Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_test-suite-tshark-leak-detection 6 17 Jun 2026, 12:44

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 22:55.094 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:36.940
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 1:22.453
And I update the APT lists using apt 7.178
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.352
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.955
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.954
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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29.594
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 8.808
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.576
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.293
And persistence is disabled 0.109
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.806
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.957
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:46.898
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 9.004
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.367
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.137
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 18.749
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 9.841
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:8.471
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.198
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.080
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.933
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009
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29.642
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.011
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 7.454
And the system is very low on memory 3.480
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.389
When I try to create a persistent partition 5.109
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.148
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.474
And I free up some memory 0.877
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.637
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.069
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.810
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:53.773
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 9.280
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.345
And all tps features are active 5.844
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.378
When I disable the first tps feature 3.209
Then all tps features but the first one are active 5.928
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.975
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:11.410
Then all tps features but the first one are active 5.401
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.995
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
13.942
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 7.943
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.102
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.070
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.065
When I disable the first tps feature 2.996
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.046
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.092
When I enable the first tps feature 2.487
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.083
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.053
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.812
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
13.411
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 7.452
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.079
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.082
And I disable the first tps feature 2.710
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.037
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.048
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.861
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
48.956
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 7.478
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 13.629
And I take note of which tps features are available 4.137
When I write some files expected to persist 1.225
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.542
# 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" 12.926
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.339
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:50.408
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 7.320
And the network is plugged 0.018
And Tor is ready 9.248
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.168
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.626
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:10.847
And I capture all network traffic 0.004
And the network is plugged 0.019
And Tor is ready 12.497
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.419
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.116
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.121
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.901
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.041
Tags: @product
43.545
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.024
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.965
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.066
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 15.177
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 18.336
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.416
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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3:5.469
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 9.064
When I enable persistence 18.516
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.925
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 39.020
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.342
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.242
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.498
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 26.267
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.160
When I cold reboot the computer 9.181
And the computer reboots Tails 39.494
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.389
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.211
Given I enable persistence 13.647
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.110
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.239
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.003
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.153
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.831
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
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2:23.783
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 8.601
# 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 30.308
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.554
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:9.245
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 25.072
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.059
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008
Tags: @product
40.192
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.340
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.895
Then persistence is disabled 0.109
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.511
And all notifications have disappeared 8.033
When I delete the persistent partition 2.726
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.575
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.695
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:28.696
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 7.742
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.062
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.574
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:11.057
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.259
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.700
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009
Tags: @product
51.552
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 7.816
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.080
When I try to enable persistence 1.218
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 11.132
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.694
And all notifications have disappeared 8.119
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.275
And all tps features are enabled 5.214
And all tps features but the first one are active 5.999
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.791
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:16.210
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 34.405
And I enable persistence 24.967
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.189
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.640
And persistence is enabled 6.007
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.565
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
28.442
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.656
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 20.063
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.722
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.870
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
34.759
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 8.316
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 8.557
When I enable persistence 11.841
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.055
And persistence is successfully enabled 5.989
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.251
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
29.459
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 8.241
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.908
When I try to enable persistence 1.220
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.887
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.190
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.539
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.061
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.212
Then persistence is successfully enabled 4.197
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.269
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
43.983
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 7.790
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.098
When I try to enable persistence 1.217
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 8.791
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.193
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.035
When I log in to a new session 12.051
And all notifications have disappeared 9.011
# 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" 0.159
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.118
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.313
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.433
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 1.116
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
45.431
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 8.287
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.494
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.358
When I try to enable persistence 1.209
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.695
When I log in to a new session 10.663
And all notifications have disappeared 8.560
Then the Tor Browser starts 2.336
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.826
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.003
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000