Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6238 26 Mar 2026, 12:51

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 20:40.885 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:31.907
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 1:18.987
And I update APT using apt 5.874
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.265
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.779
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.874
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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27.076
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 8.504
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.396
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.246
And persistence is disabled 0.091
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.837
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.628
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:35.978
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 8.343
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.321
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.092
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.343
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.754
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.233
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 59.677
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.173
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.038
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.766
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
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27.719
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 7.527
And the system is very low on memory 3.427
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.141
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.460
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.153
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.327
And I free up some memory 0.797
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.827
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.056
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.041
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:23.685
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 enabled and logged in 8.088
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.289
And all tps features are active 1.156
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.905
When I disable the first tps feature 2.549
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.280
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.812
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.498
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.106
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.532
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
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13.018
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 enabled and logged in 7.526
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.109
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.092
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.044
When I disable the first tps feature 2.552
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.071
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.066
When I enable the first tps feature 2.456
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.050
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.049
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.704
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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12.618
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 enabled and logged in 7.196
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.054
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.062
And I disable the first tps feature 2.461
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.799
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.043
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.587
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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55.918
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 enabled and logged in 7.546
And the network is plugged 0.054
And Tor is ready 15.354
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.283
When I write some files expected to persist 1.153
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 19.744
# 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" 11.780
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.362
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:13.510
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 7.395
And the network is plugged 0.014
And Tor is ready 15.611
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.130
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 14.577
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:12.354
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.018
And Tor is ready 22.772
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.427
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.076
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.127
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.848
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.061
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38.197
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 8.228
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.091
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 12.723
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.153
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.839
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:45.243
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 8.282
When I enable persistence 12.557
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.258
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.224
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.282
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.244
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.480
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 24.713
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.167
When I cold reboot the computer 10.068
And the computer reboots Tails 35.975
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.272
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.200
Given I enable persistence 7.254
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.087
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.243
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.773
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.157
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.604
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
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2:7.060
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 enabled and logged in 8.192
# 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 26.427
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.293
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:1.908
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 21.239
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.078
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.019
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36.922
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 7.968
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.575
Then persistence is disabled 0.104
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.072
And all notifications have disappeared 8.067
When I delete the persistent partition 2.735
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.397
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.887
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:17.760
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 enabled and logged in 7.648
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.076
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.161
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.629
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.244
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.944
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
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39.739
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 7.810
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.055
When I try to enable persistence 1.156
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 9.104
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.375
And all notifications have disappeared 7.964
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.256
And all tps features are enabled 0.990
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.025
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.215
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:0.325
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 29.489
And I enable persistence 19.434
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.094
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.584
And persistence is enabled 1.722
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.042
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
21.982
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 7.083
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 14.345
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.554
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.787
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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25.647
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 8.163
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 8.942
When I enable persistence 6.725
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.051
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.764
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.637
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
24.211
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 7.551
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.490
When I try to enable persistence 1.294
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.289
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.192
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.242
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.067
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.167
Then persistence is successfully enabled 0.915
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.023
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
41.025
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 7.468
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.046
When I try to enable persistence 1.161
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 8.500
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.175
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.025
When I log in to a new session 10.399
And all notifications have disappeared 8.669
# 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" 0.179
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.103
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.191
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.269
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.834
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.943
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
41.334
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 7.800
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.428
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.283
When I try to enable persistence 1.247
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.661
When I log in to a new session 10.402
And all notifications have disappeared 8.471
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.332
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.707
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.956
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000