Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6109 30 Jan 2026, 15:08

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 20:4.507 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:57.316
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:44.871
And I update APT using apt 5.482
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.219
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.742
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.023
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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27.638
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.017
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.787
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 11.630
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.349
And persistence is disabled 0.104
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.766
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.568
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:33.110
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 8.582
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.333
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.086
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 18.771
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.440
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.316
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 59.368
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.162
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.049
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.587
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
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27.352
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 7.323
And the system is very low on memory 3.123
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.302
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.599
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.086
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.384
And I free up some memory 0.842
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.622
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.066
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.064
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:25.905
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 7.918
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.279
And all tps features are active 1.083
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.964
When I disable the first tps feature 2.474
Then all tps features but the first one are active 0.986
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.293
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.793
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.110
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.777
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.013
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12.671
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 7.359
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.084
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.072
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.064
When I disable the first tps feature 2.427
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.049
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.046
When I enable the first tps feature 2.465
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.053
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.046
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.029
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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12.670
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 7.091
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.057
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.049
And I disable the first tps feature 2.553
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.877
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.041
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.092
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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38.659
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 7.293
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 9.199
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.222
When I write some files expected to persist 1.118
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.234
# 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" 11.574
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.122
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:38.200
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 7.296
And the network is plugged 0.014
And Tor is ready 9.684
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.128
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.511
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.139
And I capture all network traffic 0.004
And the network is plugged 0.019
And Tor is ready 10.898
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.361
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.065
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.075
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.668
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.107
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37.358
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 8.419
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.055
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 11.187
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.695
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.528
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:42.911
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 8.808
When I enable persistence 12.695
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.192
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.144
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.294
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.280
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.473
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 24.452
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.146
When I cold reboot the computer 9.961
And the computer reboots Tails 34.228
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.346
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.204
Given I enable persistence 6.651
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.070
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.202
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.562
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.199
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.914
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
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2:3.757
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 8.031
# 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 27.857
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.142
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 58.678
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 21.046
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.348
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product
36.536
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 8.055
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 11.773
Then persistence is disabled 0.105
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.577
And all notifications have disappeared 8.041
When I delete the persistent partition 2.627
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.355
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.849
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:19.038
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 7.905
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.047
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.375
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.509
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.200
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.686
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
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39.302
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 8.209
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.052
When I try to enable persistence 1.219
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 9.281
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.438
And all notifications have disappeared 7.768
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.241
And all tps features are enabled 1.029
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.062
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.892
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:1.286
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 30.343
And I enable persistence 19.168
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.896
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.545
And persistence is enabled 1.332
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.035
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
21.828
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 6.970
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 14.383
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.474
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.903
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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24.264
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 8.393
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 7.663
When I enable persistence 6.454
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.047
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.704
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.975
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
24.536
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 8.055
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.211
When I try to enable persistence 1.229
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.260
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.184
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.447
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.048
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.144
Then persistence is successfully enabled 0.952
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.739
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
39.529
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 7.645
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.048
When I try to enable persistence 1.217
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 7.946
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 0.022
When I log in to a new session 9.489
And all notifications have disappeared 8.519
# 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" 0.204
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.089
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.224
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.192
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.736
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.938
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
40.632
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 7.580
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.424
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.352
When I try to enable persistence 1.193
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.632
When I log in to a new session 10.194
And all notifications have disappeared 8.149
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.322
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.784
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.928
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000