Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6002 11 Dec 2025, 13:53

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 29:5.655 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:1.481
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:48.901
And I update APT using apt 5.264
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.357
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.957
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.960
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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27.130
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 9.690
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.379
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.309
And persistence is disabled 0.110
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 3.639
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.647
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:44.868
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 10.426
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.326
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.123
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 16.979
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.542
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.346
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:12.274
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.775
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.073
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.050
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
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33.237
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 10.162
And the system is very low on memory 1.047
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.169
When I try to create a persistent partition 5.072
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.125
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.786
And I free up some memory 1.066
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 12.133
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.672
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.153
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:51.075
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 enabled and logged in 9.963
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.350
And all tps features are active 2.151
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.446
When I disable the first tps feature 2.643
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.082
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.443
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:19.229
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.763
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.851
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
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14.719
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 8.972
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.079
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.077
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.061
When I disable the first tps feature 2.571
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.100
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.050
When I enable the first tps feature 2.627
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.104
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.075
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.150
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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15.045
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 9.286
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.064
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.058
And I disable the first tps feature 2.558
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.025
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.051
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.162
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
49.111
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 9.982
And the network is plugged 0.087
And Tor is ready 10.357
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.593
When I write some files expected to persist 1.594
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.823
# 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" 18.671
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.253
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:57.446
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 9.526
And the network is plugged 0.054
And Tor is ready 10.237
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.153
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.601
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:15.879
And I capture all network traffic 0.004
And the network is plugged 0.066
And Tor is ready 13.137
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.442
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.092
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.248
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.078
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.047
Tags: @product
45.017
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 without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.948
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 12.281
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 21.701
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.357
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:3.266
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 10.402
When I enable persistence 13.646
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 15.012
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 40.216
And I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 28.878
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.147
When I cold reboot the computer 8.963
And the computer reboots Tails 42.125
Given I enable persistence 11.606
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.558
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.521
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.185
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.803
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
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2:28.899
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 10.232
# 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 20.819
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.629
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:15.119
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 35.099
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.732
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.013
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40.075
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 9.355
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.175
Then persistence is disabled 0.107
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 3.827
And all notifications have disappeared 10.100
When I delete the persistent partition 3.107
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.401
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.820
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:29.643
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 9.420
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.125
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.656
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:16.016
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.425
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.942
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
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48.912
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 10.096
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.080
When I try to enable persistence 1.345
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 8.281
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 12.624
And all notifications have disappeared 10.171
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.517
And all tps features are enabled 2.567
And all tps features but the first one are active 2.229
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.963
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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6:51.820
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 6:14.093
And I enable persistence 23.528
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.696
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 1.019
And persistence is enabled 2.482
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.770
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
30.001
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.327
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 19.973
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.701
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.840
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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28.542
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 9.410
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 5.266
When I enable persistence 10.653
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.141
And persistence is successfully enabled 3.070
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.849
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
25.126
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 9.278
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 4.873
When I try to enable persistence 1.344
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 5.412
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.250
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.373
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.093
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.302
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.196
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.755
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
46.954
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 9.226
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.081
When I try to enable persistence 1.337
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 5.424
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.337
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.046
When I log in to a new session 13.616
And all notifications have disappeared 10.389
# 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" 0.264
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.556
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.342
Then the Tor Browser starts 2.127
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.203
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.984
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
53.282
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 13.284
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 5.028
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.367
When I try to enable persistence 1.320
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 5.341
When I log in to a new session 13.026
And all notifications have disappeared 10.968
Then the Tor Browser starts 2.726
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.218
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.085
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000