Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6123 05 Feb 2026, 15:22

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 31:45.679 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:21.547
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 2:5.885
And I update APT using apt 8.228
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.289
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.143
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.996
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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39.372
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.024
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 13.579
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.808
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.307
And persistence is disabled 0.118
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 9.559
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.379
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:10.054
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 15.011
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.369
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.120
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 25.230
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.528
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.141
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:18.360
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.216
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.074
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.158
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
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39.006
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 11.399
And the system is very low on memory 4.383
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.274
When I try to create a persistent partition 6.077
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.121
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.539
And I free up some memory 1.051
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 12.573
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.583
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.113
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:54.543
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.011
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 13.062
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.386
And all tps features are active 2.276
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.311
When I disable the first tps feature 3.229
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.902
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.469
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:20.936
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.968
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.851
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product
17.810
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 11.823
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.126
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.054
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.074
When I disable the first tps feature 2.696
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.196
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.085
When I enable the first tps feature 2.599
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.070
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.084
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.036
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
16.040
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 9.736
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.074
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.075
And I disable the first tps feature 2.779
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.145
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.227
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.064
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
55.134
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 10.270
And the network is plugged 0.060
And Tor is ready 13.450
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.717
When I write some files expected to persist 1.348
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.951
# 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" 18.335
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.205
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:34.465
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 10.305
And the network is plugged 0.054
And Tor is ready 40.881
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.154
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.896
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:18.787
And I capture all network traffic 0.004
And the network is plugged 0.057
And Tor is ready 12.648
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.412
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.072
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.191
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.992
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.058
Tags: @product
52.406
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.007
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 12.597
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.088
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 13.750
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 24.970
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.856
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:22.654
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 12.947
When I enable persistence 22.677
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 14.731
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 40.305
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.586
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.468
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.711
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 27.727
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.152
When I cold reboot the computer 10.573
And the computer reboots Tails 44.222
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.439
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.347
Given I enable persistence 10.308
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.134
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.347
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.768
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.203
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.893
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
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2:32.293
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 13.119
# 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 27.916
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.208
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:19.979
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 25.069
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.098
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product
48.448
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 11.238
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.267
Then persistence is disabled 0.134
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 7.698
And all notifications have disappeared 10.821
When I delete the persistent partition 2.854
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.433
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.952
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:40.962
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 10.834
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.062
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.894
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:18.883
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.286
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.914
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product
58.822
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 11.514
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.087
When I try to enable persistence 1.284
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 17.564
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 12.242
And all notifications have disappeared 10.065
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.880
And all tps features are enabled 2.260
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.922
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.047
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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6:12.225
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 5:29.039
And I enable persistence 28.671
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.757
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.672
And persistence is enabled 2.085
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.036
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
30.114
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 9.032
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 20.450
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.631
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.768
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
38.499
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 12.463
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 11.254
When I enable persistence 12.407
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.054
And persistence is successfully enabled 2.319
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.035
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
32.421
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 10.611
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 11.907
When I try to enable persistence 1.328
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.959
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.297
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.798
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.056
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.273
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.189
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.027
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
54.565
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 10.103
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.063
When I try to enable persistence 1.283
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 12.445
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.322
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.053
When I log in to a new session 14.004
And all notifications have disappeared 10.164
# 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" 0.219
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.528
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.260
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.896
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.221
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.790
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
54.289
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 10.209
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 11.495
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.388
When I try to enable persistence 1.253
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.859
When I log in to a new session 12.040
And all notifications have disappeared 10.594
Then the Tor Browser starts 2.292
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.154
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.312
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000