Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6128 09 Feb 2026, 11:34

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 25:34.797 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:42.680
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 1:27.283
And I update APT using apt 7.601
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.378
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.416
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.682
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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45.299
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 10.617
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 17.116
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.402
And persistence is disabled 0.108
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 17.054
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.270
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:11.870
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 10.000
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.473
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.107
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 38.579
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.501
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.100
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:11.816
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.221
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.070
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.559
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.045
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39.123
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 8.221
And the system is very low on memory 10.803
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.851
When I try to create a persistent partition 5.486
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.194
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.724
And I free up some memory 1.194
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.585
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.061
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.783
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:48.765
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 9.257
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.601
And all tps features are active 1.673
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.502
When I disable the first tps feature 3.168
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.645
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.353
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:15.921
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.642
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.816
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
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27.715
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 21.530
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.128
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.078
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.058
When I disable the first tps feature 3.184
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.049
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.060
When I enable the first tps feature 2.514
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.054
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.056
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.228
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
14.173
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 7.646
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.080
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.075
And I disable the first tps feature 3.166
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.147
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.057
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.168
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:14.800
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.017
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.847
And the network is plugged 0.025
And Tor is ready 40.963
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.192
When I write some files expected to persist 1.378
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.406
# 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" 13.986
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.617
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:53.930
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 8.021
And the network is plugged 0.036
And Tor is ready 11.422
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.151
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.156
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:11.400
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.021
And Tor is ready 11.998
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.428
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.140
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.149
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.949
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.071
Tags: @product
52.177
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 9.602
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.126
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 15.381
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 26.066
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.401
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:11.868
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 9.197
When I enable persistence 28.455
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.367
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 39.254
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.614
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.296
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.641
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 26.096
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.185
When I cold reboot the computer 9.641
And the computer reboots Tails 39.997
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.307
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.257
Given I enable persistence 7.491
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.101
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.317
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.451
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.191
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.109
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.020
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2:33.438
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 9.214
# 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 37.207
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.942
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:9.155
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 25.919
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.468
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
Tags: @product
52.830
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 9.020
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 16.113
Then persistence is disabled 0.153
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 15.162
And all notifications have disappeared 9.454
When I delete the persistent partition 2.610
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.315
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.165
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:30.129
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 8.472
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.066
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 1:11.417
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.296
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.652
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
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47.862
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 8.298
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.050
When I try to enable persistence 1.184
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 14.618
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.580
And all notifications have disappeared 8.497
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.330
And all tps features are enabled 1.259
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.043
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.965
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:25.075
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 44.334
And I enable persistence 28.475
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.982
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.703
And persistence is enabled 1.579
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.218
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
23.388
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 7.811
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 14.902
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.674
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.026
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
43.098
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 8.740
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 24.208
When I enable persistence 8.170
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.050
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.927
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.962
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
31.654
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 8.068
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 14.625
When I try to enable persistence 1.303
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.186
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.215
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.427
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.070
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.228
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.527
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.085
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
50.758
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 7.969
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.079
When I try to enable persistence 1.161
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 14.565
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.258
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.046
When I log in to a new session 11.224
And all notifications have disappeared 10.134
# 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" 0.237
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.820
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.234
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.229
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.797
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.468
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
54.152
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 8.165
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 16.168
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.314
When I try to enable persistence 1.391
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.826
When I log in to a new session 12.052
And all notifications have disappeared 8.870
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.536
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.827
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.819
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000