Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6126 07 Feb 2026, 11:56

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 20:43.358 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:31.645
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 1:18.053
And I update APT using apt 6.361
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.252
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.977
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.707
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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30.725
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.008
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.281
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.047
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.396
And persistence is disabled 0.131
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 7.869
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.263
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:39.057
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 8.875
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.421
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.111
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 19.059
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.567
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.751
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.017
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.196
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.057
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.733
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
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29.756
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 7.786
And the system is very low on memory 3.093
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.198
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.954
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.123
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.376
And I free up some memory 0.824
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.906
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.492
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.031
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:38.371
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 9.456
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.309
And all tps features are active 1.382
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.414
When I disable the first tps feature 3.087
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.741
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.188
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.105
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.685
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.879
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
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12.960
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 7.606
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.065
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.072
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.053
When I disable the first tps feature 2.530
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.063
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.034
When I enable the first tps feature 2.428
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.063
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.040
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.976
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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13.123
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 7.319
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.082
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.054
And I disable the first tps feature 2.651
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.943
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.071
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.659
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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40.359
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 7.331
And the network is plugged 0.014
And Tor is ready 9.559
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.224
When I write some files expected to persist 1.237
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.343
# 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" 12.647
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.395
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:42.042
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 7.223
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 9.991
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.146
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.377
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.203
And I capture all network traffic 0.035
And the network is plugged 0.065
And Tor is ready 11.449
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.372
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.070
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.089
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.731
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.052
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39.230
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 stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.471
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.083
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 11.982
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 17.692
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.287
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:45.391
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 8.942
When I enable persistence 13.143
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.216
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 39.017
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.311
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.219
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.527
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 24.717
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.133
When I cold reboot the computer 6.737
And the computer reboots Tails 37.034
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.283
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.285
Given I enable persistence 7.356
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.069
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.214
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.026
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.156
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.337
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.036
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2:15.777
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 8.436
# 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 31.255
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.472
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:3.193
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 24.420
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.001
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product
38.752
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 8.411
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.293
Then persistence is disabled 0.100
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.564
And all notifications have disappeared 8.305
When I delete the persistent partition 2.717
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.359
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.961
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:21.204
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 7.786
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.091
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.498
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.610
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.217
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.484
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.019
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43.272
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 8.291
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.049
When I try to enable persistence 1.151
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 10.960
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.910
And all notifications have disappeared 7.840
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.410
And all tps features are enabled 1.408
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.248
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.999
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:4.077
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 30.808
And I enable persistence 20.276
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.543
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.750
And persistence is enabled 1.698
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.784
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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22.862
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 7.084
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 15.208
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.569
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.887
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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24.129
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 8.016
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 7.943
When I enable persistence 6.424
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.035
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.710
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.845
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
23.999
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 7.855
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.575
When I try to enable persistence 1.208
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.359
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.144
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.628
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.055
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.165
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.005
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.762
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
44.190
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 7.817
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.047
When I try to enable persistence 1.173
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 9.148
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.204
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.033
When I log in to a new session 11.120
And all notifications have disappeared 9.380
# 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" 0.318
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.413
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.186
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.470
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.875
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.461
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
42.426
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 7.499
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.264
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.314
When I try to enable persistence 1.198
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.538
When I log in to a new session 11.596
And all notifications have disappeared 7.898
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.356
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.758
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.872
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000