Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6214 18 Mar 2026, 07:13

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 25:19.431 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:32.713
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 1:18.112
And I update APT using apt 6.500
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.795
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.304
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.718
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:2.961
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 8.726
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.928
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.313
And persistence is disabled 0.109
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 37.883
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.471
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:52.034
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 logged in 9.956
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.478
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.094
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 26.219
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.464
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 14.078
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.518
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.169
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.055
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.746
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.028
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41.476
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 7.442
And the system is very low on memory 13.333
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.896
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.742
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.125
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.380
And I free up some memory 0.807
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 11.308
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.440
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.853
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:55.642
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 8.427
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.536
And all tps features are active 1.187
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.244
When I disable the first tps feature 2.730
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.148
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 28.663
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:9.480
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.223
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.862
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
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13.110
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 7.486
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.076
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.067
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.077
When I disable the first tps feature 2.738
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.068
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.054
When I enable the first tps feature 2.429
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.053
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.058
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.761
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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13.166
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 7.376
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.065
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.060
And I disable the first tps feature 2.600
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.012
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.050
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.719
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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53.777
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 7.152
And the network is plugged 0.022
And Tor is ready 16.904
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.263
When I write some files expected to persist 1.246
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 16.189
# 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" 11.998
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.111
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:17.850
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 7.373
And the network is plugged 0.020
And Tor is ready 16.238
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.114
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 16.237
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:14.876
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 22.362
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.401
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.083
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.120
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.518
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.040
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49.166
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.286
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.272
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 15.008
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 23.599
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.604
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:0.913
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 8.749
When I enable persistence 26.334
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.353
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.700
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.359
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.254
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.499
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 25.521
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.144
When I cold reboot the computer 10.265
And the computer reboots Tails 35.706
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.381
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.227
Given I enable persistence 6.812
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.075
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.198
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.152
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.175
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.957
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.038
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2:43.044
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 20.803
# 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 43.406
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.347
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:4.369
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 22.117
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.933
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
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52.183
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.043
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.654
Then persistence is disabled 0.102
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 17.646
And all notifications have disappeared 8.758
When I delete the persistent partition 2.666
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.311
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.818
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:29.264
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 7.719
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.085
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.950
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:10.276
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.233
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.510
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.023
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49.940
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 7.796
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.102
When I try to enable persistence 1.173
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 17.782
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.801
And all notifications have disappeared 7.966
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.299
And all tps features are enabled 1.000
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.018
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.290
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:28.193
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 48.714
And I enable persistence 26.530
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.041
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.536
And persistence is enabled 1.369
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.102
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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22.450
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.226
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 14.743
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.480
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.176
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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39.296
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 8.156
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 22.337
When I enable persistence 7.155
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.065
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.582
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.703
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
37.145
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 7.872
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 20.512
When I try to enable persistence 1.337
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.511
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.210
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.419
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.056
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.171
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.053
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.017
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
55.963
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 7.645
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.099
When I try to enable persistence 1.235
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 17.888
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.178
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.024
When I log in to a new session 13.788
And all notifications have disappeared 10.118
# 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" 0.281
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.418
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.200
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.284
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.798
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.105
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
49.134
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 7.787
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 12.993
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.324
When I try to enable persistence 1.218
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.741
When I log in to a new session 11.974
And all notifications have disappeared 8.895
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.371
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 0.943
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000