Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6347 03 May 2026, 11:33

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 26:16.298 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:45.832
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 1:26.796
And I update APT using apt 11.071
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 7.081
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.882
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.720
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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56.839
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 8.781
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 25.494
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.258
And persistence is disabled 0.100
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 22.204
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.650
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:8.876
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 8.774
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.742
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.128
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 29.338
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.515
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 25.506
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.664
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.171
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.034
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.596
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product
46.962
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 7.089
And the system is very low on memory 20.688
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 1.188
When I try to create a persistent partition 5.433
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.116
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.434
And I free up some memory 0.889
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.076
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.046
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.108
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:48.117
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 8.805
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.348
And all tps features are active 1.246
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.156
When I disable the first tps feature 2.852
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.200
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 16.804
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:13.547
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.156
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.803
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
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13.520
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 7.797
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.062
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.050
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.062
When I disable the first tps feature 2.871
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.063
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.058
When I enable the first tps feature 2.446
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.058
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.048
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.990
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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13.417
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 7.636
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.087
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.056
And I disable the first tps feature 2.671
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.925
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.040
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.891
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
55.788
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 7.714
And the network is plugged 0.022
And Tor is ready 18.860
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.232
When I write some files expected to persist 1.419
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 15.402
# 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" 12.136
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.572
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:26.013
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 7.236
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 17.957
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.201
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 20.544
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:16.758
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 22.695
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.379
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.054
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.148
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.828
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.051
Tags: @product
1:8.415
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 without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.715
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.168
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 24.560
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 33.971
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.464
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:6.735
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 8.630
When I enable persistence 30.713
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.838
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.421
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.304
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.213
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.514
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 25.243
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.146
When I cold reboot the computer 10.161
And the computer reboots Tails 38.642
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.267
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.161
Given I enable persistence 7.125
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.072
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.218
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.903
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.154
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.741
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.015
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2:43.500
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 8.727
# 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 44.587
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 21.968
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:4.762
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 23.454
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.245
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
Tags: @product
51.193
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 8.089
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 19.799
Then persistence is disabled 0.109
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 12.169
And all notifications have disappeared 8.058
When I delete the persistent partition 2.661
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.304
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.098
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:31.989
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 7.204
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.057
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.042
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:13.477
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.207
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.898
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
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49.321
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 7.583
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.068
When I try to enable persistence 1.137
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 17.684
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.739
And all notifications have disappeared 7.629
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.360
And all tps features are enabled 1.107
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.009
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.186
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:23.445
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 43.520
And I enable persistence 27.882
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.740
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.661
And persistence is enabled 1.639
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.663
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
24.719
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 7.087
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 17.052
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.579
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.198
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
32.747
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 8.100
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 15.893
When I enable persistence 6.858
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.084
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.811
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.400
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
40.302
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 7.379
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 24.720
When I try to enable persistence 1.306
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.266
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.202
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.227
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.064
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.183
Then persistence is successfully enabled 0.952
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.322
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
52.356
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 7.368
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.058
When I try to enable persistence 1.234
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 16.636
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.192
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.026
When I log in to a new session 12.035
And all notifications have disappeared 9.756
# 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" 0.244
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.452
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.213
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.311
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.824
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.212
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
56.201
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.009
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.579
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 19.890
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.343
When I try to enable persistence 1.184
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.097
When I log in to a new session 12.020
And all notifications have disappeared 9.091
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.351
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.642
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.759
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000