Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6086 22 Jan 2026, 17:19

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 31:55.192 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:11.349
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.013
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:55.610
And I update APT using apt 8.213
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.416
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.109
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.106
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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38.187
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 12.358
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.974
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.390
And persistence is disabled 0.199
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 10.264
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.729
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:4.156
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 14.321
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.367
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.115
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 26.100
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.620
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.043
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:14.305
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.207
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.075
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.841
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
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38.538
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 11.349
And the system is very low on memory 4.166
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.194
When I try to create a persistent partition 5.671
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.212
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.680
And I free up some memory 1.071
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 12.574
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.617
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.169
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:55.519
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 13.707
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.385
And all tps features are active 2.139
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.233
When I disable the first tps feature 3.155
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.321
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.489
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:17.165
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.920
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.793
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
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17.537
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 11.182
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.111
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.061
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.095
When I disable the first tps feature 3.196
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.083
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.065
When I enable the first tps feature 2.610
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.078
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.050
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.758
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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16.643
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 10.192
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.096
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.068
And I disable the first tps feature 3.218
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.012
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.054
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.734
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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54.221
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 10.078
And the network is plugged 0.059
And Tor is ready 13.229
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.586
When I write some files expected to persist 1.250
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.910
# 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" 18.106
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.667
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:7.408
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 10.086
And the network is plugged 0.049
And Tor is ready 11.353
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 10.900
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:21.775
And I capture all network traffic 0.021
And the network is plugged 0.058
And Tor is ready 12.304
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.443
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.072
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.199
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.093
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.043
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53.333
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 without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 12.982
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.097
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 14.802
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 24.450
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.924
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:27.074
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 13.108
When I enable persistence 25.084
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 14.861
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 39.968
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.698
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.472
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.779
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 27.062
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.182
When I cold reboot the computer 12.542
And the computer reboots Tails 43.354
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.471
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.267
Given I enable persistence 11.921
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.087
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.347
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.682
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.182
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.118
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
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2:31.731
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 enabled and logged in 13.438
# 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 29.045
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.700
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:18.211
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 19.336
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.093
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product
55.216
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 12.576
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 16.081
Then persistence is disabled 0.135
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 11.778
And all notifications have disappeared 10.724
When I delete the persistent partition 3.555
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.365
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.155
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:47.097
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 enabled and logged in 13.094
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.068
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 13.149
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:20.534
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.250
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.797
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
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56.714
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 11.722
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.094
When I try to enable persistence 1.349
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 16.182
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.832
And all notifications have disappeared 9.605
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.408
And all tps features are enabled 2.392
And all tps features but the first one are active 2.127
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.052
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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6:41.282
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 5:54.993
And I enable persistence 30.497
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 13.025
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.603
And persistence is enabled 2.161
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.980
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
31.179
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 9.488
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 20.989
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.700
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.963
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
39.832
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 12.340
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 11.632
When I enable persistence 13.109
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.064
And persistence is successfully enabled 2.685
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.433
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
34.923
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.007
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 12.102
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 11.731
When I try to enable persistence 1.331
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 4.527
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.317
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.838
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.067
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.292
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.712
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.307
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
56.391
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 10.574
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.086
When I try to enable persistence 1.319
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 13.536
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.231
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.053
When I log in to a new session 14.531
And all notifications have disappeared 9.634
# 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" 0.288
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.502
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.619
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.913
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.100
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.457
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
56.854
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 11.041
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 11.936
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.386
When I try to enable persistence 1.262
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 5.406
When I log in to a new session 12.548
And all notifications have disappeared 10.535
Then the Tor Browser starts 2.624
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.111
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.404
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000