Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6337 30 Apr 2026, 07:42

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 27:27.725 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:42.975
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 1:26.973
And I update APT using apt 8.723
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.248
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.030
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.018
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:10.977
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 8.927
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 34.469
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.220
And persistence is disabled 0.097
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 27.263
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.071
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:17.769
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 10.497
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.588
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.117
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 40.837
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.456
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 21.582
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.462
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.183
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.042
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.698
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
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45.099
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 7.571
And the system is very low on memory 18.292
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.684
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.785
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.103
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.387
And I free up some memory 0.951
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.860
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.461
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.225
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:44.542
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 8.685
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.643
And all tps features are active 1.136
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.836
When I disable the first tps feature 2.882
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.104
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 19.910
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.224
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.119
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.735
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.019
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12.836
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 7.360
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.112
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.049
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.046
When I disable the first tps feature 2.606
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.052
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.058
When I enable the first tps feature 2.447
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.054
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.049
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.111
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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12.955
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.011
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.283
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.137
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.086
And I disable the first tps feature 2.596
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.812
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.039
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.907
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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59.304
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 7.216
And the network is plugged 0.073
And Tor is ready 17.616
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.351
When I write some files expected to persist 1.355
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 20.362
# 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" 12.328
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.114
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:31.300
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 7.083
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 17.842
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.148
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 26.129
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:17.772
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 21.764
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.352
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.051
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.118
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.624
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.045
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1:3.991
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 8.496
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.208
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 32.726
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 21.560
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 2.478
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:4.455
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 8.998
When I enable persistence 31.564
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.923
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.619
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.361
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.217
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.522
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 25.608
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.198
When I cold reboot the computer 8.977
And the computer reboots Tails 35.598
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.316
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.211
Given I enable persistence 7.025
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.075
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.278
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.794
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.163
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.950
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
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3:3.203
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 8.379
# 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 55.786
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 32.208
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:3.821
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 23.007
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.296
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product
1:5.926
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 8.185
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 22.600
Then persistence is disabled 0.091
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 23.097
And all notifications have disappeared 9.006
When I delete the persistent partition 2.664
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.280
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.610
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:39.715
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 7.543
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.049
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 13.764
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:18.129
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.228
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.505
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
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54.068
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 8.153
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.151
When I try to enable persistence 1.228
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 20.631
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 12.021
And all notifications have disappeared 8.129
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.283
And all tps features are enabled 1.298
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.171
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.979
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:20.779
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.018
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 41.092
And I enable persistence 26.439
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.052
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.567
And persistence is enabled 1.628
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.544
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
22.501
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 7.091
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 14.902
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.507
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.988
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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39.006
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 8.328
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 22.022
When I enable persistence 6.809
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.051
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.794
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.155
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
41.555
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 7.873
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 23.603
When I try to enable persistence 1.297
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 5.143
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.163
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.279
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.116
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.133
Then persistence is successfully enabled 0.943
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.908
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
55.273
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 7.843
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.092
When I try to enable persistence 1.163
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 19.630
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.255
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.032
When I log in to a new session 11.486
And all notifications have disappeared 9.613
# 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" 0.193
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.467
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.274
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.348
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.872
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.285
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
59.486
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 7.794
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 21.559
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.440
When I try to enable persistence 1.265
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.963
When I log in to a new session 12.251
And all notifications have disappeared 9.064
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.349
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.796
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.149
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000