Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6075 17 Jan 2026, 11:40

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 20:13.994 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:28.303
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:15.615
And I update APT using apt 5.702
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.236
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.747
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.963
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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28.384
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 8.687
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.157
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.237
And persistence is disabled 0.112
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 7.190
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.929
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:29.960
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 8.378
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.309
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.090
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 16.613
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.444
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.464
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 58.435
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.172
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.050
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.760
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
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27.245
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 7.596
And the system is very low on memory 2.823
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.198
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.489
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.095
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.333
And I free up some memory 0.792
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.866
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.049
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.961
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:26.843
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 8.160
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.281
And all tps features are active 1.107
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.927
When I disable the first tps feature 2.573
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.108
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.611
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 59.993
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.079
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.065
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
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12.739
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 7.378
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.070
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.056
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.078
When I disable the first tps feature 2.499
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.056
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.046
When I enable the first tps feature 2.433
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.073
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.045
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.965
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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12.614
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 7.253
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.067
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.059
And I disable the first tps feature 2.427
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.762
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.043
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.665
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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39.233
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 7.284
And the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 9.561
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.351
When I write some files expected to persist 1.046
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.351
# 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" 11.623
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.586
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:8.367
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 7.269
And the network is plugged 0.018
And Tor is ready 38.601
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.111
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.270
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 59.883
And I capture all network traffic 0.005
And the network is plugged 0.018
And Tor is ready 12.652
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.378
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.068
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.089
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.903
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.067
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37.553
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 8.252
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.099
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 10.567
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 17.633
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.961
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:43.319
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 8.396
When I enable persistence 12.754
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.307
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.390
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.344
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.260
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.522
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 23.844
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.136
When I cold reboot the computer 10.058
And the computer reboots Tails 34.869
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.231
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.166
Given I enable persistence 6.835
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.089
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.300
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.672
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.138
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.898
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.044
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2:6.971
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 8.067
# 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 28.198
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.987
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 59.422
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 23.295
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.429
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product
36.839
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 7.792
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 11.676
Then persistence is disabled 0.120
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.965
And all notifications have disappeared 8.152
When I delete the persistent partition 2.697
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.434
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.881
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:18.851
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 7.565
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.049
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.233
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.791
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.210
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.937
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
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40.260
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 7.616
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.060
When I try to enable persistence 1.144
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 10.007
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.804
And all notifications have disappeared 8.127
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.253
And all tps features are enabled 1.063
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.183
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.173
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:2.683
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 30.361
And I enable persistence 20.680
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.373
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.633
And persistence is enabled 1.635
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.660
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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22.492
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.149
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 14.680
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.662
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.732
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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25.269
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 8.099
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 8.924
When I enable persistence 6.586
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.033
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.625
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.978
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
23.645
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 7.719
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.861
When I try to enable persistence 1.211
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.172
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.239
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.310
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.063
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.140
Then persistence is successfully enabled 0.926
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.819
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
41.421
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 7.551
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.055
When I try to enable persistence 1.155
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 8.381
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.143
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.032
When I log in to a new session 10.252
And all notifications have disappeared 9.247
# 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" 0.138
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.086
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.148
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.379
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.849
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.099
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
40.994
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 7.472
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.697
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.361
When I try to enable persistence 1.158
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.195
When I log in to a new session 10.448
And all notifications have disappeared 7.477
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.327
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.855
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.800
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000