Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6092 26 Jan 2026, 11:46

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 20:20.341 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:30.010
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 1:16.541
And I update APT using apt 6.392
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.293
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.783
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.726
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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27.864
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 8.613
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 11.917
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.275
And persistence is disabled 0.091
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.965
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.116
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:37.803
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 8.564
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.412
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.133
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.796
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.408
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.253
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.015
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.165
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.052
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.902
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
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28.531
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 7.872
And the system is very low on memory 2.960
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.278
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.641
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.109
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.411
And I free up some memory 0.882
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.303
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.072
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.702
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:29.133
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 8.293
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.324
And all tps features are active 1.221
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.835
When I disable the first tps feature 2.533
Then all tps features but the first one are active 0.999
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.355
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.301
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.269
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.555
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
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13.046
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 7.679
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.159
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.051
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.053
When I disable the first tps feature 2.492
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.048
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.041
When I enable the first tps feature 2.398
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.071
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.051
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.749
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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12.999
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 7.423
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.141
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.070
And I disable the first tps feature 2.470
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.860
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.031
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.767
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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40.826
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 7.425
And the network is plugged 0.018
And Tor is ready 10.612
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.202
When I write some files expected to persist 1.229
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.217
# 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" 12.118
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.470
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:39.133
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 7.298
And the network is plugged 0.023
And Tor is ready 9.845
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.106
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.350
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.299
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 11.645
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.376
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.083
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.087
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.677
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.063
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38.418
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 8.184
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.075
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 11.599
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 17.559
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.431
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:47.514
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 8.620
When I enable persistence 13.616
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.137
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.816
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.345
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.230
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.510
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 23.863
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.156
When I cold reboot the computer 10.266
And the computer reboots Tails 37.377
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.292
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.209
Given I enable persistence 7.316
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.081
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.213
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.309
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.151
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.852
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.032
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2:10.537
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 8.697
# 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 27.033
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.480
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:4.312
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 22.012
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.059
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
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37.661
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 7.990
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.480
Then persistence is disabled 0.102
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.632
And all notifications have disappeared 8.380
When I delete the persistent partition 2.691
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.382
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.573
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:21.379
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 7.755
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.150
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.482
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.699
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.291
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.838
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
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40.956
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 7.616
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.054
When I try to enable persistence 1.183
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 10.683
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.169
And all notifications have disappeared 8.616
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.274
And all tps features are enabled 1.318
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.039
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.766
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:3.379
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 30.375
And I enable persistence 20.655
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.144
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.540
And persistence is enabled 1.664
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.080
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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23.248
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 7.342
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 15.108
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.798
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.033
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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25.568
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 8.244
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 7.468
When I enable persistence 8.016
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.084
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.755
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.715
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
25.012
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 7.812
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.030
When I try to enable persistence 1.338
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.982
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.229
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.408
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.064
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.183
Then persistence is successfully enabled 0.962
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.773
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
43.879
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 the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.107
When I try to enable persistence 1.183
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 9.036
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 0.028
When I log in to a new session 11.694
And all notifications have disappeared 9.332
# 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" 0.236
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.097
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.187
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.293
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.871
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.998
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
43.432
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 8.265
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.203
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.323
When I try to enable persistence 1.180
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.362
When I log in to a new session 11.162
And all notifications have disappeared 8.229
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.831
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.873
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.251
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000