Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6125 06 Feb 2026, 11:52

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 29:43.563 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:4.839
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 1:50.731
And I update APT using apt 6.688
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.384
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.034
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.105
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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27.024
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 9.820
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.650
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.386
And persistence is disabled 0.095
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.072
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.828
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:2.488
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 10.410
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.339
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.102
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 24.409
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.556
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.985
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:17.979
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.622
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.082
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.075
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.024
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47.327
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 9.913
And the system is very low on memory 1.150
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.220
When I try to create a persistent partition 5.874
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.284
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.817
And I free up some memory 1.005
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 25.433
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.627
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.340
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:49.472
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 11.670
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.390
And all tps features are active 2.155
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.326
When I disable the first tps feature 2.576
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.885
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.785
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:18.453
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.227
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.996
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
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15.234
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 9.647
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.059
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.061
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.062
When I disable the first tps feature 2.593
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.063
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.067
When I enable the first tps feature 2.508
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.070
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.099
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.519
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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15.277
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 9.412
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.072
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.062
And I disable the first tps feature 2.545
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.129
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.055
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.116
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
50.700
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 9.740
And the network is plugged 0.195
And Tor is ready 12.373
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.723
When I write some files expected to persist 1.508
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.799
# 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" 18.359
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.626
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:4.424
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 9.262
And the network is plugged 0.071
And Tor is ready 11.378
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.158
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.793
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:20.355
And I capture all network traffic 0.007
And the network is plugged 0.071
And Tor is ready 12.606
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.466
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.084
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.168
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.054
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.076
Tags: @product
46.517
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 stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 10.303
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.113
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 11.196
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 23.903
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.459
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:10.748
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 10.669
When I enable persistence 14.480
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 15.159
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 40.311
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.609
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.550
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.747
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 26.229
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.252
When I cold reboot the computer 6.378
And the computer reboots Tails 44.010
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.579
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.407
Given I enable persistence 12.712
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.117
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.428
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 12.922
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.181
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.735
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
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2:33.159
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 10.057
# 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 21.144
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.093
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:22.236
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 31.627
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.325
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product
55.774
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 13.991
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.497
Then persistence is disabled 0.127
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 11.310
And all notifications have disappeared 11.369
When I delete the persistent partition 5.993
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.484
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.133
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:40.895
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 with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 9.852
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.097
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.250
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:21.945
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.748
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.113
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.012
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51.883
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.781
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.095
When I try to enable persistence 1.265
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 10.367
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 14.079
And all notifications have disappeared 10.112
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.377
And all tps features are enabled 2.626
And all tps features but the first one are active 2.179
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.070
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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6:5.878
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 with a LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 5:27.416
And I enable persistence 23.747
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.862
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.670
And persistence is enabled 2.182
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.644
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
31.077
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 8.840
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 21.581
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.655
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.726
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
32.640
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 13.326
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 4.283
When I enable persistence 12.492
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.078
And persistence is successfully enabled 2.459
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.702
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
24.858
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 9.366
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 5.535
When I try to enable persistence 1.372
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 4.079
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.288
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.657
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.066
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.284
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.208
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.186
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
43.827
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 10.098
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.069
When I try to enable persistence 1.273
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 4.428
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.223
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.063
When I log in to a new session 12.629
And all notifications have disappeared 9.020
# 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" 0.314
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.129
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.260
Then the Tor Browser starts 2.163
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.150
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 2.946
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
49.514
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 13.733
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 5.180
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.412
When I try to enable persistence 1.225
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.460
When I log in to a new session 11.399
And all notifications have disappeared 9.656
Then the Tor Browser starts 2.357
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.089
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.925
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000