Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6114 03 Feb 2026, 08:09

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 24:55.351 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:34.135
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 1:20.665
And I update APT using apt 6.353
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.283
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.833
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.593
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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45.307
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 8.893
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 16.360
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.254
And persistence is disabled 0.090
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 19.707
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.650
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:2.870
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 8.951
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.332
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.170
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 40.016
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.430
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 13.020
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 59.708
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.178
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.060
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.967
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.014
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39.037
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 7.472
And the system is very low on memory 14.156
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.771
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.418
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.135
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.337
And I free up some memory 0.805
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.883
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.055
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.850
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:42.909
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 8.495
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.541
And all tps features are active 1.059
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.055
When I disable the first tps feature 2.597
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.300
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 19.556
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.220
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.081
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.917
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
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12.991
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 7.573
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.063
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.052
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.077
When I disable the first tps feature 2.547
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.053
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.049
When I enable the first tps feature 2.476
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.050
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.045
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.876
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
12.827
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 7.232
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.113
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.071
And I disable the first tps feature 2.575
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.797
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.037
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.911
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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45.393
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 7.286
And the network is plugged 0.013
And Tor is ready 10.740
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.160
When I write some files expected to persist 1.150
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 13.842
# 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" 12.199
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.422
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:14.422
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 7.337
And the network is plugged 0.023
And Tor is ready 9.808
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.143
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.528
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.433
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 41.543
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.413
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.061
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.111
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.916
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.060
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1:1.613
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 9.056
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.372
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 18.431
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 32.752
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 2.217
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:11.647
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 8.800
When I enable persistence 37.069
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.309
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.541
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.311
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.240
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.488
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 25.066
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.133
When I cold reboot the computer 10.151
And the computer reboots Tails 36.158
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.273
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.258
Given I enable persistence 7.027
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.079
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.268
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.348
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.120
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.809
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.022
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2:36.878
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 7.981
# 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 43.120
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 19.706
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:3.537
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 22.532
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.342
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.013
Tags: @product
50.243
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 7.720
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.610
Then persistence is disabled 0.106
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 17.184
And all notifications have disappeared 8.568
When I delete the persistent partition 2.753
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.299
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.601
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:33.907
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 7.813
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.054
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 13.941
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:11.864
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.232
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.909
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
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45.788
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 7.922
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.063
When I try to enable persistence 1.311
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 14.587
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.167
And all notifications have disappeared 8.040
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.351
And all tps features are enabled 1.161
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.181
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.153
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:20.732
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 37.944
And I enable persistence 30.300
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.185
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.569
And persistence is enabled 1.732
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.139
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
23.640
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 7.407
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 15.621
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.611
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.684
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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40.154
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 7.961
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 23.369
When I enable persistence 6.859
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.051
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.911
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.223
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
34.543
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 7.970
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 18.036
When I try to enable persistence 1.344
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.329
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.222
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.387
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.061
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.183
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.007
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.010
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
49.254
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 7.559
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.078
When I try to enable persistence 1.165
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 12.756
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.243
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.023
When I log in to a new session 12.204
And all notifications have disappeared 10.053
# 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" 0.267
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.520
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.173
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.399
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.809
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.049
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
57.053
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 8.172
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 19.671
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.317
When I try to enable persistence 1.175
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.219
When I log in to a new session 12.127
And all notifications have disappeared 9.614
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.946
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.807
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.860
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000