Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6127 08 Feb 2026, 12:55

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 35:17.680 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:18.533
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 2:2.467
And I update APT using apt 8.506
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.388
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.171
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.217
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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44.669
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 15.225
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 18.617
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.305
And persistence is disabled 0.151
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 10.370
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.123
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:18.729
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 16.030
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.352
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.155
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 29.054
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.635
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.458
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:23.690
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.280
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.071
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.940
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
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43.439
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 14.014
And the system is very low on memory 4.581
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.438
When I try to create a persistent partition 6.835
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.149
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.548
And I free up some memory 1.074
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 13.031
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.764
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.833
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:13.259
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 13.083
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.702
And all tps features are active 3.045
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 3.041
When I disable the first tps feature 3.313
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.170
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 13.012
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:32.321
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.569
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.747
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
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19.632
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 12.907
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.077
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.072
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.076
When I disable the first tps feature 3.160
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.059
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.046
When I enable the first tps feature 3.075
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.089
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.066
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.699
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
17.962
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 11.548
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.081
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.064
And I disable the first tps feature 3.122
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.072
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.074
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.040
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:1.963
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 12.413
And the network is plugged 1.698
And Tor is ready 14.351
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.693
When I write some files expected to persist 1.572
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.486
# 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" 19.748
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.837
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:25.056
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.010
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 11.727
And the network is plugged 0.066
And Tor is ready 11.822
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.164
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 15.644
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:28.329
And I capture all network traffic 0.007
And the network is plugged 2.097
And Tor is ready 14.564
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.376
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.084
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.170
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.085
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.058
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57.001
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 13.754
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.174
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 16.983
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 25.089
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.729
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:42.336
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 12.918
When I enable persistence 25.328
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 15.448
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 41.202
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.986
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.471
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.891
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 28.765
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.186
When I cold reboot the computer 13.320
And the computer reboots Tails 50.196
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.487
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.556
Given I enable persistence 14.220
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.106
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.443
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 12.626
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.178
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.803
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
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3:10.679
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 13.838
# 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 39.546
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.094
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:44.518
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 22.682
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 2.297
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.015
Tags: @product
58.013
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 14.214
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 16.225
Then persistence is disabled 0.127
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 12.625
And all notifications have disappeared 11.173
When I delete the persistent partition 3.225
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.420
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 2.158
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:54.376
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 12.575
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.070
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.244
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:30.214
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.272
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.322
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
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1:5.830
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 13.675
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.059
When I try to enable persistence 1.245
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 18.888
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 14.116
And all notifications have disappeared 10.261
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.925
And all tps features are enabled 2.900
And all tps features but the first one are active 2.757
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.333
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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7:4.348
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.012
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 6:13.098
And I enable persistence 33.993
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 13.814
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.830
And persistence is enabled 2.612
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.636
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
34.947
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 9.331
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 24.652
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.964
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.298
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
45.230
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 13.725
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 14.113
When I enable persistence 14.830
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.061
And persistence is successfully enabled 2.498
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.003
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
38.627
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 12.451
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 12.092
When I try to enable persistence 1.374
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 7.098
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.445
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 1.146
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.525
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.298
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.194
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.238
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
1:0.883
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 10.649
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.089
When I try to enable persistence 1.301
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 15.530
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.332
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.046
When I log in to a new session 15.080
And all notifications have disappeared 11.468
# 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" 0.472
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.542
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.288
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.938
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.141
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.219
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
1:2.157
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 11.876
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 11.841
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.374
When I try to enable persistence 1.285
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 7.468
When I log in to a new session 13.709
And all notifications have disappeared 10.973
Then the Tor Browser starts 3.423
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.203
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.980
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000