Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6061 14 Jan 2026, 13:59

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 22:45.568 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:6.672
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 1:52.929
And I update APT using apt 6.517
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.247
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.976
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.745
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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32.008
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 9.841
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.111
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.329
And persistence is disabled 0.126
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 7.598
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.692
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:44.083
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 8.894
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.490
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.144
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 18.853
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.931
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.555
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.972
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.194
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.046
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.739
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.016
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31.218
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 8.152
And the system is very low on memory 3.261
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.366
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.977
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.117
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.441
And I free up some memory 0.928
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 10.345
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.627
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.068
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:35.622
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 8.638
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.325
And all tps features are active 1.281
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.652
When I disable the first tps feature 3.071
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.208
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.668
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.356
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.419
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.676
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
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13.769
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 8.284
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.074
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.044
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.048
When I disable the first tps feature 2.599
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.058
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.050
When I enable the first tps feature 2.480
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.071
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.055
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.038
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
14.153
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 enabled and logged in 8.413
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.085
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.192
And I disable the first tps feature 2.576
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.841
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.043
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.683
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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41.608
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 7.799
And the network is plugged 0.024
And Tor is ready 10.314
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.192
When I write some files expected to persist 1.155
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.710
# 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" 12.412
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.156
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:49.034
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 7.557
And the network is plugged 0.038
And Tor is ready 10.321
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.143
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.817
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:8.116
And I capture all network traffic 0.004
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 12.310
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.416
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.134
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.156
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.936
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.067
Tags: @product
43.385
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 stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.005
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 13.179
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 20.122
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.514
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:55.818
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 8.981
When I enable persistence 14.994
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.335
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 39.078
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.335
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.250
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.557
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 26.624
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.146
When I cold reboot the computer 7.090
And the computer reboots Tails 39.270
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.352
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.273
Given I enable persistence 8.371
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.098
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.264
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.649
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.141
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.691
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.024
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2:20.601
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 enabled and logged in 8.754
# 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 34.352
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.195
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:7.255
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 23.043
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.248
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.020
Tags: @product
54.913
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.013
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 21.999
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.862
Then persistence is disabled 0.151
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.844
And all notifications have disappeared 8.659
When I delete the persistent partition 2.940
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.454
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.043
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:28.369
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 8.720
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.072
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.945
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:9.391
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.240
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.939
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
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47.029
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 8.815
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.065
When I try to enable persistence 1.216
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 11.707
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 12.570
And all notifications have disappeared 8.404
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.272
And all tps features are enabled 1.505
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.472
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.918
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:11.510
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 35.484
And I enable persistence 22.134
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.765
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.521
And persistence is enabled 1.605
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.082
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
23.653
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 7.518
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 15.586
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.548
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.880
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
29.731
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 9.230
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.817
When I enable persistence 8.417
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.043
And persistence is successfully enabled 2.224
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.817
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
26.074
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 7.920
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.082
When I try to enable persistence 1.323
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.757
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.198
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.279
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.068
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.184
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.261
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.256
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
49.164
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 8.383
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.096
When I try to enable persistence 1.243
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 10.305
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.192
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.031
When I log in to a new session 12.940
And all notifications have disappeared 10.410
# 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" 0.200
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.583
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.363
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.509
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.903
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.824
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
47.143
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 7.857
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.146
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.387
When I try to enable persistence 1.182
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.351
When I log in to a new session 11.706
And all notifications have disappeared 9.186
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.390
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.934
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.987
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000