Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6024 27 Dec 2025, 11:46

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 30:6.239 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:9.318
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 1:53.595
And I update APT using apt 8.358
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.303
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.059
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.094
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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38.590
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 12.711
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 19.764
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.302
And persistence is disabled 0.120
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.690
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.972
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:1.046
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 13.838
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.399
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.105
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 21.703
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.578
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.741
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:13.364
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.214
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.100
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.057
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.021
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36.526
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 11.404
And the system is very low on memory 4.537
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.180
When I try to create a persistent partition 5.108
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.177
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.486
And I free up some memory 0.957
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 11.212
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.460
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.821
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:55.907
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 12.259
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.450
And all tps features are active 2.262
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.332
When I disable the first tps feature 3.097
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.959
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.246
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:19.455
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.843
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.148
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
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16.773
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 10.441
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.104
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.098
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.132
When I disable the first tps feature 3.165
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.066
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.045
When I enable the first tps feature 2.571
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.066
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.081
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.107
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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16.068
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 9.437
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.103
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.083
And I disable the first tps feature 3.269
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.127
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.045
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.842
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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51.436
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 9.459
And the network is plugged 0.061
And Tor is ready 12.023
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.635
When I write some files expected to persist 1.284
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.599
# 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" 17.373
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.423
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:53.149
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 9.470
And the network is plugged 0.064
And Tor is ready 11.149
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.141
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.916
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:11.535
And I capture all network traffic 0.006
And the network is plugged 0.062
And Tor is ready 12.107
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.384
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.079
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.231
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.786
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.053
Tags: @product
46.947
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 11.962
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.088
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 16.201
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 17.695
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.301
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:24.174
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.012
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 27.973
When I enable persistence 17.370
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 14.654
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 39.636
And I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 28.836
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.153
When I cold reboot the computer 10.237
And the computer reboots Tails 44.786
Given I enable persistence 9.431
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.492
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.460
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.141
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.859
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
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2:29.091
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 11.342
# 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 30.409
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.044
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:18.901
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 19.394
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.156
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.012
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47.707
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 12.146
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 16.806
Then persistence is disabled 0.112
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.467
And all notifications have disappeared 9.720
When I delete the persistent partition 3.053
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.400
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.894
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:39.129
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 9.920
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.081
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.704
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:18.160
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.261
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.722
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
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55.984
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 11.643
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.054
When I try to enable persistence 1.266
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 15.604
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 12.660
And all notifications have disappeared 9.366
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.365
And all tps features are enabled 2.162
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.860
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.238
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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6:5.538
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 5:22.827
And I enable persistence 27.773
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 12.123
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.675
And persistence is enabled 2.138
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.368
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
26.905
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 9.047
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 17.221
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.636
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.951
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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34.987
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 12.379
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 11.193
When I enable persistence 9.018
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.057
And persistence is successfully enabled 2.338
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.097
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
31.382
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 11.100
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.862
When I try to enable persistence 1.331
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 4.020
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.287
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.288
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.048
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.274
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.166
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.257
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 10.187
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.060
When I try to enable persistence 1.339
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 11.784
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.291
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.049
When I log in to a new session 11.881
And all notifications have disappeared 10.892
# 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" 0.220
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.446
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.416
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.825
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.147
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.230
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
53.029
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 10.611
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 11.533
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.394
When I try to enable persistence 1.270
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.547
When I log in to a new session 11.503
And all notifications have disappeared 9.795
Then the Tor Browser starts 2.283
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.091
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.981
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000