Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6213 17 Mar 2026, 20:26

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 26:17.899 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:8.591
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 1:54.975
And I update APT using apt 6.328
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.264
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.023
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.737
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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36.164
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 9.373
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 16.304
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.329
And persistence is disabled 0.108
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 10.047
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.775
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:13.148
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 23.365
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.312
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.130
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 26.893
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.471
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.886
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:11.831
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.201
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.055
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.836
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
Tags: @product
36.749
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 8.399
And the system is very low on memory 7.099
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.307
When I try to create a persistent partition 5.265
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.130
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.393
And I free up some memory 0.938
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 11.701
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.513
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.160
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:45.846
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 9.154
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.509
And all tps features are active 1.565
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.703
When I disable the first tps feature 3.328
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.418
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.552
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:14.279
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.335
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.966
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.046
Tags: @product
14.396
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 8.323
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.080
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.112
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.084
When I disable the first tps feature 3.059
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.067
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.045
When I enable the first tps feature 2.518
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.048
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.055
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.795
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
13.441
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 7.383
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.079
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.055
And I disable the first tps feature 2.595
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.270
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.056
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.897
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:23.817
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 8.027
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 41.404
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.206
When I write some files expected to persist 1.235
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 19.608
# 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" 13.317
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.484
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:36.757
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 7.786
And the network is plugged 0.032
And Tor is ready 17.615
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.126
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 25.917
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:21.730
And I capture all network traffic 0.006
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 22.942
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.400
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.054
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.126
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.522
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.039
Tags: @product
48.414
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 9.172
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.127
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 15.206
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 22.907
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.383
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:11.083
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 9.259
When I enable persistence 28.673
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 14.004
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 39.386
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.419
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.320
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.664
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 25.462
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.179
When I cold reboot the computer 10.589
And the computer reboots Tails 37.818
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.357
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.246
Given I enable persistence 7.334
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.084
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.219
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.851
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.210
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.792
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.051
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2:32.090
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 with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.713
# 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 43.824
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.793
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:6.704
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 20.054
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.112
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product
51.090
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 8.612
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.506
Then persistence is disabled 0.150
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 15.549
And all notifications have disappeared 9.255
When I delete the persistent partition 2.685
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.331
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.815
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:31.287
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 7.939
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.075
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.172
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:12.841
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.257
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.060
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product
46.909
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 8.430
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.055
When I try to enable persistence 1.218
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 13.110
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 12.390
And all notifications have disappeared 8.156
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.244
And all tps features are enabled 1.193
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.110
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.806
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:16.368
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 37.069
And I enable persistence 24.039
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 12.746
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.621
And persistence is enabled 1.891
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.884
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
22.808
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 7.294
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 14.891
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.621
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.328
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
39.636
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 8.522
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 22.193
When I enable persistence 6.896
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.059
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.964
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.822
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
35.842
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 8.488
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 18.619
When I try to enable persistence 1.368
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.492
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.240
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.452
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.062
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.140
Then persistence is successfully enabled 0.977
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.153
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
57.341
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 8.351
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.060
When I try to enable persistence 1.193
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 19.795
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.208
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.027
When I log in to a new session 12.509
And all notifications have disappeared 9.740
# 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" 0.297
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.491
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.205
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.506
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.953
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.059
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
56.111
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 8.965
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 17.523
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.293
When I try to enable persistence 1.277
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 4.178
When I log in to a new session 12.698
And all notifications have disappeared 8.797
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.563
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.811
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.717
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000