Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6222 23 Mar 2026, 11:23

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 26:18.165 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:38.938
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 1:24.354
And I update APT using apt 7.481
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.260
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.842
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.868
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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50.472
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 9.558
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 25.539
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.311
And persistence is disabled 0.129
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 14.934
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.345
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:12.544
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 9.791
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.374
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.093
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 41.622
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.467
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 14.448
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.490
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.202
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.053
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.961
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
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44.828
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 8.518
And the system is very low on memory 16.121
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.730
When I try to create a persistent partition 5.656
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.107
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.384
And I free up some memory 0.961
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.863
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.485
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.199
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:45.014
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 8.911
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.331
And all tps features are active 1.341
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.004
When I disable the first tps feature 2.766
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.376
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.345
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:15.806
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.128
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.820
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.013
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13.725
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 7.521
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.172
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.069
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.068
When I disable the first tps feature 3.154
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.052
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.042
When I enable the first tps feature 2.504
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.067
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.070
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.103
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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13.992
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 7.641
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.102
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.059
And I disable the first tps feature 3.153
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.981
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.054
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.973
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:9.510
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 7.965
And the network is plugged 0.026
And Tor is ready 21.536
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.271
When I write some files expected to persist 1.336
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 24.449
# 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" 13.924
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.469
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:53.501
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 7.705
And the network is plugged 0.062
And Tor is ready 19.742
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.138
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 24.864
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:17.903
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.022
And Tor is ready 42.292
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.520
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.066
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.179
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.871
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.087
Tags: @product
45.618
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 8.801
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.185
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 16.942
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 18.687
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.087
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:9.780
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 8.926
When I enable persistence 26.054
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.842
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.872
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.461
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.311
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.523
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 26.545
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.117
When I cold reboot the computer 7.938
And the computer reboots Tails 41.838
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.340
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.247
Given I enable persistence 8.646
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.091
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.319
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.489
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.212
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.802
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
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2:26.452
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 8.839
# 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 36.804
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 15.443
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:6.608
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 18.756
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.363
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product
50.589
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 8.389
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 18.177
Then persistence is disabled 0.115
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 11.730
And all notifications have disappeared 8.580
When I delete the persistent partition 3.194
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.401
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.981
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:37.220
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 8.278
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.065
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.055
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:18.600
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.220
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.929
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.018
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53.049
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 8.612
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.070
When I try to enable persistence 1.202
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 18.477
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 12.045
And all notifications have disappeared 8.804
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.262
And all tps features are enabled 1.415
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.158
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.848
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:22.010
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 38.504
And I enable persistence 29.240
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.818
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.631
And persistence is enabled 1.816
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.197
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
36.966
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 20.904
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 15.460
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.600
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.053
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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34.804
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 8.370
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 17.288
When I enable persistence 7.422
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.055
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.667
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 2.338
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
40.122
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 7.905
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 22.645
When I try to enable persistence 1.275
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 4.270
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.214
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.538
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.050
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.185
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.036
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.805
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
50.172
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 8.167
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.064
When I try to enable persistence 1.274
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 12.806
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.229
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.026
When I log in to a new session 11.910
And all notifications have disappeared 10.390
# 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" 0.263
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.583
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.193
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.408
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.853
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.523
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
48.849
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 8.332
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 11.276
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.347
When I try to enable persistence 1.177
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.882
When I log in to a new session 13.026
And all notifications have disappeared 8.694
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.333
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.779
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.115
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000