Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6240 27 Mar 2026, 11:02

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 21:50.879 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:33.827
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:20.088
And I update APT using apt 6.552
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.303
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.882
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.731
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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28.091
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 9.000
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.107
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.301
And persistence is disabled 0.085
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.596
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.874
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:40.777
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 8.793
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.360
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.091
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 18.547
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.476
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.398
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.848
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.195
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.064
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.041
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
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29.160
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 logged in 8.073
And the system is very low on memory 3.274
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.173
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.732
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.088
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.446
And I free up some memory 0.843
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.472
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.057
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.641
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:35.338
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 8.531
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.343
And all tps features are active 1.380
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.191
When I disable the first tps feature 2.621
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.149
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.763
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.196
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.160
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.904
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.018
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13.248
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 7.567
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.073
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.050
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.084
When I disable the first tps feature 2.666
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.052
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.084
When I enable the first tps feature 2.541
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.055
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.070
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.924
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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13.168
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 7.634
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.073
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.058
And I disable the first tps feature 2.487
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.870
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.634
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:0.707
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 7.781
And the network is plugged 0.027
And Tor is ready 19.213
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.260
When I write some files expected to persist 1.393
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 20.213
# 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" 11.818
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.099
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:24.333
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 7.909
And the network is plugged 0.018
And Tor is ready 18.027
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.117
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 20.178
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:14.709
And I capture all network traffic 0.010
And the network is plugged 0.047
And Tor is ready 22.747
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.390
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.062
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.113
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.009
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.048
Tags: @product
39.934
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 8.644
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.060
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 13.526
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.702
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.303
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:53.521
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 8.766
When I enable persistence 14.412
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.467
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.693
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.443
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.268
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.620
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 25.120
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.156
When I cold reboot the computer 10.325
And the computer reboots Tails 39.256
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.383
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.285
Given I enable persistence 7.478
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.075
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.338
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.220
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.208
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.983
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
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2:10.318
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 8.309
# 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 28.895
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.062
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:4.928
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 18.123
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.232
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
Tags: @product
37.995
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 7.719
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.992
Then persistence is disabled 0.097
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.513
And all notifications have disappeared 8.387
When I delete the persistent partition 2.862
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.421
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.946
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:22.716
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 7.619
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.048
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.582
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.165
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.301
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.574
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.020
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42.127
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 8.117
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.058
When I try to enable persistence 1.196
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 9.484
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.426
And all notifications have disappeared 8.123
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.254
And all tps features are enabled 1.340
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.125
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.648
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:4.129
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 31.343
And I enable persistence 20.485
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.721
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.622
And persistence is enabled 1.957
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.757
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
23.512
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.456
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 15.410
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.644
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.702
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
25.836
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 8.650
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 8.597
When I enable persistence 6.843
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.040
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.704
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.919
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
24.422
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 7.899
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.923
When I try to enable persistence 1.232
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.359
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.244
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.461
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.062
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.169
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.069
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.885
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
44.550
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 8.181
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.051
When I try to enable persistence 1.219
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 8.559
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.203
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.033
When I log in to a new session 11.638
And all notifications have disappeared 9.527
# 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" 0.155
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.412
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.247
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.475
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.844
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.938
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
43.160
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.017
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.796
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.458
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.668
When I try to enable persistence 1.221
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.951
When I log in to a new session 11.278
And all notifications have disappeared 8.254
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.595
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.934
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.648
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000