Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6111 31 Jan 2026, 11:48

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 26:0.011 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:37.717
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 1:22.650
And I update APT using apt 7.944
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.284
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.837
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.615
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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50.861
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 8.943
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.504
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.275
And persistence is disabled 0.108
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 26.029
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.507
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:8.922
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 9.212
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.492
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.131
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 44.248
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.468
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 13.183
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.969
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.167
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.049
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.970
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product
39.425
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 7.607
And the system is very low on memory 14.468
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.659
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.573
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.107
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.438
And I free up some memory 0.830
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.695
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.045
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.962
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:50.786
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 8.606
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.578
And all tps features are active 1.177
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.895
When I disable the first tps feature 2.595
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.167
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 23.593
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:10.032
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.141
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.624
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.048
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13.512
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 7.637
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.093
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.046
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.059
When I disable the first tps feature 3.034
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.046
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.042
When I enable the first tps feature 2.442
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.052
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.056
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.859
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
13.057
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 7.259
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.063
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.093
And I disable the first tps feature 2.733
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.860
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.047
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.762
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
46.608
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 7.197
And the network is plugged 0.014
And Tor is ready 10.710
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.189
When I write some files expected to persist 1.194
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 15.257
# 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" 12.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.209
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:20.000
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 7.376
And the network is plugged 0.021
And Tor is ready 10.207
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.188
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 15.464
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.280
And I capture all network traffic 0.004
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 41.810
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.379
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.131
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.119
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.896
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.045
Tags: @product
1:9.843
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 stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.113
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.188
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 14.898
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 44.642
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.775
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:12.401
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 8.370
When I enable persistence 31.890
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.365
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.743
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.290
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.270
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.564
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 26.310
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.138
When I cold reboot the computer 10.447
And the computer reboots Tails 40.678
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.312
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.197
Given I enable persistence 6.882
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.076
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.258
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.446
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.156
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.979
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.060
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2:28.175
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 7.764
# 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 38.717
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 16.630
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:5.212
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 19.850
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.073
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
Tags: @product
55.378
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 7.533
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.886
Then persistence is disabled 0.114
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 21.915
And all notifications have disappeared 8.924
When I delete the persistent partition 2.683
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.320
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.776
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:30.469
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 7.492
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.075
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 16.993
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.707
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.201
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.799
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product
55.400
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 7.474
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.150
When I try to enable persistence 1.403
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 21.593
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 13.049
And all notifications have disappeared 8.249
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.259
And all tps features are enabled 0.969
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.249
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.177
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:32.210
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 49.088
And I enable persistence 28.647
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 12.314
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.547
And persistence is enabled 1.611
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.105
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
22.571
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 7.300
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 14.783
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.487
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.036
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
38.656
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 7.898
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 22.659
When I enable persistence 6.445
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.042
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.609
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.827
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
36.723
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 7.471
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 20.745
When I try to enable persistence 1.231
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.570
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.161
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.419
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.053
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.144
Then persistence is successfully enabled 0.924
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.813
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
55.333
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 7.468
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.133
When I try to enable persistence 1.241
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 17.230
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.252
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.024
When I log in to a new session 15.767
And all notifications have disappeared 8.468
# 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" 0.146
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.376
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.228
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.197
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.797
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.156
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
1:1.953
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 7.491
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 27.930
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.325
When I try to enable persistence 1.147
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.139
When I log in to a new session 10.744
And all notifications have disappeared 9.007
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.327
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.841
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 6.487
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000