Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6023 26 Dec 2025, 12:01

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 31:27.409 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:12.063
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:56.828
And I update APT using apt 7.648
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.481
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.104
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.827
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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41.099
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 13.489
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 19.630
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.348
And persistence is disabled 0.132
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 7.498
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.973
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:10.003
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 14.000
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.401
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.135
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 26.879
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.657
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.911
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:15.729
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.222
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.064
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.940
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
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39.688
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 11.671
And the system is very low on memory 5.852
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.195
When I try to create a persistent partition 5.457
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.126
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.563
And I free up some memory 1.104
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 12.060
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.655
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.016
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:55.192
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.008
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 13.434
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.414
And all tps features are active 2.346
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.643
When I disable the first tps feature 3.053
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.906
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.557
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:19.774
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.060
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.784
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
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18.359
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 11.871
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.087
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.105
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.067
When I disable the first tps feature 3.105
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.071
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.049
When I enable the first tps feature 2.878
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.063
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.058
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.094
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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17.044
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 10.254
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.089
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.066
And I disable the first tps feature 3.139
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.447
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.046
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.969
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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55.285
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 10.589
And the network is plugged 0.058
And Tor is ready 14.166
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.687
When I write some files expected to persist 1.401
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.765
# 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" 17.617
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.595
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:8.116
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 persistent partition enabled and logged in 10.558
And the network is plugged 0.101
And Tor is ready 11.359
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.330
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.012
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:21.031
And I capture all network traffic 0.005
And the network is plugged 0.063
And Tor is ready 12.897
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.385
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.138
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.232
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.107
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.051
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50.223
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 12.483
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.121
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 16.713
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 19.905
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.372
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:19.294
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 13.744
When I enable persistence 25.291
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 14.812
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 40.054
And I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 28.668
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.186
When I cold reboot the computer 7.718
And the computer reboots Tails 44.532
Given I enable persistence 12.330
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.526
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.289
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.140
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.682
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
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2:38.741
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 13.169
# 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 30.230
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.990
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:21.936
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 23.414
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.205
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
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52.913
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 13.190
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 18.513
Then persistence is disabled 0.113
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.160
And all notifications have disappeared 11.024
When I delete the persistent partition 3.494
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.417
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.162
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:46.867
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 10.565
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.063
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.080
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:24.660
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.498
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.107
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.021
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1:0.254
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 12.185
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.089
When I try to enable persistence 1.314
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 17.951
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 12.609
And all notifications have disappeared 9.822
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.409
And all tps features are enabled 2.452
And all tps features but the first one are active 2.418
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.448
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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6:0.876
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 5:15.780
And I enable persistence 30.047
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.659
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.857
And persistence is enabled 2.531
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.024
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
31.743
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 9.548
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 21.512
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.682
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.243
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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41.228
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.010
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 12.965
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 13.374
When I enable persistence 12.418
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.061
And persistence is successfully enabled 2.407
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.896
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
35.541
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.023
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 11.456
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 14.199
When I try to enable persistence 1.394
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 4.377
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.217
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.226
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.066
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.283
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.319
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.183
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
56.649
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 10.494
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.079
When I try to enable persistence 1.332
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 15.140
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.351
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.056
When I log in to a new session 12.605
And all notifications have disappeared 10.302
# 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" 0.280
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.591
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.289
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.877
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.248
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.986
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
56.221
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 10.521
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 11.590
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.448
When I try to enable persistence 1.399
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 4.821
When I log in to a new session 11.855
And all notifications have disappeared 9.896
Then the Tor Browser starts 3.391
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.297
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.879
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000