Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6232 25 Mar 2026, 13:22

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 23:15.851 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:41.543
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 1:27.044
And I update APT using apt 6.580
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.499
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.418
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.035
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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31.692
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 9.469
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 16.457
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.300
And persistence is disabled 0.110
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.354
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.717
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:51.744
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 10.385
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.388
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.124
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 21.112
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.472
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.095
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:8.915
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.195
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.054
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.552
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
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32.604
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 8.396
And the system is very low on memory 3.888
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.195
When I try to create a persistent partition 5.324
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.105
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.481
And I free up some memory 0.890
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 10.649
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.672
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.009
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:41.734
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 9.493
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.382
And all tps features are active 1.405
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.693
When I disable the first tps feature 3.174
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.554
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.650
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:12.095
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.283
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.692
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.047
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14.151
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 8.298
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.075
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.074
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.060
When I disable the first tps feature 2.674
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.132
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.120
When I enable the first tps feature 2.612
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.048
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.052
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.603
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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13.651
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 8.028
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.091
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.061
And I disable the first tps feature 2.533
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.889
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.048
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.668
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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53.443
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 enabled and logged in 8.741
And the network is plugged 0.023
And Tor is ready 17.938
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.254
When I write some files expected to persist 1.324
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.288
# 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" 13.872
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.394
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:24.928
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 8.061
And the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 18.553
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.168
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.143
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:21.109
And I capture all network traffic 0.004
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 24.163
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.423
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.120
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.147
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.996
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.085
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44.127
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 10.447
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.159
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 15.610
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.909
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.356
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:4.832
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 9.774
When I enable persistence 16.646
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.614
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 39.546
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.465
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.369
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.572
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 26.346
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.213
When I cold reboot the computer 11.007
And the computer reboots Tails 42.804
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.461
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.257
Given I enable persistence 7.570
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.084
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.303
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.592
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.201
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.761
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
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2:13.419
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 8.547
# 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 30.011
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.698
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:10.149
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 19.012
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.393
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.015
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41.295
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 8.569
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 16.454
Then persistence is disabled 0.123
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.252
And all notifications have disappeared 8.636
When I delete the persistent partition 2.856
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.403
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.022
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:29.815
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 with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.255
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.076
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.250
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:10.969
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.262
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.030
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
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48.432
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 9.388
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.088
When I try to enable persistence 1.264
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 11.269
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 12.737
And all notifications have disappeared 8.723
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.904
And all tps features are enabled 1.656
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.398
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.270
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:11.375
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 34.727
And I enable persistence 22.333
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.980
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.604
And persistence is enabled 1.729
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.229
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
24.958
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.016
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 8.069
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 16.284
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.604
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.113
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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28.995
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 9.121
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.417
When I enable persistence 8.150
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.055
And persistence is successfully enabled 2.251
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.050
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
31.134
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 9.465
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.143
When I try to enable persistence 1.276
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 4.229
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.254
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 3.954
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.534
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.152
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.125
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.125
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
46.776
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 8.405
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.076
When I try to enable persistence 1.272
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 10.470
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.273
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.043
When I log in to a new session 11.870
And all notifications have disappeared 9.324
# 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" 0.210
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.118
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.191
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.538
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.981
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.521
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
45.193
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 7.986
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.327
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.405
When I try to enable persistence 1.195
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.955
When I log in to a new session 12.771
And all notifications have disappeared 7.920
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.765
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.865
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.924
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000