Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21171-trixie-13.6 3 13 Jul 2026, 18:04

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 23:18.882 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:47.284
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:32.916
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.884
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.350
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.132
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.002
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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30.083
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 9.112
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.876
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.339
And persistence is disabled 0.113
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.641
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.896
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:52.060
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 8.876
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.322
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.104
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 19.385
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.053
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.714
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:11.316
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.209
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.076
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.797
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.020
Tags: @product
30.113
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 7.851
And the system is very low on memory 3.436
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.159
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.834
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.134
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.875
And I free up some memory 0.965
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.787
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.069
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.733
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:55.895
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 8.978
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.484
And all tps features are active 6.569
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.128
When I disable the first tps feature 2.633
Then all tps features but the first one are active 5.600
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.460
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:12.278
Then all tps features but the first one are active 5.760
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.914
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.052
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14.074
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 7.816
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.073
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.091
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.045
When I disable the first tps feature 3.134
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.061
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.045
When I enable the first tps feature 2.705
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.059
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.041
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.713
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
13.377
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 7.675
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.091
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.070
And I disable the first tps feature 2.547
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.942
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.050
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.850
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
50.062
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 7.674
And the network is plugged 0.020
And Tor is ready 13.393
And I take note of which tps features are available 4.545
When I write some files expected to persist 1.514
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.660
# 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" 13.254
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.231
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:53.522
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 7.245
And the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 10.736
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.162
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.535
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:12.953
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.022
And Tor is ready 12.126
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.414
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.140
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.166
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.994
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.050
Tags: @product
43.079
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 without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.920
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.091
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 15.669
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 17.398
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.995
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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3:1.792
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 8.896
When I enable persistence 19.582
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.108
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.734
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.357
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.251
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.533
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 27.307
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.173
When I cold reboot the computer 7.886
And the computer reboots Tails 37.835
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.289
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.188
Given I enable persistence 11.332
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.070
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.245
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.848
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.150
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.980
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.030
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2:17.621
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 7.669
# 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 28.345
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.650
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:12.495
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 23.460
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.030
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
39.956
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 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 7.757
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.345
Then persistence is disabled 0.105
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.933
And all notifications have disappeared 8.464
When I delete the persistent partition 2.886
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.463
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.815
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:30.688
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 8.016
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.062
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.718
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:12.598
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.292
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.759
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.016
Tags: @product
52.147
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 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 8.043
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.049
When I try to enable persistence 1.184
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 10.745
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.640
And all notifications have disappeared 7.996
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.436
And all tps features are enabled 5.970
And all tps features but the first one are active 5.079
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.638
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:16.544
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 31.907
And I enable persistence 25.588
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.635
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.668
And persistence is enabled 6.745
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.849
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
27.626
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 7.164
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 19.767
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.694
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.663
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
37.838
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.018
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.870
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.872
When I enable persistence 12.687
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.056
And persistence is successfully enabled 6.350
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.233
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
31.027
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 8.491
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.405
When I try to enable persistence 1.297
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 5.037
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.204
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.541
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.048
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.144
Then persistence is successfully enabled 4.856
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.763
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
47.581
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 7.662
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.146
When I try to enable persistence 1.195
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 11.048
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.154
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.026
When I log in to a new session 12.666
And all notifications have disappeared 9.445
# 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" 0.175
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.613
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.222
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.401
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.823
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.495
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
46.504
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 8.223
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.144
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.359
When I try to enable persistence 1.151
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 4.183
When I log in to a new session 10.974
And all notifications have disappeared 9.634
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.949
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.883
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.848
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000