Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6097 27 Jan 2026, 19:17

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 20:30.049 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:29.832
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 1:16.956
And I update APT using apt 5.592
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.403
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.879
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.873
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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30.199
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 9.049
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.722
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.317
And persistence is disabled 0.171
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.937
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.614
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:38.983
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 8.527
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.308
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.090
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.718
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.576
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.463
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.076
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.177
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.761
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
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30.316
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 7.966
And the system is very low on memory 3.345
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.185
When I try to create a persistent partition 5.038
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.097
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.395
And I free up some memory 0.835
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.934
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.518
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.922
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:31.737
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 8.490
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.281
And all tps features are active 1.142
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.212
When I disable the first tps feature 2.530
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.249
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.588
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.073
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.167
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.546
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
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13.462
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 7.497
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.088
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.063
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.057
When I disable the first tps feature 3.065
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.058
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.035
When I enable the first tps feature 2.492
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.051
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.051
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.777
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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12.960
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 7.192
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.080
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.061
And I disable the first tps feature 2.592
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.974
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.058
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.797
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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41.325
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 7.531
And the network is plugged 0.018
And Tor is ready 10.464
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.165
When I write some files expected to persist 1.190
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.495
# 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" 12.459
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.463
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:42.741
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 7.582
And the network is plugged 0.014
And Tor is ready 10.303
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 9.498
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.625
And I capture all network traffic 0.004
And the network is plugged 0.019
And Tor is ready 11.995
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.416
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.053
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.084
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.629
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.048
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40.353
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 8.391
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.095
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 12.395
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 18.470
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.313
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:50.134
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 8.515
When I enable persistence 13.145
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.353
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.589
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.400
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.239
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.498
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 24.812
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.130
When I cold reboot the computer 10.472
And the computer reboots Tails 37.393
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.312
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.218
Given I enable persistence 7.958
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.074
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.221
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.619
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.177
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.760
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
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2:6.670
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 8.330
# 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 24.636
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.386
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:3.912
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 24.403
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.994
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
Tags: @product
38.679
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 8.024
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.288
Then persistence is disabled 0.098
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.731
And all notifications have disappeared 8.358
When I delete the persistent partition 2.823
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.354
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.826
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:18.763
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
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.044
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.884
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.778
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.256
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.014
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
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40.512
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 7.597
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.065
When I try to enable persistence 1.154
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 9.865
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.758
And all notifications have disappeared 8.297
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.368
And all tps features are enabled 1.148
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.256
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.881
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:2.510
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 30.537
And I enable persistence 19.994
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.822
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.555
And persistence is enabled 1.600
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.806
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
22.541
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 7.238
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 14.746
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.556
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.656
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
24.942
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 7.933
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 8.472
When I enable persistence 6.585
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.094
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.856
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.865
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
25.769
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 7.921
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.324
When I try to enable persistence 1.296
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 4.051
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.279
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.529
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.049
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.215
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.102
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.986
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
43.375
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 7.542
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.048
When I try to enable persistence 1.164
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 8.959
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.235
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.057
When I log in to a new session 10.904
And all notifications have disappeared 9.362
# 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" 0.224
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.517
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.294
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.300
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 1.391
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
44.233
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.765
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.019
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.295
When I try to enable persistence 1.162
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.595
When I log in to a new session 10.939
And all notifications have disappeared 9.209
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.389
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.857
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.269
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000