Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6043 08 Jan 2026, 11:32

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 19:43.934 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:30.811
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 1:17.767
And I update APT using apt 5.926
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.240
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.877
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.890
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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28.063
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 8.637
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.916
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.268
And persistence is disabled 0.095
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.145
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.648
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:35.820
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 8.469
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.265
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.103
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 19.070
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.547
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.354
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 57.786
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.182
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.041
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.989
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.056
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27.659
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 7.659
And the system is very low on memory 3.132
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.247
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.421
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.087
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.569
And I free up some memory 0.796
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.698
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.046
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.538
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:26.411
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 8.062
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.308
And all tps features are active 1.319
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.835
When I disable the first tps feature 2.466
Then all tps features but the first one are active 0.996
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.299
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.970
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.153
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.791
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.030
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13.038
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 7.682
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.058
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.092
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.055
When I disable the first tps feature 2.502
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.074
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.033
When I enable the first tps feature 2.407
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.062
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.067
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.673
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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12.693
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 7.181
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.057
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.104
And I disable the first tps feature 2.512
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.786
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.051
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.041
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
39.066
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 7.213
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 9.447
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.152
When I write some files expected to persist 1.170
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.321
# 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" 11.743
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.221
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:38.911
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 7.196
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 9.679
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.159
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.303
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.595
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 11.428
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.377
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.050
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.082
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.922
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.049
Tags: @product
38.589
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 stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.416
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.066
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 12.762
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.345
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.003
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:39.386
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 8.550
When I enable persistence 14.197
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.465
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.374
And I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 25.642
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.147
When I cold reboot the computer 8.648
And the computer reboots Tails 35.020
Given I enable persistence 6.282
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.332
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.579
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.143
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.902
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product
2:7.255
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 8.078
# 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 28.404
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.955
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 59.935
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 22.882
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.232
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.033
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35.565
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 7.669
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.490
Then persistence is disabled 0.102
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.305
And all notifications have disappeared 8.028
When I delete the persistent partition 2.610
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.359
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.590
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:16.763
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 7.530
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.055
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.441
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 59.513
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.221
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.985
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.036
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39.528
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 7.579
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.047
When I try to enable persistence 1.203
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 10.128
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.304
And all notifications have disappeared 7.963
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.230
And all tps features are enabled 0.986
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.084
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.674
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:0.167
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 29.938
And I enable persistence 18.513
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.687
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.499
And persistence is enabled 1.528
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.560
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
22.418
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 6.948
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 15.010
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.459
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.804
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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24.057
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 8.072
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 7.977
When I enable persistence 6.378
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.048
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.581
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.649
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
24.764
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 7.459
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.118
When I try to enable persistence 1.280
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.205
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.185
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.245
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.057
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.173
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.038
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.059
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
41.580
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 7.594
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.063
When I try to enable persistence 1.208
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 8.589
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.182
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.028
When I log in to a new session 10.144
And all notifications have disappeared 9.031
# 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" 0.198
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.129
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.265
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.372
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.772
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.843
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
41.378
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 7.672
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.618
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.311
When I try to enable persistence 1.207
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.749
When I log in to a new session 9.635
And all notifications have disappeared 8.127
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.269
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.787
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.836
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000