Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6105 29 Jan 2026, 16:22

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 26:16.732 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:33.383
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 1:20.210
And I update APT using apt 6.103
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.249
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.819
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.906
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:53.267
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 9.090
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 17.670
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.262
And persistence is disabled 0.113
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 1:26.130
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.698
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:22.067
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 9.004
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.621
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.113
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 46.332
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.487
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 16.650
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:8.616
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.197
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.043
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.848
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.052
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40.760
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 7.362
And the system is very low on memory 15.886
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.883
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.663
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.121
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.375
And I free up some memory 0.863
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.544
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.059
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.843
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:46.615
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 8.293
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.432
And all tps features are active 1.149
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.884
When I disable the first tps feature 2.624
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.059
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 24.953
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.156
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.061
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.948
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
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12.739
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 7.311
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.052
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.054
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.046
When I disable the first tps feature 2.670
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.049
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.032
When I enable the first tps feature 2.430
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.047
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.043
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.158
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
12.964
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 7.194
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.060
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.073
And I disable the first tps feature 2.659
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.901
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.074
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.923
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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50.111
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.019
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.184
And the network is plugged 0.019
And Tor is ready 10.661
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.236
When I write some files expected to persist 1.122
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 19.047
# 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" 11.838
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.179
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:51.677
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 7.316
And the network is plugged 0.040
And Tor is ready 10.532
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.103
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 20.309
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.601
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.040
And Tor is ready 12.214
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.368
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.064
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.082
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.929
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.052
Tags: @product
57.973
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 8.382
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.068
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 14.873
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 33.649
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.657
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:13.146
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 8.890
When I enable persistence 38.716
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.316
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.211
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.316
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.246
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.551
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 27.967
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.152
When I cold reboot the computer 10.182
And the computer reboots Tails 34.541
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.233
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.156
Given I enable persistence 6.712
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.068
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.250
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.439
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.192
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.709
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
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2:38.774
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 8.239
# 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 48.576
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 20.273
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:1.506
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 20.178
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.088
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product
51.178
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 7.594
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.416
Then persistence is disabled 0.097
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 18.353
And all notifications have disappeared 8.772
When I delete the persistent partition 2.646
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.295
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.022
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:27.174
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 7.288
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.067
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 15.114
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.522
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.181
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.595
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
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47.654
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 7.651
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.040
When I try to enable persistence 1.208
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 16.742
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.710
And all notifications have disappeared 8.034
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.217
And all tps features are enabled 1.047
And all tps features but the first one are active 0.998
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.561
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:30.402
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 42.881
And I enable persistence 34.808
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.617
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.649
And persistence is enabled 1.445
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.573
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
24.161
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 7.170
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 16.394
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.596
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.173
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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42.607
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 7.958
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 26.073
When I enable persistence 6.935
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.047
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.591
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.932
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
36.621
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 7.462
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 20.593
When I try to enable persistence 1.297
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.575
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.270
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.281
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.075
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.184
Then persistence is successfully enabled 0.881
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.663
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
51.135
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 7.368
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.059
When I try to enable persistence 1.164
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 17.184
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.153
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.035
When I log in to a new session 11.443
And all notifications have disappeared 9.182
# 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" 0.175
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.103
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.151
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.263
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 0.907
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
52.312
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 8.152
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 17.880
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.305
When I try to enable persistence 1.164
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.722
When I log in to a new session 11.346
And all notifications have disappeared 7.574
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.227
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.939
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 5.424
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000