Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6219 20 Mar 2026, 11:07

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 22:56.173 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:39.136
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.007
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:24.873
And I update APT using apt 6.602
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.356
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.304
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.198
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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30.262
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 8.746
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.819
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.243
And persistence is disabled 0.092
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.360
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.173
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:41.437
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 9.785
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.342
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.200
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 18.711
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.465
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.885
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.745
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.214
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.086
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.942
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
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30.918
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 8.100
And the system is very low on memory 3.637
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.193
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.799
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.099
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.638
And I free up some memory 1.164
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.775
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.510
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.934
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:39.191
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 8.825
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.269
And all tps features are active 1.429
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.236
When I disable the first tps feature 2.994
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.193
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.253
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:9.922
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.066
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.599
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
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13.636
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 7.971
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.070
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.084
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.081
When I disable the first tps feature 2.677
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.059
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.042
When I enable the first tps feature 2.552
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.054
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.042
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.644
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
13.912
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 7.543
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.106
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.051
And I disable the first tps feature 3.114
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.049
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.047
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.911
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:22.751
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 7.971
And the network is plugged 0.027
And Tor is ready 40.552
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.279
When I write some files expected to persist 1.272
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 19.343
# 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" 13.303
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.561
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:24.648
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 7.739
And the network is plugged 0.018
And Tor is ready 17.563
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.152
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 15.365
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:20.302
And I capture all network traffic 0.004
And the network is plugged 0.022
And Tor is ready 22.896
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.395
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.075
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.112
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.733
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.101
Tags: @product
40.799
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 8.721
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.139
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 13.993
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.945
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 2.164
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:54.291
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 9.317
When I enable persistence 14.313
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.690
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.900
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.321
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.243
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.623
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 25.809
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.193
When I cold reboot the computer 6.634
And the computer reboots Tails 39.658
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.367
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.231
Given I enable persistence 7.345
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.122
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.372
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.959
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.188
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.596
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
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2:26.837
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 enabled and logged in 21.593
# 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 29.365
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.521
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:7.345
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 20.011
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.989
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
Tags: @product
41.353
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 8.470
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.755
Then persistence is disabled 0.129
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.294
And all notifications have disappeared 8.406
When I delete the persistent partition 2.885
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.411
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.878
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:20.871
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 8.405
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.076
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.547
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.499
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.342
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.918
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
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43.044
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.964
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.051
When I try to enable persistence 1.213
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 10.670
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.257
And all notifications have disappeared 8.044
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.466
And all tps features are enabled 1.182
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.193
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.796
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:5.610
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 31.272
And I enable persistence 20.389
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.446
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.609
And persistence is enabled 1.891
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.737
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
22.969
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 7.193
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 15.250
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.526
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.841
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
24.996
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 8.224
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 7.973
When I enable persistence 6.831
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.048
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.917
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.822
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
26.123
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 8.344
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.258
When I try to enable persistence 1.342
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.929
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.185
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.746
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.091
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.218
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.007
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.736
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
47.068
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 7.958
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.079
When I try to enable persistence 1.209
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 10.249
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.198
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.034
When I log in to a new session 11.794
And all notifications have disappeared 10.385
# 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" 0.191
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.550
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.228
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.270
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.917
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.781
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
46.310
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 8.034
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.675
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.403
When I try to enable persistence 1.215
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.123
When I log in to a new session 12.044
And all notifications have disappeared 8.899
Then the Tor Browser starts 2.037
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.875
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.154
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000