Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6033 03 Jan 2026, 11:11

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 19:33.400 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:28.841
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:16.400
And I update APT using apt 5.355
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.225
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.859
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.913
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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26.292
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.438
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.289
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.233
And persistence is disabled 0.086
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.245
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.896
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:34.690
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 8.331
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.321
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.085
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.821
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.423
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.493
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 57.993
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.176
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.042
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.640
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
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27.871
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 7.525
And the system is very low on memory 3.385
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.188
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.665
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.099
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.380
And I free up some memory 0.759
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.771
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.095
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.919
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:26.903
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.009
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.166
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.323
And all tps features are active 1.098
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.845
When I disable the first tps feature 2.484
Then all tps features but the first one are active 0.998
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.819
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.021
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.147
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.816
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
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12.922
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.659
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.064
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.060
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.055
When I disable the first tps feature 2.437
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.051
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.040
When I enable the first tps feature 2.457
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.050
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.771
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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12.695
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.224
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.061
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.054
And I disable the first tps feature 2.465
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.849
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.039
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.040
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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39.240
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.068
And the network is plugged 0.013
And Tor is ready 9.944
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.159
When I write some files expected to persist 1.137
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.240
# 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" 11.677
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.577
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:37.324
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 enabled and logged in 7.159
And the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 9.782
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.119
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.201
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 59.130
And I capture all network traffic 0.005
And the network is plugged 0.018
And Tor is ready 11.408
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.362
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.049
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.072
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.945
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.117
Tags: @product
35.848
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.227
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.065
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 12.347
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 14.207
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.160
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:37.115
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.527
When I enable persistence 13.495
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.283
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.272
And I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 25.228
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.127
When I cold reboot the computer 8.639
And the computer reboots Tails 34.066
Given I enable persistence 6.273
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.453
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.606
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.141
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.696
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
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2:15.146
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.952
# 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 27.836
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 18.307
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 58.768
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 22.282
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.028
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.025
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36.828
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.100
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.836
Then persistence is disabled 0.089
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 3.713
And all notifications have disappeared 8.072
When I delete the persistent partition 2.688
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.327
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.894
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:11.781
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.513
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.065
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.448
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 58.550
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.203
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.991
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.031
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39.844
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.555
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.041
When I try to enable persistence 1.215
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 10.674
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.805
And all notifications have disappeared 8.210
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.248
And all tps features are enabled 0.993
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.098
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.862
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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58.151
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
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 29.898
And I enable persistence 16.910
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.249
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.573
And persistence is enabled 1.519
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.798
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
20.732
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
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 6.962
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 13.287
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.482
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.001
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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24.041
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.813
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 8.216
When I enable persistence 6.300
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.035
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.675
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.695
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
24.208
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.554
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.431
When I try to enable persistence 1.293
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.199
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.186
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.164
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.050
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.254
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.072
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.056
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
42.393
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.413
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.052
When I try to enable persistence 1.179
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 8.794
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.233
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.025
When I log in to a new session 10.246
And all notifications have disappeared 9.755
# 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" 0.158
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.380
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.159
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.239
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.755
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.917
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
40.525
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.520
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.909
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.340
When I try to enable persistence 1.228
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.811
When I log in to a new session 9.504
And all notifications have disappeared 7.946
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.318
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.944
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.714
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000