Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6025 28 Dec 2025, 11:50

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 30:2.149 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:8.171
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 1:52.868
And I update APT using apt 7.651
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.420
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.231
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.734
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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39.281
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 13.563
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 18.873
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.289
And persistence is disabled 0.138
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.414
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.189
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:59.622
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 13.456
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.411
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.154
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 23.377
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.541
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.510
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:11.899
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.202
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.068
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.745
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
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37.673
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 11.391
And the system is very low on memory 4.839
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.241
When I try to create a persistent partition 5.775
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.132
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.551
And I free up some memory 0.949
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 11.201
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.592
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.786
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:49.361
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 11.862
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.370
And all tps features are active 2.125
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.060
When I disable the first tps feature 2.756
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.966
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.820
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:15.478
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.920
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.030
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
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15.655
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 9.825
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.077
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.080
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.064
When I disable the first tps feature 2.720
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.075
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.041
When I enable the first tps feature 2.629
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.059
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.082
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.631
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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15.479
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 enabled and logged in 9.504
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.065
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.074
And I disable the first tps feature 2.729
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.054
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.051
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.872
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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50.494
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 9.459
And the network is plugged 0.064
And Tor is ready 10.712
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.559
When I write some files expected to persist 1.444
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.799
# 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" 17.455
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.315
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:59.469
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 0.059
And Tor is ready 12.392
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.174
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.616
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:13.778
And I capture all network traffic 0.005
And the network is plugged 0.056
And Tor is ready 12.278
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.382
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.088
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.176
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.899
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.061
Tags: @product
49.923
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 12.505
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.126
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 17.452
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 18.839
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.648
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:10.180
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 12.701
When I enable persistence 21.443
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 14.972
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 39.790
And I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 28.414
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.147
When I cold reboot the computer 10.353
And the computer reboots Tails 41.344
Given I enable persistence 9.577
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.647
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.642
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.144
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.797
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
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2:21.660
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 11.596
# 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 28.497
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.773
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:12.041
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 21.751
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.175
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
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49.353
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 11.595
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 18.465
Then persistence is disabled 0.111
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.628
And all notifications have disappeared 10.329
When I delete the persistent partition 2.864
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.360
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.305
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:37.467
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 9.810
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.056
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.725
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:16.598
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.277
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.987
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
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56.724
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 11.631
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.055
When I try to enable persistence 1.395
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 16.831
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 12.062
And all notifications have disappeared 9.313
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.312
And all tps features are enabled 2.138
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.981
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.690
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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6:14.555
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 5:31.336
And I enable persistence 27.770
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 12.679
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.645
And persistence is enabled 2.123
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.865
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
28.102
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 9.420
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 17.607
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 1.074
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.823
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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36.446
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 12.110
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 11.277
When I enable persistence 10.547
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.075
And persistence is successfully enabled 2.435
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.072
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
33.589
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 10.997
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 12.557
When I try to enable persistence 1.457
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 4.295
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.285
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.261
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.049
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.264
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.420
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.046
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
55.170
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 10.461
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.078
When I try to enable persistence 1.364
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 14.111
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.334
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.045
When I log in to a new session 12.810
And all notifications have disappeared 9.790
# 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" 0.290
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.518
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.270
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.876
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.218
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.766
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
53.765
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 9.864
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 11.323
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.420
When I try to enable persistence 1.402
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 4.316
When I log in to a new session 12.155
And all notifications have disappeared 9.931
Then the Tor Browser starts 2.208
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.142
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.124
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000