Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_test-suite-tshark-leak-detection 9 17 Jun 2026, 19:02

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 22:12.735 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:33.167
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 1:19.175
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.898
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.244
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.849
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.951
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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29.765
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 9.074
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.089
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.329
And persistence is disabled 0.109
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.161
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.271
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:44.972
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 8.580
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.285
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.093
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 18.085
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.062
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.768
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.860
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.180
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.056
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.783
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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29.146
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 7.343
And the system is very low on memory 4.108
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.211
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.650
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.126
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.397
And I free up some memory 0.783
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.450
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.074
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.778
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:50.952
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 8.465
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.256
And all tps features are active 4.937
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.099
When I disable the first tps feature 2.715
Then all tps features but the first one are active 5.417
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.143
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:11.036
Then all tps features but the first one are active 4.881
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.831
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
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13.089
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 7.444
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.066
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.094
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.094
When I disable the first tps feature 2.562
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.050
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.045
When I enable the first tps feature 2.598
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.080
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.052
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.644
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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12.872
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 7.257
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.078
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.060
And I disable the first tps feature 2.550
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.875
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.050
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.959
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
47.504
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 7.423
And the network is plugged 0.022
And Tor is ready 12.100
And I take note of which tps features are available 4.410
When I write some files expected to persist 1.445
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.490
# 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" 12.613
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.322
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:45.631
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 7.101
And the network is plugged 0.018
And Tor is ready 10.055
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.186
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.498
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.732
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.019
And Tor is ready 12.474
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.344
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.083
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.112
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.699
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.060
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40.598
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.019
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.897
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.073
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 14.776
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 15.851
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.762
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:55.770
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 9.016
When I enable persistence 18.487
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.897
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.538
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.311
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.247
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.514
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 25.447
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.156
When I cold reboot the computer 6.249
And the computer reboots Tails 37.794
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.244
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.193
Given I enable persistence 11.195
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.095
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.216
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.004
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.159
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.576
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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2:16.434
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 8.191
# 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 28.130
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.992
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:9.028
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 23.091
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.255
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
Tags: @product
38.568
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 7.964
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.935
Then persistence is disabled 0.099
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.355
And all notifications have disappeared 8.083
When I delete the persistent partition 2.758
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.370
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.646
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:27.582
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 7.582
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.051
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.777
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:9.929
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.241
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.686
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
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51.580
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 8.501
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.060
When I try to enable persistence 1.172
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 9.846
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.851
And all notifications have disappeared 7.507
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.293
And all tps features are enabled 5.986
And all tps features but the first one are active 5.359
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.792
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:14.991
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 31.793
And I enable persistence 26.769
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.479
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.885
And persistence is enabled 6.063
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.929
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
26.311
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 7.189
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 18.605
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.516
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.947
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
33.257
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 8.333
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 8.635
When I enable persistence 10.162
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.053
And persistence is successfully enabled 6.073
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.962
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
28.003
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 7.609
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.036
When I try to enable persistence 1.209
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.017
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.177
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.471
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.064
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.170
Then persistence is successfully enabled 4.246
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.761
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
45.556
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 7.903
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.066
When I try to enable persistence 1.132
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 9.960
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.214
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.031
When I log in to a new session 12.200
And all notifications have disappeared 9.093
# 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" 0.284
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.148
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.246
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.508
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.765
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.125
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
46.977
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 7.967
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.559
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.458
When I try to enable persistence 1.170
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.749
When I log in to a new session 11.867
And all notifications have disappeared 9.729
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.757
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.716
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.904
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000