Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6207 16 Mar 2026, 12:48

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 24:50.487 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:38.925
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:23.553
And I update APT using apt 8.131
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.322
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.918
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.840
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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50.023
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 9.241
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 17.324
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.364
And persistence is disabled 0.100
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 22.992
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.207
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:55.878
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 9.540
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.653
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.141
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 30.795
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 10.239
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.755
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.187
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.062
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.996
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
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36.093
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 7.919
And the system is very low on memory 9.446
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.240
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.749
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.126
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.377
And I free up some memory 1.018
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.668
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.545
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.713
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:39.622
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 8.958
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.484
And all tps features are active 1.412
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.429
When I disable the first tps feature 2.596
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.215
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 14.252
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.156
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.116
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.672
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.015
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13.635
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 7.599
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.069
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.078
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.055
When I disable the first tps feature 3.053
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.087
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.053
When I enable the first tps feature 2.512
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.063
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.062
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.634
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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14.079
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 7.849
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.076
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.060
And I disable the first tps feature 3.070
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.969
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.054
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.913
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:7.252
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 8.859
And the network is plugged 0.028
And Tor is ready 18.873
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.358
When I write some files expected to persist 1.242
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 24.335
# 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" 13.553
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.588
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:33.359
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 7.833
And the network is plugged 0.038
And Tor is ready 18.492
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.238
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 24.856
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:18.703
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.018
And Tor is ready 22.515
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.467
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.064
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.127
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.093
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.063
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48.346
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 stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.429
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.092
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 13.562
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 24.262
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.676
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:3.902
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 8.930
When I enable persistence 21.119
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.507
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 39.107
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.385
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.328
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.699
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 27.644
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.147
When I cold reboot the computer 9.225
And the computer reboots Tails 39.015
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.313
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.226
Given I enable persistence 8.778
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.083
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.337
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.889
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.164
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.982
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
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2:35.242
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 21.554
# 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 33.892
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.771
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:12.449
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 18.573
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.935
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
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44.104
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 8.570
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.364
Then persistence is disabled 0.133
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 8.053
And all notifications have disappeared 8.837
When I delete the persistent partition 2.744
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.400
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.653
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:31.250
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 8.435
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.068
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.654
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:12.832
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.259
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.599
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
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49.398
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 8.273
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.056
When I try to enable persistence 1.221
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 15.263
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.845
And all notifications have disappeared 8.487
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.363
And all tps features are enabled 1.500
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.386
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.192
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:17.046
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 41.218
And I enable persistence 22.305
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.282
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.561
And persistence is enabled 1.678
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.007
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
23.723
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.716
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 15.431
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.576
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.134
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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33.764
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 9.101
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 13.887
When I enable persistence 8.647
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.066
And persistence is successfully enabled 2.062
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.107
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
34.319
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.015
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.209
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 15.590
When I try to enable persistence 1.318
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 4.093
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.242
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.471
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.062
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.209
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.121
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.136
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
50.725
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 8.216
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.114
When I try to enable persistence 1.199
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 12.768
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.226
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.028
When I log in to a new session 12.692
And all notifications have disappeared 9.844
# 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" 0.240
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.546
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.243
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.556
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.047
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.966
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
49.792
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 8.467
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 12.769
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.397
When I try to enable persistence 1.238
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.526
When I log in to a new session 10.866
And all notifications have disappeared 9.838
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.860
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 1.150
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000