Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_test-suite-tshark-leak-detection 11 19 Jun 2026, 12:42

Feature Report

Steps Scenarios Features
Feature Passed Failed Skipped Pending Undefined Total Passed Failed Total Duration Status
Tails persistence 163 0 0 0 0 163 21 0 21 21:58.131 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:35.350
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:22.022
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.206
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.283
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.837
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.293
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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31.031
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 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 9.174
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 16.515
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.344
And persistence is disabled 0.095
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.901
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.687
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:44.906
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 8.538
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.320
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.152
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 19.192
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.108
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.652
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.650
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.237
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.054
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.895
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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30.911
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 7.772
And the system is very low on memory 3.841
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.177
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.609
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.096
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.415
And I free up some memory 0.830
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 11.112
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.056
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.891
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:51.639
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.388
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.352
And all tps features are active 6.183
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.191
When I disable the first tps feature 2.797
Then all tps features but the first one are active 4.969
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.872
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:11.589
Then all tps features but the first one are active 5.294
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.942
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
12.932
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.470
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.080
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.063
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.077
When I disable the first tps feature 2.594
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.058
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.042
When I enable the first tps feature 2.445
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.057
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.041
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.757
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
13.106
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.370
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.067
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.051
And I disable the first tps feature 2.641
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.907
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.067
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.659
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
46.782
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.252
And the network is plugged 0.032
And Tor is ready 12.467
And I take note of which tps features are available 4.072
When I write some files expected to persist 1.198
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.530
# 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? (tails/tails#10330)
Then only the expected files are present on the persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 12.228
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.517
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:46.187
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.360
And the network is plugged 0.029
And Tor is ready 9.672
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.126
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.867
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.655
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.019
And Tor is ready 11.777
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.461
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.086
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.127
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.682
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.051
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41.298
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 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 8.694
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.062
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 14.177
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 17.363
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.489
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:51.804
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 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 8.554
When I enable persistence 17.477
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.723
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.425
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.332
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.267
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.537
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 24.357
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.149
When I cold reboot the computer 4.788
And the computer reboots Tails 37.956
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.283
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.210
Given I enable persistence 11.383
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.074
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.221
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.904
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.155
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.962
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008
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2:10.043
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.018
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.307
# 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 26.692
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.353
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:8.216
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 21.473
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.109
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
37.059
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 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 7.683
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.150
Then persistence is disabled 0.099
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.008
And all notifications have disappeared 8.021
When I delete the persistent partition 2.766
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.328
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.703
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:26.682
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.679
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.059
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.544
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:9.173
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.224
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.650
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.019
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50.370
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 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 7.829
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.055
When I try to enable persistence 1.182
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 10.165
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.055
And all notifications have disappeared 7.739
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.279
And all tps features are enabled 5.348
And all tps features but the first one are active 5.714
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.084
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:10.974
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 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 31.407
And I enable persistence 23.360
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.120
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.569
And persistence is enabled 5.517
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.812
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
26.366
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 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 7.449
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 18.278
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.638
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.863
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
33.894
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 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 8.084
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 8.653
When I enable persistence 11.015
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.060
And persistence is successfully enabled 6.080
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.864
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
28.072
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 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 8.021
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.751
When I try to enable persistence 1.239
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.791
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.210
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.483
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.069
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.161
Then persistence is successfully enabled 4.343
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.773
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
44.392
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 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 7.405
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.057
When I try to enable persistence 1.129
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 9.355
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.143
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.029
When I log in to a new session 11.721
And all notifications have disappeared 9.483
# 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" 0.180
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.607
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.204
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.303
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.769
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.890
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
44.323
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 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 8.020
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.022
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.339
When I try to enable persistence 1.204
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.917
When I log in to a new session 11.371
And all notifications have disappeared 8.917
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.735
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.795
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.121
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000