Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6026 29 Dec 2025, 11:49

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 30:11.809 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:13.719
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 1:58.722
And I update APT using apt 7.500
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.339
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.157
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.701
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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38.079
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 12.407
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 18.383
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.304
And persistence is disabled 0.140
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.843
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.051
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:58.296
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 13.478
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.413
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.122
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 24.141
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.536
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.300
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:10.046
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.204
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.051
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.090
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
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36.551
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 10.159
And the system is very low on memory 4.652
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.243
When I try to create a persistent partition 6.052
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.117
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.463
And I free up some memory 0.931
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 11.346
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.584
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.833
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:48.194
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 12.908
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.426
And all tps features are active 2.221
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.317
When I disable the first tps feature 2.716
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.948
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.344
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:11.433
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.877
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.675
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.018
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17.699
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 enabled and logged in 11.587
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.105
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.069
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.081
When I disable the first tps feature 3.094
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.061
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.043
When I enable the first tps feature 2.533
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.057
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.063
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.156
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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15.489
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 9.523
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.096
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.072
And I disable the first tps feature 2.694
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.045
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.057
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.903
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
50.748
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 9.460
And the network is plugged 0.052
And Tor is ready 11.075
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.671
When I write some files expected to persist 1.216
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.864
# 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" 17.405
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.585
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:3.987
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 enabled and logged in 9.628
And the network is plugged 0.066
And Tor is ready 15.766
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.147
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.731
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:16.835
And I capture all network traffic 0.008
And the network is plugged 0.067
And Tor is ready 13.075
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.390
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.075
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.194
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.944
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.046
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49.673
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 12.979
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.137
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 16.218
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 19.339
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.350
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:15.753
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 12.335
When I enable persistence 22.007
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 15.114
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 39.916
And I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 28.536
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.167
When I cold reboot the computer 11.796
And the computer reboots Tails 43.623
Given I enable persistence 11.618
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.510
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.958
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.166
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.727
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
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2:33.305
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 12.563
# 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 30.438
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.263
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:22.004
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 19.035
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.530
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product
50.784
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 13.107
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 16.964
Then persistence is disabled 0.108
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.412
And all notifications have disappeared 10.873
When I delete the persistent partition 2.810
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.507
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.389
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:37.968
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 11.149
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.057
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.816
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:18.670
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.274
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.140
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
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56.452
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 11.959
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.065
When I try to enable persistence 1.289
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 16.633
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.501
And all notifications have disappeared 9.582
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.398
And all tps features are enabled 2.186
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.835
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.914
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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5:51.742
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 5:6.289
And I enable persistence 28.684
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 12.524
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.653
And persistence is enabled 3.589
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.125
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
29.892
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 9.068
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 20.170
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.653
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.980
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
36.914
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 12.571
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 10.984
When I enable persistence 10.960
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.058
And persistence is successfully enabled 2.339
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.341
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
34.708
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 12.664
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 12.247
When I try to enable persistence 1.381
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 4.440
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.304
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.175
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.055
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.280
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.157
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.975
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
54.870
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 10.603
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.064
When I try to enable persistence 1.355
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 12.749
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.238
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.056
When I log in to a new session 12.735
And all notifications have disappeared 10.886
# 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 0.480
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.278
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.986
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.153
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.037
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
56.977
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 11.537
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 11.551
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.378
When I try to enable persistence 1.394
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.840
When I log in to a new session 11.781
And all notifications have disappeared 11.544
Then the Tor Browser starts 2.689
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.260
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.201
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000