Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6039 06 Jan 2026, 08:05

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 22:6.731 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:39.678
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 1:25.306
And I update APT using apt 6.683
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.439
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.248
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.900
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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32.788
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 9.787
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 17.403
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.285
And persistence is disabled 0.105
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.206
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.427
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:51.118
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 9.984
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.309
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.099
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 21.101
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.517
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.613
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.211
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.209
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.071
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.707
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.029
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33.426
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 8.364
And the system is very low on memory 4.148
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.367
When I try to create a persistent partition 5.201
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.154
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.442
And I free up some memory 0.851
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 11.311
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.583
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.902
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:41.785
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 9.017
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.388
And all tps features are active 1.671
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.498
When I disable the first tps feature 3.312
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.410
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.676
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:12.453
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.356
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.354
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
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13.847
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 7.668
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.091
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.084
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.061
When I disable the first tps feature 3.117
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.088
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.042
When I enable the first tps feature 2.512
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.081
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.099
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.061
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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14.067
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 8.306
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.086
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.077
And I disable the first tps feature 2.571
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.981
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.201
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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44.342
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.048
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.285
And the network is plugged 0.028
And Tor is ready 10.375
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.178
When I write some files expected to persist 1.960
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.021
# 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" 13.492
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.566
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:50.720
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 7.944
And the network is plugged 0.020
And Tor is ready 10.784
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.209
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.907
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:9.212
And I capture all network traffic 0.009
And the network is plugged 0.021
And Tor is ready 11.923
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.436
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.103
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.148
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.575
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.088
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42.700
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 without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.759
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.167
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 14.366
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 17.406
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.740
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:56.652
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 9.757
When I enable persistence 16.346
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.455
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 39.329
And I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 28.526
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.317
When I cold reboot the computer 10.800
And the computer reboots Tails 40.503
Given I enable persistence 8.422
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.364
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.671
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.155
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.714
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
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2:22.206
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 8.714
# 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 29.762
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.955
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:15.876
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 18.897
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.116
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
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39.047
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 8.479
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.366
Then persistence is disabled 0.142
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.690
And all notifications have disappeared 8.254
When I delete the persistent partition 2.731
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.382
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.973
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:28.290
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 8.229
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.062
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.590
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:10.086
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.321
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.986
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.034
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44.629
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 7.723
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.069
When I try to enable persistence 1.226
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 11.862
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.841
And all notifications have disappeared 8.299
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.314
And all tps features are enabled 1.058
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.233
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.934
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:8.242
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 32.931
And I enable persistence 21.304
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.592
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.665
And persistence is enabled 1.749
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.329
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
23.910
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.687
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 15.469
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.753
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.873
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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25.562
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 7.940
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.185
When I enable persistence 6.585
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.048
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.802
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.624
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
25.550
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 8.216
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.413
When I try to enable persistence 1.306
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.726
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.187
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.275
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.047
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.255
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.120
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.913
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
43.774
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 7.737
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.062
When I try to enable persistence 1.293
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 9.375
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.284
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.027
When I log in to a new session 10.928
And all notifications have disappeared 9.233
# 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" 0.134
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.137
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.225
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.428
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.905
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.018
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
44.388
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 7.775
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.831
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.338
When I try to enable persistence 1.226
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.008
When I log in to a new session 10.833
And all notifications have disappeared 9.304
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.315
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.754
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.796
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000