Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6100 29 Jan 2026, 12:08

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 25:23.161 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:40.458
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.021
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:26.297
And I update APT using apt 6.894
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.264
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.001
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.840
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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48.531
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 9.708
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 16.829
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.293
And persistence is disabled 0.180
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 21.519
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.083
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:1.729
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 10.129
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.830
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.138
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 32.809
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.464
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.030
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.037
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.231
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.058
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.652
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
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40.506
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 8.451
And the system is very low on memory 11.529
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 1.130
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.994
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.147
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.452
And I free up some memory 0.805
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 10.382
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.612
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.822
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:51.917
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 8.915
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.499
And all tps features are active 1.731
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.381
When I disable the first tps feature 3.300
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.411
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.818
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:14.630
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.228
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.999
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.043
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14.442
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 8.321
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.092
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.058
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.051
When I disable the first tps feature 3.195
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.079
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.049
When I enable the first tps feature 2.469
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.060
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.062
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.851
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
14.746
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 8.608
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.065
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.063
And I disable the first tps feature 3.100
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.857
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.049
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.878
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:15.953
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 7.887
And the network is plugged 0.018
And Tor is ready 40.857
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.190
When I write some files expected to persist 1.580
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.445
# 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" 13.972
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.349
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:59.206
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 7.499
And the network is plugged 0.019
And Tor is ready 11.769
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.127
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.637
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:14.993
And I capture all network traffic 0.008
And the network is plugged 0.028
And Tor is ready 12.522
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.411
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.099
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.088
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.808
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.069
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56.181
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 9.035
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.190
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 15.965
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 29.990
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.406
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:7.230
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 9.390
When I enable persistence 27.192
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.610
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 39.374
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.364
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.278
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.576
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 26.803
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.159
When I cold reboot the computer 10.297
And the computer reboots Tails 36.475
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.320
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.214
Given I enable persistence 8.369
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.087
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.308
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.235
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.168
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.690
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
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2:27.259
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 8.310
# 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 36.614
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.645
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:8.597
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 22.092
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.079
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
Tags: @product
52.486
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 8.298
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.424
Then persistence is disabled 0.111
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 17.419
And all notifications have disappeared 9.191
When I delete the persistent partition 2.714
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.325
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.385
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:31.115
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 8.701
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.061
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 14.157
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.934
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.260
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.640
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.047
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49.899
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 7.692
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.067
When I try to enable persistence 1.166
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 16.501
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 12.396
And all notifications have disappeared 8.201
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.268
And all tps features are enabled 1.038
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.567
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.069
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:23.591
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 42.375
And I enable persistence 27.365
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.676
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.598
And persistence is enabled 1.576
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.444
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
24.021
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 7.448
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 16.050
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.521
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.128
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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40.104
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 8.004
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 23.503
When I enable persistence 6.870
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.051
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.674
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.644
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
36.402
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 7.842
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 19.042
When I try to enable persistence 1.462
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.856
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.269
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.593
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.055
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.247
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.032
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.069
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
48.560
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 7.518
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.053
When I try to enable persistence 1.152
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 13.761
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.186
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.027
When I log in to a new session 12.135
And all notifications have disappeared 9.055
# 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" 0.227
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.099
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.237
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.354
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.750
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.323
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
58.814
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 7.967
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 19.938
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.341
When I try to enable persistence 1.236
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.740
When I log in to a new session 12.719
And all notifications have disappeared 9.221
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.812
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.835
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.459
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000