Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_release-process-7.7.3 5 11 May 2026, 19:14

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 22:7.398 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:35.276
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 1:21.032
And I update APT using apt 6.873
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.356
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.014
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.991
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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28.166
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.880
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.175
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.269
And persistence is disabled 0.099
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.742
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.810
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:41.760
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 9.058
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.353
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.100
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 18.385
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.454
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.268
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.898
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.197
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.043
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.562
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.023
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29.952
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 7.456
And the system is very low on memory 3.316
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.199
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.646
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.112
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.573
And I free up some memory 0.958
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 10.161
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.527
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.833
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:37.192
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 8.750
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.435
And all tps features are active 1.409
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.232
When I disable the first tps feature 2.627
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.426
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.500
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:9.601
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.207
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.597
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
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13.214
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 7.659
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.068
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.078
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.066
When I disable the first tps feature 2.665
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.045
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.041
When I enable the first tps feature 2.483
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.058
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.047
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.030
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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13.241
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.605
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.086
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.054
And I disable the first tps feature 2.562
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.887
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.045
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:0.094
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 7.851
And the network is plugged 0.019
And Tor is ready 17.451
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.325
When I write some files expected to persist 1.280
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 20.644
# 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" 12.521
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.201
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:16.003
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 8.131
And the network is plugged 0.030
And Tor is ready 17.375
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.208
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 20.577
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.922
And I capture all network traffic 0.006
And the network is plugged 0.022
And Tor is ready 23.084
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.398
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.066
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.179
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.834
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.083
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39.494
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 without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.845
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.078
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 12.428
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 17.142
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.317
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:58.767
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.988
When I enable persistence 14.312
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.993
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 39.114
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.387
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.271
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.551
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 25.236
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.187
When I cold reboot the computer 10.584
And the computer reboots Tails 39.576
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.281
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.231
Given I enable persistence 9.921
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.105
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.328
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.538
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.155
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.589
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
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2:18.212
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.665
# 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 33.704
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.679
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:3.038
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 23.124
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.980
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.012
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38.654
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 8.161
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.649
Then persistence is disabled 0.099
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.762
And all notifications have disappeared 7.995
When I delete the persistent partition 2.689
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.296
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.696
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:22.275
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 7.610
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.066
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.090
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.292
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.215
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.985
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.060
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43.413
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.089
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.052
When I try to enable persistence 1.204
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 10.468
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.914
And all notifications have disappeared 7.754
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.340
And all tps features are enabled 1.315
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.274
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.811
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:6.527
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 32.413
And I enable persistence 20.199
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.483
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.626
And persistence is enabled 1.804
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.811
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
23.870
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 7.293
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 15.900
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.676
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.898
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
26.933
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 8.342
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 8.802
When I enable persistence 7.365
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.061
And persistence is successfully enabled 2.361
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.331
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
25.929
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 8.461
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.305
When I try to enable persistence 1.296
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.759
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.203
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.455
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.065
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.184
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.197
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.884
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
45.846
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.094
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.069
When I try to enable persistence 1.218
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 9.574
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.178
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.030
When I log in to a new session 11.770
And all notifications have disappeared 9.788
# 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" 0.226
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.427
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.178
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.333
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.955
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.143
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
42.570
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.836
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.337
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.332
When I try to enable persistence 1.225
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.390
When I log in to a new session 11.433
And all notifications have disappeared 7.841
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.302
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.869
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.765
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000