Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6220 21 Mar 2026, 11:05

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 22:23.423 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:34.650
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.010
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:20.903
And I update APT using apt 6.166
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.433
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.147
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.675
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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30.099
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 9.373
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.479
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.282
And persistence is disabled 0.113
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.851
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.638
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:46.704
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 8.859
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.417
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.130
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 20.093
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.458
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.723
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.687
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.276
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.056
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.738
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.014
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31.967
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 8.269
And the system is very low on memory 3.474
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.189
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.806
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.284
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.669
And I free up some memory 0.895
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 10.906
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.470
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.855
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:38.094
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.013
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.933
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.343
And all tps features are active 1.498
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.460
When I disable the first tps feature 3.079
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.364
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.123
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:9.226
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.064
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.716
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.012
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13.339
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 7.889
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.078
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.091
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.058
When I disable the first tps feature 2.541
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.074
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.049
When I enable the first tps feature 2.428
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.073
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.052
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.845
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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13.561
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 7.664
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.106
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.068
And I disable the first tps feature 2.650
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.022
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.048
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.739
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:3.639
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 7.574
And the network is plugged 0.044
And Tor is ready 17.439
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.230
When I write some files expected to persist 1.340
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 24.277
# 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" 12.732
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.254
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:41.461
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 7.685
And the network is plugged 0.029
And Tor is ready 17.910
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.158
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 19.039
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:13.774
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.018
And Tor is ready 42.208
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.412
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.081
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.138
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.869
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.041
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41.540
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 8.648
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.065
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 15.099
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.727
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.105
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:50.005
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 8.023
When I enable persistence 13.497
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.407
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.754
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.524
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.289
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.536
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 24.617
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.124
When I cold reboot the computer 9.253
And the computer reboots Tails 38.257
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.353
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.215
Given I enable persistence 7.340
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.070
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.210
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.370
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.157
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.874
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.052
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2:13.336
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 8.169
# 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 32.287
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.479
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:4.325
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 23.074
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.430
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.014
Tags: @product
40.111
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 8.545
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.651
Then persistence is disabled 0.081
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.287
And all notifications have disappeared 8.350
When I delete the persistent partition 2.840
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.353
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.681
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:18.768
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 8.071
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.052
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.802
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.615
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.228
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.966
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
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41.891
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 7.937
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.046
When I try to enable persistence 1.144
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 10.052
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.129
And all notifications have disappeared 8.044
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.299
And all tps features are enabled 0.969
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.267
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.896
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:4.015
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 30.426
And I enable persistence 20.268
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.906
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.628
And persistence is enabled 1.784
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.854
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
22.951
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 7.216
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 15.093
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.641
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.834
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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25.495
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 7.887
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.173
When I enable persistence 6.785
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.044
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.604
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.807
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
23.977
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 7.704
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.915
When I try to enable persistence 1.279
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.074
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.185
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.392
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.084
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.173
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.167
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.909
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
43.955
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 8.018
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.063
When I try to enable persistence 1.191
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 8.576
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.202
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.026
When I log in to a new session 11.738
And all notifications have disappeared 8.674
# 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" 0.198
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.686
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.314
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.429
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.833
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.956
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
43.854
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 7.658
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.057
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.406
When I try to enable persistence 1.279
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.454
When I log in to a new session 10.732
And all notifications have disappeared 9.178
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.397
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.689
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.603
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000