Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6338 30 Apr 2026, 11:23

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 22:12.774 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:37.599
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 1:23.874
And I update APT using apt 6.358
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.372
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.992
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.660
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
29.766
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 8.633
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 16.025
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.272
And persistence is disabled 0.099
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.734
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.041
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:41.783
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 8.973
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.305
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.087
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 18.382
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.473
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.444
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.906
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.165
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.994
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.021
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30.203
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 8.263
And the system is very low on memory 3.416
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.251
When I try to create a persistent partition 5.160
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.102
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.466
And I free up some memory 1.037
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.447
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.057
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.087
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:38.059
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 8.857
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.285
And all tps features are active 1.258
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.092
When I disable the first tps feature 2.553
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.230
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.292
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:9.379
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.109
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.696
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
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13.305
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 7.778
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.077
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.062
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.072
When I disable the first tps feature 2.577
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.054
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.063
When I enable the first tps feature 2.506
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.057
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.054
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.912
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
13.456
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 7.852
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.065
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.074
And I disable the first tps feature 2.519
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.898
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.046
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.888
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
57.045
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 7.590
And the network is plugged 0.039
And Tor is ready 16.449
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.246
When I write some files expected to persist 1.315
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 19.297
# 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" 12.104
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.285
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:25.615
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 7.969
And the network is plugged 0.026
And Tor is ready 17.582
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.113
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 20.068
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:17.384
And I capture all network traffic 0.005
And the network is plugged 0.048
And Tor is ready 21.827
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.377
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.091
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.119
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.724
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.052
Tags: @product
40.390
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 8.592
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.088
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 14.235
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.474
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.241
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:51.231
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 8.741
When I enable persistence 14.375
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.549
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 39.018
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.367
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.308
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.495
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 25.398
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.163
When I cold reboot the computer 10.375
And the computer reboots Tails 36.817
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.257
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.177
Given I enable persistence 7.135
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.093
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.238
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.539
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.178
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.546
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
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2:10.148
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 9.103
# 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 28.159
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.615
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:4.435
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 22.835
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
Tags: @product
37.396
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 7.872
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.880
Then persistence is disabled 0.110
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.271
And all notifications have disappeared 8.055
When I delete the persistent partition 2.814
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.391
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.982
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:35.376
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 7.912
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.088
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.832
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:17.285
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.256
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.889
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.019
Tags: @product
43.081
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 7.883
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.052
When I try to enable persistence 1.195
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 10.707
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.503
And all notifications have disappeared 8.477
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.435
And all tps features are enabled 1.608
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.218
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.642
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:6.916
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 32.339
And I enable persistence 20.911
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.454
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.516
And persistence is enabled 1.694
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.058
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
22.952
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 7.235
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 15.120
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.596
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.961
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
25.451
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 8.306
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 7.681
When I enable persistence 7.292
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.056
And persistence is successfully enabled 2.115
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.801
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
25.209
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 7.713
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.334
When I try to enable persistence 1.247
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.725
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.274
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.638
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.070
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.187
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.017
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.994
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
44.334
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 7.520
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.060
When I try to enable persistence 1.200
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 9.616
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.205
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.024
When I log in to a new session 11.415
And all notifications have disappeared 9.178
# 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" 0.209
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.463
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.186
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.391
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.860
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.017
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
43.449
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 8.119
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.514
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.339
When I try to enable persistence 1.206
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.955
When I log in to a new session 11.283
And all notifications have disappeared 8.497
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.584
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.949
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.084
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000