Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_test-suite-tshark-leak-detection 12 20 Jun 2026, 12:41

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 22:24.712 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:34.034
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 1:19.927
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.519
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.461
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.125
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.817
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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30.544
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 8.924
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 16.187
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.304
And persistence is disabled 0.099
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.028
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.792
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:53.317
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 10.368
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.441
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.187
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 20.926
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.078
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.188
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:13.862
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.208
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.055
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.969
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008
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30.845
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 logged in 7.459
And the system is very low on memory 4.402
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.217
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.662
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.140
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.452
And I free up some memory 0.811
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 10.633
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.064
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.114
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:50.783
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 enabled and logged in 8.680
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.400
And all tps features are active 5.331
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.168
When I disable the first tps feature 2.743
Then all tps features but the first one are active 5.530
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.736
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:14.345
Then all tps features but the first one are active 4.847
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.031
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009
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13.571
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.858
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.095
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.087
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.047
When I disable the first tps feature 2.706
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.093
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.037
When I enable the first tps feature 2.435
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.131
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.078
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.620
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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13.282
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 enabled and logged in 7.204
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.124
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.089
And I disable the first tps feature 2.603
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.211
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.050
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.002
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
45.019
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 enabled and logged in 7.925
And the network is plugged 0.019
And Tor is ready 13.133
And I take note of which tps features are available 4.577
When I write some files expected to persist 1.217
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.438
# 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" 12.707
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.282
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:53.522
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 7.597
And the network is plugged 0.018
And Tor is ready 10.467
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.171
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.681
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:13.023
And I capture all network traffic 0.004
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 11.989
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.349
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.078
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.123
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.935
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.048
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42.777
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.006
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.966
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.085
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 15.284
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 17.440
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.224
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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3:1.737
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 8.819
When I enable persistence 18.130
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.980
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.548
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.329
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.243
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.525
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 24.989
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.192
When I cold reboot the computer 9.196
And the computer reboots Tails 38.718
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.302
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.202
Given I enable persistence 12.829
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.073
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 11.206
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.226
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.646
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008
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2:19.549
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 enabled and logged in 8.436
# 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 28.573
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.273
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:12.028
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 23.237
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.113
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
Tags: @product
40.009
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 8.282
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.719
Then persistence is disabled 0.096
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.363
And all notifications have disappeared 8.321
When I delete the persistent partition 2.898
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.326
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.831
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:22.741
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 7.322
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.210
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.713
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:9.256
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.237
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.554
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.041
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49.641
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 8.268
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.050
When I try to enable persistence 1.156
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 9.711
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.791
And all notifications have disappeared 7.733
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.270
And all tps features are enabled 5.208
And all tps features but the first one are active 5.451
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.716
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:9.939
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 30.195
And I enable persistence 23.722
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.044
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.613
And persistence is enabled 5.363
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.937
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
26.445
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 6.972
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 18.937
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.535
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.814
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
32.572
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 8.168
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 8.026
When I enable persistence 10.938
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.046
And persistence is successfully enabled 5.393
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.718
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
27.486
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 7.786
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.800
When I try to enable persistence 1.253
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.599
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.154
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.292
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.075
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.154
Then persistence is successfully enabled 4.368
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.776
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
44.002
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 7.491
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.051
When I try to enable persistence 1.147
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 9.470
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 0.027
When I log in to a new session 10.080
And all notifications have disappeared 10.473
# 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" 0.211
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.423
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.211
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.346
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.816
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.826
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
42.887
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 7.529
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.373
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.303
When I try to enable persistence 1.188
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.080
When I log in to a new session 11.599
And all notifications have disappeared 8.570
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.588
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.654
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.903
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000