Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6107 30 Jan 2026, 12:43

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 35:25.047 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:52.357
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.008
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 2:33.583
And I update APT using apt 8.122
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 9.448
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.202
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.047
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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41.833
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.010
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 14.089
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 16.244
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.372
And persistence is disabled 0.120
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 11.005
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.307
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:22.125
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 15.084
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.429
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.151
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 29.929
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.686
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.300
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:24.214
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 1.265
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.062
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.771
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
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41.990
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 11.969
And the system is very low on memory 4.578
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.434
When I try to create a persistent partition 6.468
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.181
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.647
And I free up some memory 2.038
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 13.008
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.662
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.131
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:1.892
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 enabled and logged in 13.629
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.474
And all tps features are active 2.289
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.590
When I disable the first tps feature 3.492
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.982
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.542
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:25.597
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.294
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.145
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.017
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17.923
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.015
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 12.057
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.078
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.076
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.073
When I disable the first tps feature 2.699
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.065
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.078
When I enable the first tps feature 2.628
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.068
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.097
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.986
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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17.020
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 enabled and logged in 10.547
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.090
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.061
And I disable the first tps feature 3.158
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.107
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.054
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.914
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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57.750
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 enabled and logged in 10.909
And the network is plugged 0.058
And Tor is ready 14.204
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.598
When I write some files expected to persist 1.668
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.359
# 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" 18.951
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.152
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:36.336
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 12.745
And the network is plugged 7.035
And Tor is ready 9.939
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.218
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.949
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:42.109
And I capture all network traffic 0.005
And the network is plugged 0.059
And Tor is ready 13.584
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.409
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.070
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.207
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.066
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.063
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1:12.952
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 stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 14.340
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.154
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 17.285
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 40.172
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 2.026
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:37.467
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 15.226
When I enable persistence 24.664
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 15.384
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 41.424
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.722
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.415
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.799
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 28.097
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.262
When I cold reboot the computer 8.846
And the computer reboots Tails 46.553
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.424
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.341
Given I enable persistence 16.511
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.128
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.470
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 12.879
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.312
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.190
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.012
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2:59.747
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 enabled and logged in 12.599
# 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 34.283
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.741
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:41.623
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 21.498
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.220
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product
51.828
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 11.200
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 16.376
Then persistence is disabled 0.104
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 9.406
And all notifications have disappeared 11.236
When I delete the persistent partition 2.993
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.510
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.427
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:46.462
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 enabled and logged in 10.988
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.090
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.326
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:23.353
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.702
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.001
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
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1:1.658
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 10.711
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.067
When I try to enable persistence 1.276
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 17.881
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 14.214
And all notifications have disappeared 10.278
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.919
And all tps features are enabled 2.808
And all tps features but the first one are active 2.500
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.961
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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6:43.032
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 5:53.186
And I enable persistence 32.854
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 14.101
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.676
And persistence is enabled 2.213
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.883
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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42.661
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 9.440
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 32.452
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.767
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.846
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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47.200
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 14.838
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 14.612
When I enable persistence 14.678
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.063
And persistence is successfully enabled 3.007
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.960
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
35.102
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 11.171
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 12.601
When I try to enable persistence 1.330
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 4.656
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.311
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.810
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.068
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.248
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.903
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.750
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
1:9.165
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 17.570
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.226
When I try to enable persistence 1.379
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 13.951
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.323
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.060
When I log in to a new session 16.255
And all notifications have disappeared 12.714
# 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" 0.340
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.813
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.351
Then the Tor Browser starts 2.086
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.092
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.874
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
1:8.537
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 10.953
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 19.819
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.630
When I try to enable persistence 1.319
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 4.727
When I log in to a new session 15.521
And all notifications have disappeared 9.841
Then the Tor Browser starts 2.669
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 2.054
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.313
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000