Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6058 13 Jan 2026, 22:42

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 20:37.173 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:31.903
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:18.416
And I update APT using apt 6.300
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.422
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.763
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.815
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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29.063
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 8.856
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.434
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.268
And persistence is disabled 0.106
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 7.396
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.649
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:42.251
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 8.927
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.334
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.100
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 19.735
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.484
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.702
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.721
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.186
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.057
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.015
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
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29.269
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 7.881
And the system is very low on memory 3.097
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.154
When I try to create a persistent partition 5.124
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.139
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.412
And I free up some memory 0.837
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.540
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.080
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.998
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:30.353
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 8.644
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.336
And all tps features are active 1.277
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.111
When I disable the first tps feature 2.510
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.159
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.189
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.956
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.167
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.904
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.033
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12.986
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 7.619
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.125
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.050
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.079
When I disable the first tps feature 2.448
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.052
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.048
When I enable the first tps feature 2.444
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.070
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.047
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.815
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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13.345
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 7.768
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.073
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.057
And I disable the first tps feature 2.554
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.850
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.041
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.901
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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40.796
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 7.533
And the network is plugged 0.019
And Tor is ready 10.049
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.160
When I write some files expected to persist 1.133
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.485
# 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" 12.415
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.497
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:41.644
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 7.655
And the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 9.943
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.122
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.538
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.630
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.025
And Tor is ready 12.206
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.363
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.054
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.085
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.757
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.047
Tags: @product
38.822
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 without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.904
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.152
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 11.718
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 17.046
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.724
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:50.307
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 9.294
When I enable persistence 14.164
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.324
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.759
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.372
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.233
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.583
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 25.441
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.201
When I cold reboot the computer 10.029
And the computer reboots Tails 36.830
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.277
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.206
Given I enable persistence 7.324
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.091
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.284
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.738
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.147
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.043
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.012
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2:11.243
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 7.943
# 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 28.845
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.299
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:2.841
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 22.314
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.900
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.022
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37.243
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.935
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.492
Then persistence is disabled 0.151
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.703
And all notifications have disappeared 7.897
When I delete the persistent partition 2.666
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.397
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.979
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:20.771
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 8.418
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.046
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.893
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.202
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.210
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.931
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
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42.011
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.103
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.046
When I try to enable persistence 1.141
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 10.256
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.035
And all notifications have disappeared 8.454
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.314
And all tps features are enabled 1.487
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.169
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.715
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:3.560
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 31.189
And I enable persistence 19.520
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.420
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.672
And persistence is enabled 1.758
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.774
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
22.724
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 7.045
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 15.114
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.564
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.058
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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26.656
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 8.586
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.154
When I enable persistence 6.755
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.057
And persistence is successfully enabled 2.102
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.805
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
24.303
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 7.979
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.414
When I try to enable persistence 1.259
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.711
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.326
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.432
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.064
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.142
Then persistence is successfully enabled 0.972
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.952
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
44.265
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 7.702
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.039
When I try to enable persistence 1.151
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 10.015
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.213
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.053
When I log in to a new session 10.131
And all notifications have disappeared 9.753
# 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" 0.253
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.520
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.287
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.289
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.854
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.013
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
43.649
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 7.610
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.106
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.313
When I try to enable persistence 1.206
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.318
When I log in to a new session 10.889
And all notifications have disappeared 9.707
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.733
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.763
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.712
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000