Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6047 08 Jan 2026, 19:21

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 19:55.073 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:45.400
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 1:32.282
And I update APT using apt 5.992
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.250
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.875
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.877
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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29.752
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 9.208
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.842
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.348
And persistence is disabled 0.153
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.199
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.061
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:38.104
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 8.394
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.271
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.116
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.961
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.463
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.697
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.963
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.183
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.054
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.745
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.042
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28.623
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.020
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 7.798
And the system is very low on memory 3.512
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.183
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.913
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.175
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.372
And I free up some memory 0.819
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.747
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.099
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.608
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:29.005
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 8.124
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.393
And all tps features are active 1.159
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.787
When I disable the first tps feature 2.488
Then all tps features but the first one are active 0.974
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.714
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.184
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.177
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.656
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
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12.779
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 7.474
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.068
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.049
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.064
When I disable the first tps feature 2.494
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.054
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.042
When I enable the first tps feature 2.426
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.053
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.052
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.006
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
12.983
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 7.507
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.072
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.062
And I disable the first tps feature 2.474
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.822
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.797
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
39.977
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 enabled and logged in 7.387
And the network is plugged 0.043
And Tor is ready 10.291
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.191
When I write some files expected to persist 1.074
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.399
# 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" 11.591
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.309
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:35.048
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 7.220
And the network is plugged 0.014
And Tor is ready 8.387
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.131
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.605
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 59.928
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 12.193
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.353
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.091
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.099
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.712
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.048
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38.055
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 8.267
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.094
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 13.807
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 14.885
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.987
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:40.934
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 8.391
When I enable persistence 13.570
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.137
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.483
And I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 26.443
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.146
When I cold reboot the computer 9.969
And the computer reboots Tails 35.056
Given I enable persistence 6.481
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.385
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.722
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.145
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.843
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.066
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2:3.697
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 7.831
# 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 26.350
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.334
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:1.137
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 23.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.837
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.057
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36.820
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 with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.829
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.626
Then persistence is disabled 0.106
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.148
And all notifications have disappeared 8.170
When I delete the persistent partition 2.599
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.339
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.946
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:17.343
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 7.486
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.059
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.405
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.166
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.225
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.865
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.024
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39.508
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 7.325
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.042
When I try to enable persistence 1.162
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 10.444
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.049
And all notifications have disappeared 8.210
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.223
And all tps features are enabled 1.027
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.021
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.711
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
58.011
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 28.955
And I enable persistence 17.364
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.417
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.644
And persistence is enabled 1.629
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.812
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
21.749
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 6.928
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 14.319
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.501
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.023
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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22.874
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 7.462
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 7.461
When I enable persistence 6.265
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.046
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.638
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.890
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
22.736
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 7.372
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.534
When I try to enable persistence 1.259
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.077
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.180
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.120
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.050
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.206
Then persistence is successfully enabled 0.935
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.054
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
40.888
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 7.486
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.058
When I try to enable persistence 1.179
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 8.421
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.145
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.025
When I log in to a new session 10.796
And all notifications have disappeared 8.131
# 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" 0.225
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.085
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.160
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.367
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.805
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.909
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
40.777
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 7.495
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.460
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.354
When I try to enable persistence 1.192
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.967
When I log in to a new session 9.702
And all notifications have disappeared 8.422
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.377
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.805
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.178
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000