Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6209 16 Mar 2026, 16:45

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 22:2.064 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:39.265
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:24.736
And I update APT using apt 7.288
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.296
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.943
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.241
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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30.623
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 9.287
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.504
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.315
And persistence is disabled 0.090
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 7.425
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.836
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:38.725
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 9.169
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.304
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.101
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 18.966
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.541
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.494
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.893
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.205
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.048
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.671
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
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30.463
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 8.513
And the system is very low on memory 2.973
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.199
When I try to create a persistent partition 5.052
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.145
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.551
And I free up some memory 0.920
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.603
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.504
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.851
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:33.152
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 8.840
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.423
And all tps features are active 1.333
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.268
When I disable the first tps feature 2.547
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.166
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.926
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:8.365
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.280
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.601
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
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14.686
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 8.152
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.086
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.053
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.057
When I disable the first tps feature 3.047
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.093
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.048
When I enable the first tps feature 3.042
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.049
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.053
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.176
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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13.429
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 7.847
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.061
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.065
And I disable the first tps feature 2.501
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.901
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.051
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.854
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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58.783
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 7.973
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 17.277
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.384
When I write some files expected to persist 1.335
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 19.014
# 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" 12.779
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.506
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:26.191
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 8.375
And the network is plugged 0.019
And Tor is ready 17.857
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.130
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 19.061
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:17.893
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 22.220
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.409
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.090
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.114
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.553
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.053
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41.700
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 without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.886
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.084
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 12.550
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 19.178
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.015
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:54.430
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 8.710
When I enable persistence 14.284
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.564
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.882
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.384
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.339
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.568
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 25.316
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.118
When I cold reboot the computer 10.529
And the computer reboots Tails 39.418
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.297
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.228
Given I enable persistence 7.683
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.059
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.216
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.659
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.170
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.090
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
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2:9.468
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 8.819
# 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 30.881
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.450
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:2.028
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 18.287
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.178
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
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39.480
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 8.609
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.920
Then persistence is disabled 0.099
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.236
And all notifications have disappeared 8.590
When I delete the persistent partition 2.680
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.343
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.788
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:21.781
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 7.549
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.051
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.633
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.319
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.227
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.947
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.029
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41.927
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 8.366
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.065
When I try to enable persistence 1.172
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 10.051
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.580
And all notifications have disappeared 8.272
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.273
And all tps features are enabled 0.979
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.166
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.841
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:4.866
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 32.540
And I enable persistence 19.834
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.066
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.668
And persistence is enabled 1.756
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.016
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
23.755
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 7.380
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 15.850
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.524
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.990
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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25.117
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 8.318
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 8.062
When I enable persistence 6.940
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.059
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.736
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.620
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
25.705
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 7.950
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.985
When I try to enable persistence 1.266
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.587
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.206
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.367
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.063
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.150
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.127
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.042
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
44.417
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 8.181
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.047
When I try to enable persistence 1.169
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 8.944
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.211
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.038
When I log in to a new session 11.365
And all notifications have disappeared 9.333
# 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" 0.209
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.509
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.176
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.390
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.838
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.912
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
44.090
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 8.402
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.966
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.376
When I try to enable persistence 1.203
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.196
When I log in to a new session 11.492
And all notifications have disappeared 8.319
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.315
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.818
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.909
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000