Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6044 08 Jan 2026, 18:21

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 20:35.306 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:33.998
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:20.408
And I update APT using apt 6.185
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.248
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.155
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.760
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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29.634
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.895
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 16.269
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.286
And persistence is disabled 0.107
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.074
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.693
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:41.276
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 9.205
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.375
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.113
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 19.627
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.560
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.491
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.634
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.214
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.054
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.540
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
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32.159
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 8.004
And the system is very low on memory 4.097
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.183
When I try to create a persistent partition 5.619
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.134
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.372
And I free up some memory 1.019
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 10.234
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.491
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.598
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:34.893
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 8.499
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.519
And all tps features are active 1.466
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.815
When I disable the first tps feature 2.621
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.472
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.217
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.023
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.258
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.921
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
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13.141
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 7.592
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.086
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.068
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.054
When I disable the first tps feature 2.668
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.081
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.038
When I enable the first tps feature 2.448
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.047
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.055
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.678
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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13.111
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 7.462
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.072
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.056
And I disable the first tps feature 2.656
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.817
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.046
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.747
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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36.444
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 7.442
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 9.864
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.168
When I write some files expected to persist 1.175
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.362
# 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" 12.413
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.311
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:43.346
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 7.213
And the network is plugged 0.018
And Tor is ready 10.314
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.203
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.632
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.976
And I capture all network traffic 0.004
And the network is plugged 0.019
And Tor is ready 11.368
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.408
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.104
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.082
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.972
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.085
Tags: @product
39.939
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 stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.170
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.079
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 15.337
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 14.352
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.223
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:48.576
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 9.106
When I enable persistence 15.647
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.327
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.657
And I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 27.354
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.212
When I cold reboot the computer 10.568
And the computer reboots Tails 36.025
Given I enable persistence 7.189
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.397
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.789
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.300
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.001
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.025
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2:4.205
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 8.041
# 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 26.882
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.570
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:1.843
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 21.868
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.950
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.046
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38.195
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 7.814
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.818
Then persistence is disabled 0.094
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.615
And all notifications have disappeared 8.703
When I delete the persistent partition 2.707
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.441
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.516
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:22.016
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 7.973
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.052
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.584
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.149
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.256
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.789
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.027
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42.276
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 7.920
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.069
When I try to enable persistence 1.235
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 10.935
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.328
And all notifications have disappeared 8.253
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.245
And all tps features are enabled 1.034
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.253
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.027
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:3.506
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 31.069
And I enable persistence 20.474
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.424
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.539
And persistence is enabled 1.998
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.005
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
23.018
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.502
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 14.874
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.641
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.817
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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24.855
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 8.097
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 8.005
When I enable persistence 6.963
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.052
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.736
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.878
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
24.977
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 7.473
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.981
When I try to enable persistence 2.374
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.478
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.198
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.176
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.062
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.141
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.090
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.896
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
42.831
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 7.632
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.065
When I try to enable persistence 1.263
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 8.690
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.212
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.025
When I log in to a new session 11.352
And all notifications have disappeared 8.483
# 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" 0.221
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.562
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.159
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.240
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.921
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.955
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
42.899
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 7.754
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.615
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.316
When I try to enable persistence 1.204
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.214
When I log in to a new session 10.669
And all notifications have disappeared 8.839
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.412
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.872
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.125
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000