Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6003 11 Dec 2025, 17:18

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 34:40.637 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:18.030
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:59.398
And I update APT using apt 7.903
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 9.596
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.132
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.009
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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40.601
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 13.856
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 19.597
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.340
And persistence is disabled 0.115
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.691
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.115
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:9.252
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 15.141
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.444
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.170
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 26.122
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.645
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.005
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:16.412
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.231
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.078
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.747
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
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59.350
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 12.601
And the system is very low on memory 5.275
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.285
When I try to create a persistent partition 7.571
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.354
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.578
And I free up some memory 1.522
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 28.578
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.581
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.198
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:2.994
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 14.147
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.371
And all tps features are active 2.184
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.630
When I disable the first tps feature 3.366
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.179
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.955
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:23.641
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.517
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.202
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
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17.162
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 10.896
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.079
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.066
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.080
When I disable the first tps feature 3.156
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.064
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.050
When I enable the first tps feature 2.626
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.067
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.075
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.861
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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17.656
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.026
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 10.917
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.126
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.080
And I disable the first tps feature 3.174
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.281
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.075
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 2.339
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
56.076
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.016
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 10.980
And the network is plugged 0.068
And Tor is ready 13.382
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.681
When I write some files expected to persist 1.483
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.952
# 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" 18.528
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.441
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:48.257
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 enabled and logged in 12.460
And the network is plugged 0.065
And Tor is ready 11.481
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.157
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.042
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:27.319
And I capture all network traffic 0.006
And the network is plugged 1.684
And Tor is ready 43.239
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.477
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.078
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.244
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.994
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.071
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56.218
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 13.297
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.121
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 17.703
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 24.096
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.669
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:34.860
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.010
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 13.975
When I enable persistence 30.691
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 15.980
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 40.753
And I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 29.675
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.164
When I cold reboot the computer 11.734
And the computer reboots Tails 45.612
Given I enable persistence 13.287
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.623
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 12.201
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.159
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.812
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
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3:3.452
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 13.308
# 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 31.751
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.042
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:39.964
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 28.386
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.744
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.019
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54.352
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.026
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 12.025
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 19.328
Then persistence is disabled 0.134
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 7.911
And all notifications have disappeared 11.197
When I delete the persistent partition 3.364
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.391
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.597
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:4.462
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.022
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 12.323
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.074
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 13.993
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:37.787
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.282
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.182
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
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1:6.075
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 12.196
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.070
When I try to enable persistence 1.308
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 23.232
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 13.139
And all notifications have disappeared 10.073
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.574
And all tps features are enabled 2.515
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.965
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.144
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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6:23.662
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 5:34.620
And I enable persistence 33.438
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 12.535
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.736
And persistence is enabled 2.331
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.362
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
33.621
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 10.533
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 22.449
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.638
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.058
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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40.834
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 12.624
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 11.669
When I enable persistence 14.152
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.058
And persistence is successfully enabled 2.329
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.052
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
37.422
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 12.444
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 12.581
When I try to enable persistence 1.781
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 5.953
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.390
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.244
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.582
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.281
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.163
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.235
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
1:1.456
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 11.014
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.094
When I try to enable persistence 1.322
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 15.252
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.320
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.085
When I log in to a new session 13.699
And all notifications have disappeared 11.829
# 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" 0.363
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.805
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.605
Then the Tor Browser starts 2.749
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.313
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.349
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
1:14.835
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.051
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 12.217
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 14.353
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.409
When I try to enable persistence 1.338
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 5.339
When I log in to a new session 22.770
And all notifications have disappeared 13.168
Then the Tor Browser starts 3.150
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.086
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.007
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000