Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6018 21 Dec 2025, 11:47

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 30:29.703 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:11.073
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:55.452
And I update APT using apt 8.305
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.264
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.051
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.023
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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36.596
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 12.060
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 17.290
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.347
And persistence is disabled 0.144
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.753
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.920
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:0.139
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 logged in 13.199
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.351
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.113
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 23.300
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.577
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.778
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:11.524
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.225
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.068
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.660
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.013
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36.911
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 logged in 10.491
And the system is very low on memory 5.548
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.188
When I try to create a persistent partition 5.171
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.152
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.528
And I free up some memory 0.984
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 11.276
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.570
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.295
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:49.926
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 12.152
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.360
And all tps features are active 2.070
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.358
When I disable the first tps feature 2.758
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.951
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.407
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:13.885
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.980
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.972
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
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16.853
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 11.126
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.079
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.072
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.080
When I disable the first tps feature 2.784
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.074
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.044
When I enable the first tps feature 2.485
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.053
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.051
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.009
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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15.956
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 9.991
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.083
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.071
And I disable the first tps feature 2.687
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.067
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.054
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.007
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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50.737
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 9.743
And the network is plugged 0.059
And Tor is ready 10.578
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.555
When I write some files expected to persist 1.224
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.229
# 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" 17.345
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.610
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:29.801
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 9.877
And the network is plugged 0.070
And Tor is ready 40.127
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.130
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.926
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:15.699
And I capture all network traffic 0.005
And the network is plugged 0.091
And Tor is ready 12.126
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.464
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.078
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.201
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.109
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.077
Tags: @product
49.978
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 13.033
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.120
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 15.184
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 20.639
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.593
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:10.331
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 12.996
When I enable persistence 18.572
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 15.179
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 39.880
And I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 29.600
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.173
When I cold reboot the computer 11.778
And the computer reboots Tails 39.470
Given I enable persistence 11.938
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.539
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.036
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.164
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.072
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
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2:24.902
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 12.501
# 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 29.352
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.185
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:14.529
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 19.333
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.524
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
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49.356
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 12.297
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 17.166
Then persistence is disabled 0.125
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.155
And all notifications have disappeared 10.391
When I delete the persistent partition 2.802
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.417
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.069
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:38.292
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 12.116
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.091
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.683
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:15.152
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.248
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.130
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
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58.571
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 12.604
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.058
When I try to enable persistence 1.254
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 17.581
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 12.009
And all notifications have disappeared 9.546
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.386
And all tps features are enabled 2.067
And all tps features but the first one are active 2.061
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.133
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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5:59.056
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 5:19.514
And I enable persistence 24.991
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.809
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.639
And persistence is enabled 2.103
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.238
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
30.411
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 9.236
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 20.510
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.664
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.966
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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36.093
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 12.245
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 10.945
When I enable persistence 10.608
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.046
And persistence is successfully enabled 2.248
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.984
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
32.557
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 11.428
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 11.887
When I try to enable persistence 1.380
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.772
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.214
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.257
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.081
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.290
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.244
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.003
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
57.013
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 10.700
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.074
When I try to enable persistence 1.314
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 13.548
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.274
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.049
When I log in to a new session 13.959
And all notifications have disappeared 10.768
# 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" 0.301
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.584
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.360
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.904
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.172
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.495
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
55.141
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 10.096
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 12.072
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.365
When I try to enable persistence 1.269
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 4.072
When I log in to a new session 11.212
And all notifications have disappeared 11.552
Then the Tor Browser starts 2.433
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.066
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.813
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000