Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6052 12 Jan 2026, 11:24

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 20:34.519 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:30.578
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 1:17.828
And I update APT using apt 5.680
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.216
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.853
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.699
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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26.948
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 8.481
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.821
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.284
And persistence is disabled 0.086
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.274
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.751
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:36.283
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 8.460
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.334
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.106
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 18.053
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.461
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.549
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 59.091
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.178
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.045
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.946
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
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28.278
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 7.539
And the system is very low on memory 3.608
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.198
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.784
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.109
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.342
And I free up some memory 0.776
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.820
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.097
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.986
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:29.673
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 8.543
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.298
And all tps features are active 1.173
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.972
When I disable the first tps feature 2.544
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.320
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 1:1.873
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.127
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.573
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
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13.408
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 7.545
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.069
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.061
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.052
When I disable the first tps feature 3.030
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.049
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.038
When I enable the first tps feature 2.460
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.050
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.051
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.794
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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13.021
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 7.433
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.078
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.053
And I disable the first tps feature 2.557
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.848
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.050
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.767
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
39.886
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 7.669
And the network is plugged 0.029
And Tor is ready 9.637
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.198
When I write some files expected to persist 1.128
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.417
# 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" 11.806
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.442
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:8.149
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 7.576
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 37.938
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.106
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.430
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.960
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 11.531
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.376
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.100
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.090
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.931
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.054
Tags: @product
39.254
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 8.396
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.080
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 12.795
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.982
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.638
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:44.909
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 8.534
When I enable persistence 14.194
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.347
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.550
And I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 27.053
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.130
When I cold reboot the computer 10.353
And the computer reboots Tails 35.537
Given I enable persistence 7.555
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.375
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.113
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.163
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.949
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
Tags: @product
2:8.773
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 8.265
# 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 27.865
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.432
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:1.598
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 21.610
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.404
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
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38.604
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 8.554
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.090
Then persistence is disabled 0.131
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 3.989
And all notifications have disappeared 8.647
When I delete the persistent partition 2.810
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.380
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.740
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:21.135
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 7.777
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.056
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.615
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.456
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.229
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.696
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.020
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42.563
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 7.964
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.052
When I try to enable persistence 1.279
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 11.521
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.019
And all notifications have disappeared 8.107
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.345
And all tps features are enabled 1.137
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.135
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.679
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:0.341
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 30.079
And I enable persistence 18.427
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.711
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.599
And persistence is enabled 1.522
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.200
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
22.639
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 6.984
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 15.075
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.579
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.671
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
23.277
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 7.826
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 7.338
When I enable persistence 6.484
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.079
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.548
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.896
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
23.237
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 7.878
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.435
When I try to enable persistence 1.288
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.995
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.204
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.203
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.070
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.199
Then persistence is successfully enabled 0.962
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.016
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
41.090
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 7.686
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.054
When I try to enable persistence 1.250
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 8.715
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.250
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.031
When I log in to a new session 9.231
And all notifications have disappeared 9.112
# 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 0.088
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.211
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.314
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.917
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.671
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
42.462
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 7.426
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.430
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.339
When I try to enable persistence 2.217
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.919
When I log in to a new session 9.579
And all notifications have disappeared 9.448
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.356
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.743
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.755
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000