Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 5989 07 Dec 2025, 19:56

Feature Report

Steps Scenarios Features
Feature Passed Failed Skipped Pending Undefined Total Passed Failed Total Duration Status
Tails persistence 157 0 0 0 0 157 21 0 21 41:32.538 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:28.492
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 2:10.331
And I update APT using apt 7.672
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 9.417
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.072
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.354
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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44.188
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 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 14.010
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 20.656
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.323
And persistence is disabled 0.139
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 9.058
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.119
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:13.082
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.007
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 14.932
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.402
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.133
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 27.083
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.634
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.343
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:18.275
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.219
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.058
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.979
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
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40.523
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.007
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 11.779
And the system is very low on memory 4.907
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.301
When I try to create a persistent partition 5.981
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.197
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.666
And I free up some memory 1.132
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 12.940
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.616
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.318
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:13.482
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 14.940
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.375
And all tps features are active 2.265
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.562
When I disable the first tps feature 4.035
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.553
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.996
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:34.349
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.404
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.991
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
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31.138
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 23.812
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.108
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.067
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.116
When I disable the first tps feature 3.375
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.429
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.078
When I enable the first tps feature 2.972
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.093
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.084
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.964
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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18.600
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 11.056
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.122
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.112
And I disable the first tps feature 3.123
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 4.135
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.051
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.812
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:2.366
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.008
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 10.747
And the network is plugged 0.083
And Tor is ready 21.964
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.794
When I write some files expected to persist 1.328
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.305
# 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?
Then only the expected files are present on the persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 19.141
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.134
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:11.604
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 11.043
And the network is plugged 0.086
And Tor is ready 13.517
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.143
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.940
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:24.504
And I capture all network traffic 0.009
And the network is plugged 0.059
And Tor is ready 13.648
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.368
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.068
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.213
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.898
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.067
Tags: @product
57.817
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.007
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 14.857
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.127
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 20.367
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 21.465
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.417
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:36.413
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 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 14.682
When I enable persistence 25.327
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 16.055
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 41.411
And I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 31.751
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.171
When I cold reboot the computer 10.608
And the computer reboots Tails 46.312
Given I enable persistence 17.071
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.642
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 12.176
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.201
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.671
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.022
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3:18.569
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.007
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 14.624
# 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 44.460
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.664
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:42.415
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 25.403
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.399
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.013
Tags: @product
53.766
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 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 13.277
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 19.593
Then persistence is disabled 0.114
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.609
And all notifications have disappeared 11.058
When I delete the persistent partition 3.578
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.534
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.966
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:47.494
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.007
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 11.373
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.064
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.923
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:25.830
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.302
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.219
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.068
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1:4.194
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.034
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 12.799
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.067
When I try to enable persistence 1.295
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 18.681
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 13.938
And all notifications have disappeared 9.913
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.505
And all tps features are enabled 3.559
And all tps features but the first one are active 2.433
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.631
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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13:16.986
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.018
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 12:6.165
And I enable persistence 52.759
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 13.935
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.784
And persistence is enabled 3.341
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.560
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
33.945
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.007
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 9.827
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 23.351
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.766
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.982
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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58.713
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.008
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 14.114
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 13.264
When I enable persistence 10.424
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.066
And persistence is successfully enabled 20.843
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.011
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
39.013
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 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 12.442
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 15.017
When I try to enable persistence 1.433
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 5.763
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.301
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.346
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.061
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.276
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.370
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.192
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
1:1.795
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 12.181
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.070
When I try to enable persistence 1.322
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 15.944
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.226
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.050
When I log in to a new session 12.953
And all notifications have disappeared 11.541
# 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" 0.367
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.643
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.563
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.982
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.946
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.077
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
1:0.348
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.009
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 10.808
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 13.966
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.411
When I try to enable persistence 1.326
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.881
When I log in to a new session 15.038
And all notifications have disappeared 10.606
Then the Tor Browser starts 3.064
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.245
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.153
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000