
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.392
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.072
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.089
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.983
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.092
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35.965
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.434
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.075
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 12.028
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 14.426
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.039
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:36.444
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.442
When I enable persistence 11.297
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.193
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.242
And I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 25.215
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.143
When I cold reboot the computer 8.717
And the computer reboots Tails 35.108
Given I enable persistence 6.296
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.355
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.277
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.152
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.826
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product
2:5.908
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.093
# 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 27.635
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.904
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 59.370
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 22.903
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.077
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
Tags: @product
37.007
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.211
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.929
Then persistence is disabled 0.093
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 3.806
And all notifications have disappeared 7.993
When I delete the persistent partition 2.633
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.338
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.720
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:16.024
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.621
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.064
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.194
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 58.935
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.208
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.704
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
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39.142
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.908
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.041
When I try to enable persistence 1.196
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 9.555
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.140
And all notifications have disappeared 8.034
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.262
And all tps features are enabled 0.960
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.042
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.620
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:0.294
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
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 30.674
And I enable persistence 18.670
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.800
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.597
And persistence is enabled 1.551
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.053
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
20.951
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 7.125
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 13.327
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.499
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.803
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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25.407
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.371
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 8.603
When I enable persistence 6.596
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.057
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.777
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.942
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
23.994
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.908
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.289
When I try to enable persistence 1.300
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.806
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.274
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.196
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.061
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.151
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.004
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.834
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
40.215
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.412
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.064
When I try to enable persistence 1.197
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 8.958
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.221
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.022
When I log in to a new session 9.527
And all notifications have disappeared 8.363
# 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" 0.213
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.097
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.187
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.174
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.774
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.990
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
41.593
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.594
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.664
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.344
When I try to enable persistence 1.235
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.821
When I log in to a new session 9.691
And all notifications have disappeared 8.207
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.224
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.808
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.907
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000