Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6231 25 Mar 2026, 12:59

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 23:17.069 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:40.099
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:25.882
And I update APT using apt 6.717
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.370
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.129
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.728
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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31.586
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 9.538
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 16.627
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.299
And persistence is disabled 0.094
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.027
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.898
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:50.444
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 9.995
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.417
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.182
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 20.584
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.444
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.806
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:8.739
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.218
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.056
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.916
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.054
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32.677
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 7.805
And the system is very low on memory 4.406
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.216
When I try to create a persistent partition 5.405
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.151
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.575
And I free up some memory 0.972
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 10.510
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.634
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.658
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:38.643
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 9.198
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.347
And all tps features are active 1.402
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.408
When I disable the first tps feature 3.116
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.350
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.721
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:9.703
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.395
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.646
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
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14.138
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 8.581
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.064
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.066
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.070
When I disable the first tps feature 2.583
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.058
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.074
When I enable the first tps feature 2.476
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.088
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.075
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.579
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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13.695
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 7.964
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.064
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.062
And I disable the first tps feature 2.591
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.955
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.057
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.084
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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49.110
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 8.031
And the network is plugged 0.067
And Tor is ready 18.390
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.437
When I write some files expected to persist 1.427
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.295
# 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" 13.459
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.181
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:36.169
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 8.776
And the network is plugged 0.021
And Tor is ready 19.030
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.140
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 19.724
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:24.281
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.019
And Tor is ready 23.542
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.403
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.055
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.169
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.727
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.108
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48.595
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.010
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 10.302
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.092
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 16.918
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 20.281
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.474
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:4.869
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 8.895
When I enable persistence 17.307
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.673
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 39.248
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.312
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.219
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.514
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 25.858
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.315
When I cold reboot the computer 9.821
And the computer reboots Tails 41.548
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.357
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.289
Given I enable persistence 9.673
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.143
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.415
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 12.142
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.131
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.981
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
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2:14.238
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 8.734
# 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 25.581
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.407
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:9.303
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 22.211
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.054
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
Tags: @product
42.555
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 8.419
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 16.089
Then persistence is disabled 0.107
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.960
And all notifications have disappeared 8.736
When I delete the persistent partition 2.808
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.433
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.693
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:29.332
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 8.191
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.056
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.327
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:10.420
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.336
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.980
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
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47.728
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 8.925
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.056
When I try to enable persistence 1.163
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 12.743
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.346
And all notifications have disappeared 8.844
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.959
And all tps features are enabled 1.510
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.179
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.546
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:9.792
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 32.334
And I enable persistence 23.292
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.360
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.932
And persistence is enabled 1.872
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.383
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
25.057
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 7.751
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 16.622
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.684
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.723
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
27.017
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 8.290
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.304
When I enable persistence 7.207
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.069
And persistence is successfully enabled 2.145
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.824
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
26.741
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 8.449
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.992
When I try to enable persistence 1.257
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 4.452
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.403
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.877
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.072
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.159
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.075
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.347
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
46.299
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 8.626
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.058
When I try to enable persistence 1.226
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 10.040
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.218
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.028
When I log in to a new session 11.384
And all notifications have disappeared 9.658
# 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" 0.243
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.434
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.173
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.343
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.861
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.276
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
48.275
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 8.777
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.192
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.338
When I try to enable persistence 1.182
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.916
When I log in to a new session 11.875
And all notifications have disappeared 9.522
Then the Tor Browser starts 2.270
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.198
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.257
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000