Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6110 31 Jan 2026, 07:42

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 20:23.178 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:58.135
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.029
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:45.964
And I update APT using apt 5.125
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.233
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.811
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.559
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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28.371
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 8.579
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.163
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.271
And persistence is disabled 0.114
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 7.242
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.026
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:34.504
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 8.541
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.344
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.117
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.500
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.412
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.390
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 57.993
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.161
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.040
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.690
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
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27.376
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 7.686
And the system is very low on memory 2.831
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.168
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.508
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.133
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.364
And I free up some memory 0.818
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.804
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.059
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.779
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:23.962
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 7.954
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.256
And all tps features are active 1.313
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.917
When I disable the first tps feature 2.587
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.153
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.674
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.023
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.082
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.715
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
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12.741
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 7.494
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.053
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.054
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.051
When I disable the first tps feature 2.474
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.038
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.052
When I enable the first tps feature 2.419
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.050
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.053
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.984
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
12.741
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 7.162
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.069
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.091
And I disable the first tps feature 2.473
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.898
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.046
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.037
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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38.075
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 7.214
And the network is plugged 0.013
And Tor is ready 8.190
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.147
When I write some files expected to persist 1.416
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.380
# 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" 11.712
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.216
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:2.487
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 7.411
And the network is plugged 0.014
And Tor is ready 38.479
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.110
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.809
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 57.945
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.018
And Tor is ready 11.153
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.409
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.049
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.081
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.831
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.041
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36.995
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 8.316
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.074
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 11.226
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.378
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.328
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:46.596
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 8.593
When I enable persistence 14.120
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.222
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.591
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.274
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.201
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.526
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 24.660
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.172
When I cold reboot the computer 10.139
And the computer reboots Tails 35.264
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.282
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.238
Given I enable persistence 6.870
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.068
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.254
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.978
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.135
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.717
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
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2:3.455
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 7.912
# 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 27.701
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.486
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 59.745
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 22.608
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.204
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product
35.586
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 7.953
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 11.140
Then persistence is disabled 0.101
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.398
And all notifications have disappeared 7.945
When I delete the persistent partition 2.664
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.382
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.779
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:14.782
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 7.403
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.054
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.540
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.562
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.220
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.921
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.027
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39.050
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 7.724
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.061
When I try to enable persistence 1.170
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 9.631
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.260
And all notifications have disappeared 7.976
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.212
And all tps features are enabled 0.980
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.031
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.709
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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59.645
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 30.110
And I enable persistence 17.874
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.535
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.545
And persistence is enabled 1.579
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.725
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
22.261
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 7.126
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 14.563
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.571
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.947
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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22.755
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 8.004
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 7.568
When I enable persistence 5.580
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.044
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.558
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.993
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
22.789
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 7.618
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.597
When I try to enable persistence 1.268
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.667
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.188
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.305
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.056
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.142
Then persistence is successfully enabled 0.944
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.945
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
40.428
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 7.550
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.060
When I try to enable persistence 1.201
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 8.636
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 0.032
When I log in to a new session 9.556
And all notifications have disappeared 8.629
# 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" 0.162
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.184
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.190
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.243
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.788
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.109
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
40.432
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.507
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.518
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.321
When I try to enable persistence 1.167
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.253
When I log in to a new session 9.294
And all notifications have disappeared 8.141
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.217
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.011
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.959
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000