Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_test-suite-tshark-leak-detection 5 17 Jun 2026, 10:56

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 22:23.037 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:39.042
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.004
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:24.341
And I update the APT lists using apt 7.506
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.260
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.934
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.028
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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33.134
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 9.411
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 16.605
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.317
And persistence is disabled 0.146
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.652
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.646
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:50.328
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 9.412
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.340
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.097
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 20.232
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.047
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.914
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:14.039
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.199
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.000
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.020
Tags: @product
30.769
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 8.990
And the system is very low on memory 3.130
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.132
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.707
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.142
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.357
And I free up some memory 1.197
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 10.061
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.048
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.010
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:50.305
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 8.196
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.442
And all tps features are active 5.620
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.014
When I disable the first tps feature 2.550
Then all tps features but the first one are active 4.635
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.790
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:10.554
Then all tps features but the first one are active 5.500
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.016
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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13.092
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 enabled and logged in 7.739
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.069
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.065
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.060
When I disable the first tps feature 2.508
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.047
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.050
When I enable the first tps feature 2.443
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.057
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.051
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.671
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
12.804
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 enabled and logged in 7.192
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.063
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.060
And I disable the first tps feature 2.516
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.921
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.049
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.975
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
46.370
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 7.001
And the network is plugged 0.029
And Tor is ready 12.415
And I take note of which tps features are available 3.913
When I write some files expected to persist 1.137
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.594
# 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" 12.276
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.389
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:49.067
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 7.494
And the network is plugged 0.014
And Tor is ready 11.090
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.119
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.547
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:8.359
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 11.845
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.345
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.090
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.139
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.856
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.052
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39.706
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 8.476
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.075
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 13.172
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.981
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.943
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:58.750
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 9.010
When I enable persistence 19.043
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.980
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.623
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.352
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.224
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.519
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 24.541
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.169
When I cold reboot the computer 10.360
And the computer reboots Tails 36.491
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.282
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.220
Given I enable persistence 11.459
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.073
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.261
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.916
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.219
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.619
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.020
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2:12.264
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.008
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.205
# 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 28.243
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.697
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:7.102
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 23.015
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.032
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
37.735
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 8.069
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.060
Then persistence is disabled 0.135
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.383
And all notifications have disappeared 7.873
When I delete the persistent partition 2.788
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.423
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.029
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:26.829
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 7.879
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.050
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.696
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:8.928
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.274
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.956
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
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49.888
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 7.728
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.053
When I try to enable persistence 1.173
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 11.325
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.500
And all notifications have disappeared 8.096
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.375
And all tps features are enabled 4.865
And all tps features but the first one are active 4.769
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.890
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:14.251
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 30.549
And I enable persistence 25.321
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.846
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.584
And persistence is enabled 5.949
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.310
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
26.800
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 7.036
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 19.000
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.763
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.183
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
33.196
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 8.415
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 7.801
When I enable persistence 11.309
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.057
And persistence is successfully enabled 5.612
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.245
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
28.898
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 7.887
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.260
When I try to enable persistence 1.298
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.754
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.177
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.445
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.070
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.175
Then persistence is successfully enabled 4.829
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.031
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
46.262
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 8.024
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.063
When I try to enable persistence 1.200
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 10.299
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.171
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.034
When I log in to a new session 11.394
And all notifications have disappeared 9.885
# 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" 0.223
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.499
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.225
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.445
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 1.061
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
43.538
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 8.208
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.384
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.389
When I try to enable persistence 1.218
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.511
When I log in to a new session 10.515
And all notifications have disappeared 8.702
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.475
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.133
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.790
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000