Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6055 13 Jan 2026, 11:42

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 21:19.815 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:32.965
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 1:20.068
And I update APT using apt 5.705
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.295
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.897
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.754
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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28.801
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 8.785
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.234
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.236
And persistence is disabled 0.100
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.444
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.142
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:40.520
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 8.820
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.314
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.090
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.857
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.522
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.735
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.950
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.169
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.059
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.835
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
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29.500
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 8.273
And the system is very low on memory 3.473
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.197
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.513
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.099
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.389
And I free up some memory 0.845
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.638
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.069
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.826
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:32.452
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 8.364
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.335
And all tps features are active 1.351
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.350
When I disable the first tps feature 2.712
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.167
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.689
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.300
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.179
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.770
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
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13.392
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 8.103
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.073
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.059
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.064
When I disable the first tps feature 2.480
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.050
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.033
When I enable the first tps feature 2.434
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.050
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.043
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.827
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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13.325
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 7.593
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.070
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.108
And I disable the first tps feature 2.593
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.920
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.038
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.896
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:9.634
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 7.337
And the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 41.272
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.221
When I write some files expected to persist 1.293
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.844
# 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" 12.648
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.145
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:49.321
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 7.587
And the network is plugged 0.065
And Tor is ready 12.867
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.160
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.590
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.767
And I capture all network traffic 0.004
And the network is plugged 0.022
And Tor is ready 11.718
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.368
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.059
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.110
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.993
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.061
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39.263
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 stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.473
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.067
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 12.751
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.972
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.541
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:49.031
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 9.121
When I enable persistence 15.051
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.638
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.571
And I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 26.740
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.182
When I cold reboot the computer 9.471
And the computer reboots Tails 38.096
Given I enable persistence 7.891
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.416
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.666
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.182
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.842
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.066
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2:6.677
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 8.100
# 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 25.857
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.723
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:3.656
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 20.340
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.037
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.024
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39.058
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 7.861
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.053
Then persistence is disabled 0.109
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.195
And all notifications have disappeared 8.704
When I delete the persistent partition 2.740
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.394
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.965
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:25.355
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 7.529
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.080
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.671
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.782
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.291
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.916
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
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44.125
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 7.757
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.046
When I try to enable persistence 1.201
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 11.430
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.554
And all notifications have disappeared 8.127
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.338
And all tps features are enabled 1.108
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.559
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.700
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:4.975
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 32.243
And I enable persistence 19.719
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.488
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.705
And persistence is enabled 1.819
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.906
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
22.989
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 7.339
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 14.965
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.684
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.805
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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25.228
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 7.913
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 8.595
When I enable persistence 6.788
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.045
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.885
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.978
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
24.415
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 7.970
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.912
When I try to enable persistence 1.288
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.381
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.259
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.241
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.060
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.225
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.075
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.924
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
45.300
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 7.882
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.059
When I try to enable persistence 1.175
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 9.762
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.196
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.026
When I log in to a new session 10.487
And all notifications have disappeared 10.150
# 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" 0.178
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.547
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.219
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.581
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.031
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.004
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
43.478
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 7.698
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.405
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.347
When I try to enable persistence 1.273
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.534
When I log in to a new session 11.485
And all notifications have disappeared 8.561
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.305
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.865
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.885
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000