Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6227 24 Mar 2026, 12:04

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 22:17.139 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:4.598
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 1:51.396
And I update APT using apt 5.981
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.327
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.891
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.007
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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31.693
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 9.583
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.967
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.266
And persistence is disabled 0.118
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.756
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.854
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:44.628
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 8.934
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.325
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.127
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 18.990
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.466
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.722
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.800
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.193
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.065
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.701
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
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31.508
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 8.013
And the system is very low on memory 4.700
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.203
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.807
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.117
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.450
And I free up some memory 0.972
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.803
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.440
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.715
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:32.759
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 8.468
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.495
And all tps features are active 1.333
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.957
When I disable the first tps feature 3.179
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.267
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.472
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.348
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.237
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.013
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.019
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13.187
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 7.762
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.058
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.235
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.039
When I disable the first tps feature 2.463
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.058
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.045
When I enable the first tps feature 2.407
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.067
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.049
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.247
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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13.536
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 7.703
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.082
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.103
And I disable the first tps feature 2.640
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.957
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.049
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.740
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
56.660
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 7.463
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 16.203
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.238
When I write some files expected to persist 1.229
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 18.864
# 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" 12.643
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.159
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:23.119
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 7.489
And the network is plugged 0.014
And Tor is ready 16.803
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 18.990
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:16.006
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.022
And Tor is ready 23.044
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.405
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.073
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.151
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.766
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.038
Tags: @product
39.462
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 stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.428
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.094
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 13.473
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.465
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.796
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:49.226
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 8.608
When I enable persistence 12.766
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.627
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.891
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.442
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.355
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.580
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 25.073
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.216
When I cold reboot the computer 8.999
And the computer reboots Tails 38.029
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.234
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.174
Given I enable persistence 7.643
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.069
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.254
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.099
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.160
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.676
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
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2:7.694
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 8.418
# 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 28.171
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.422
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:2.683
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 19.998
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.066
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.019
Tags: @product
38.823
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 7.877
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.262
Then persistence is disabled 0.088
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.666
And all notifications have disappeared 8.316
When I delete the persistent partition 3.191
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.421
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.153
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:21.053
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 7.368
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.066
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.614
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.801
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.201
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.624
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
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44.383
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 8.209
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.054
When I try to enable persistence 1.183
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 12.051
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.052
And all notifications have disappeared 8.184
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.289
And all tps features are enabled 1.122
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.236
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.793
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:5.155
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 31.785
And I enable persistence 20.511
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.445
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.785
And persistence is enabled 1.628
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.850
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
24.328
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 7.536
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 16.241
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.549
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.982
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
24.469
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 7.949
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 8.109
When I enable persistence 6.813
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.053
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.542
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.753
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
24.185
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 8.089
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.293
When I try to enable persistence 1.282
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.708
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.158
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.391
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.058
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.181
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.021
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.053
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
44.532
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 8.038
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.072
When I try to enable persistence 1.163
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 9.074
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.201
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.028
When I log in to a new session 11.722
And all notifications have disappeared 9.154
# 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" 0.271
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.139
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.328
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.534
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.803
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.926
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
42.133
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 7.737
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.756
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.442
When I try to enable persistence 1.241
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.008
When I log in to a new session 10.640
And all notifications have disappeared 9.009
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.557
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.739
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.197
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000