Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6344 01 May 2026, 13:11

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 26:28.242 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:39.183
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 1:20.553
And I update APT using apt 11.121
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.717
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.790
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.538
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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43.620
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 8.563
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 20.801
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.234
And persistence is disabled 0.090
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 13.930
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.748
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:17.778
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 9.460
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.492
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.091
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 39.928
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.453
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 25.674
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.453
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.185
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.039
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.484
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product
43.764
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 7.433
And the system is very low on memory 19.050
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.812
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.523
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.087
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.365
And I free up some memory 0.850
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.579
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.061
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.259
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:47.980
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 8.429
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.296
And all tps features are active 1.192
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.843
When I disable the first tps feature 2.652
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.108
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 19.510
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:11.840
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.106
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.828
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
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13.088
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 7.519
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.082
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.060
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.064
When I disable the first tps feature 2.632
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.050
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.040
When I enable the first tps feature 2.546
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.048
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.043
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.793
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
12.826
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 7.131
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.087
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.046
And I disable the first tps feature 2.567
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.946
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.047
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.993
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:2.959
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 7.357
And the network is plugged 0.037
And Tor is ready 21.767
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.208
When I write some files expected to persist 1.142
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 20.294
# 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" 12.150
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.467
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:21.910
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 7.350
And the network is plugged 0.018
And Tor is ready 17.661
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.125
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 20.110
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:15.001
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 21.079
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.382
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.060
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.101
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.921
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.062
Tags: @product
54.182
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 8.581
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.331
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 16.894
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 27.375
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.082
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:2.615
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 8.567
When I enable persistence 26.218
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.795
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.525
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.343
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.212
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.528
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 26.483
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.154
When I cold reboot the computer 10.199
And the computer reboots Tails 37.120
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.264
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.179
Given I enable persistence 6.847
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.069
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.239
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.737
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.129
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.696
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
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2:48.585
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 enabled and logged in 9.316
# 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 54.650
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 19.107
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:4.638
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 20.872
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.856
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
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1:1.656
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 7.803
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 23.301
Then persistence is disabled 0.096
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 19.419
And all notifications have disappeared 8.117
When I delete the persistent partition 2.606
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.312
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.733
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:29.109
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 7.491
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.061
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.598
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:11.685
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.270
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.645
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product
49.119
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 7.626
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.073
When I try to enable persistence 1.198
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 18.551
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.699
And all notifications have disappeared 7.658
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.263
And all tps features are enabled 0.918
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.130
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.700
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:28.722
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 50.289
And I enable persistence 26.418
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.032
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.535
And persistence is enabled 1.446
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.901
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
22.233
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 7.026
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 14.674
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.532
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.362
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
56.076
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 8.261
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 39.333
When I enable persistence 6.817
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.040
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.622
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.988
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
45.153
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 7.639
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 29.315
When I try to enable persistence 1.317
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.237
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.203
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.322
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.067
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.138
Then persistence is successfully enabled 0.911
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.723
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
51.269
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 7.357
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.091
When I try to enable persistence 1.196
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 15.542
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.161
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.028
When I log in to a new session 12.829
And all notifications have disappeared 8.710
# 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" 0.288
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.510
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.206
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.495
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.850
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.088
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
56.404
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 7.645
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 22.527
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.329
When I try to enable persistence 1.141
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.448
When I log in to a new session 11.314
And all notifications have disappeared 7.760
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.405
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.832
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.945
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000