Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6122 05 Feb 2026, 13:39

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 22:44.521 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:35.966
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 1:22.652
And I update APT using apt 5.924
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.243
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.147
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.925
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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31.133
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.390
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.285
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.312
And persistence is disabled 0.128
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 7.017
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.960
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:51.523
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 9.730
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.392
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.123
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 21.213
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.679
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.120
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:9.011
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.199
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.053
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.753
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.048
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30.433
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 8.064
And the system is very low on memory 3.692
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.233
When I try to create a persistent partition 5.549
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.166
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.405
And I free up some memory 0.946
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.314
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.060
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.143
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:37.569
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 9.355
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.300
And all tps features are active 1.355
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.077
When I disable the first tps feature 2.666
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.434
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.995
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:9.013
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.369
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.709
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
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14.145
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 8.657
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.058
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.048
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.062
When I disable the first tps feature 2.597
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.076
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.050
When I enable the first tps feature 2.501
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.049
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.043
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.645
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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14.644
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 7.840
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.070
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.059
And I disable the first tps feature 3.101
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.525
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.047
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.657
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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43.535
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 7.795
And the network is plugged 0.019
And Tor is ready 10.938
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.230
When I write some files expected to persist 1.608
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.796
# 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" 13.145
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.304
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:16.615
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 7.647
And the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 10.685
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.137
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.726
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.579
And I capture all network traffic 0.006
And the network is plugged 0.027
And Tor is ready 42.240
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.355
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.076
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.115
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.782
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.048
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41.675
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 8.676
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.071
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 13.261
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 18.665
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.100
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:3.233
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 9.419
When I enable persistence 17.834
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.644
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 39.540
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.360
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.285
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.562
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 26.543
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.150
When I cold reboot the computer 10.631
And the computer reboots Tails 40.807
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.477
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.258
Given I enable persistence 8.750
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.083
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.294
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.416
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.173
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.706
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.031
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2:23.899
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 9.148
# 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 28.843
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.463
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:18.561
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 18.881
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.330
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product
44.839
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 9.649
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.453
Then persistence is disabled 0.178
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 7.520
And all notifications have disappeared 9.187
When I delete the persistent partition 3.307
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.542
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.201
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:27.244
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 7.773
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.068
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.877
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:9.274
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.250
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.572
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
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45.562
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 8.941
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.057
When I try to enable persistence 1.225
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 10.845
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 12.475
And all notifications have disappeared 8.019
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.254
And all tps features are enabled 1.430
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.311
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.923
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:10.500
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 35.103
And I enable persistence 21.513
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.739
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.541
And persistence is enabled 1.602
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.916
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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23.936
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.825
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 15.531
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.579
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.929
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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27.322
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 9.475
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 7.949
When I enable persistence 7.509
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.050
And persistence is successfully enabled 2.337
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.158
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
28.081
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 8.703
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.347
When I try to enable persistence 1.275
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 4.625
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.211
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.525
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.051
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.175
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.163
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.944
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
46.333
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 7.754
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.076
When I try to enable persistence 1.289
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 9.427
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.201
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.031
When I log in to a new session 11.844
And all notifications have disappeared 9.572
# 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" 0.266
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.576
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.201
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.853
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.237
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.288
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
46.323
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 8.161
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.331
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.362
When I try to enable persistence 1.180
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 5.103
When I log in to a new session 10.849
And all notifications have disappeared 9.469
Then the Tor Browser starts 2.000
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.865
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.181
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000