Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6225 23 Mar 2026, 20:11

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 25:55.385 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:46.332
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:29.203
And I update APT using apt 9.602
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.422
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.103
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.994
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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51.443
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 9.297
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 29.866
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.335
And persistence is disabled 0.104
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 11.839
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.036
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:12.881
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 9.606
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 1.014
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.179
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 32.670
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.552
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 18.247
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:10.324
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.224
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.062
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.630
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
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41.085
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 8.327
And the system is very low on memory 12.772
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 1.965
When I try to create a persistent partition 5.045
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.134
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.453
And I free up some memory 0.875
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.465
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.046
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.748
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:48.039
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 9.101
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.752
And all tps features are active 1.665
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.190
When I disable the first tps feature 2.690
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.214
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 14.479
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:14.497
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.448
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.931
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.018
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13.488
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 7.844
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.107
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.058
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.044
When I disable the first tps feature 2.778
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.066
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.039
When I enable the first tps feature 2.447
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.055
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.730
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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14.261
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 8.001
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.125
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.071
And I disable the first tps feature 3.134
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.879
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.049
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.060
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:7.151
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 7.901
And the network is plugged 0.047
And Tor is ready 22.587
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.298
When I write some files expected to persist 1.316
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 21.264
# 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" 13.736
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.300
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:36.342
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 8.151
And the network is plugged 0.022
And Tor is ready 20.399
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.202
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 25.016
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:18.799
And I capture all network traffic 0.004
And the network is plugged 0.018
And Tor is ready 23.002
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.447
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.087
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.191
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.576
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.094
Tags: @product
56.985
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 9.884
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.154
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 20.793
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 25.153
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.993
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:0.002
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 9.664
When I enable persistence 20.592
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.497
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 39.160
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.399
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.271
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.619
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 26.812
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.165
When I cold reboot the computer 6.336
And the computer reboots Tails 39.491
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.284
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.232
Given I enable persistence 7.979
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.094
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.344
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.822
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.232
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.943
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.023
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2:42.073
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 8.973
# 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 45.649
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.159
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:16.359
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 20.931
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.383
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product
47.772
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 8.384
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 20.098
Then persistence is disabled 0.096
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.807
And all notifications have disappeared 9.551
When I delete the persistent partition 3.384
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.450
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.066
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:32.481
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 7.639
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.062
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.367
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:14.147
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.264
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.871
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.016
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48.848
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 7.985
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.048
When I try to enable persistence 1.249
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 14.938
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 12.432
And all notifications have disappeared 8.386
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.298
And all tps features are enabled 1.413
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.096
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.958
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:25.913
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 40.980
And I enable persistence 30.650
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.761
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.640
And persistence is enabled 1.880
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.841
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
24.954
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 7.762
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 16.521
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.670
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.945
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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29.679
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 8.318
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 12.509
When I enable persistence 7.019
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.064
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.766
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.798
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
32.621
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 8.158
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 15.550
When I try to enable persistence 1.255
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.709
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.149
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.465
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.073
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.180
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.079
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.768
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
48.363
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 8.230
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.073
When I try to enable persistence 1.289
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 11.833
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.207
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.026
When I log in to a new session 13.069
And all notifications have disappeared 8.658
# 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" 0.175
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.102
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.178
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.516
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.000
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.108
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
54.659
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 8.097
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 16.001
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.358
When I try to enable persistence 1.182
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.753
When I log in to a new session 13.218
And all notifications have disappeared 10.374
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.783
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.888
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.895
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000