Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6348 04 May 2026, 11:21

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 22:21.707 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:34.374
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.013
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:21.305
And I update APT using apt 5.830
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.325
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.913
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.949
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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29.831
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 8.716
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.351
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.329
And persistence is disabled 0.123
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.309
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.122
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:39.861
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 8.490
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.397
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.113
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.663
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.469
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.197
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.266
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.196
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.065
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.890
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.038
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30.291
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 7.890
And the system is very low on memory 3.749
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.149
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.659
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.145
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.468
And I free up some memory 0.905
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.569
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.754
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.973
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:31.460
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 8.598
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.343
And all tps features are active 1.387
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.322
When I disable the first tps feature 3.060
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.473
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.255
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.862
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.155
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.770
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
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13.011
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 7.562
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.067
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.099
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.055
When I disable the first tps feature 2.513
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.068
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.044
When I enable the first tps feature 2.494
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.057
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.048
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.742
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
13.632
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 7.293
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.120
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.070
And I disable the first tps feature 3.173
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.931
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.043
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.667
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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58.503
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 7.314
And the network is plugged 0.020
And Tor is ready 17.788
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.214
When I write some files expected to persist 1.274
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 19.041
# 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" 12.850
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.333
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:28.418
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 7.637
And the network is plugged 0.023
And Tor is ready 17.183
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.120
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 24.333
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:15.863
And I capture all network traffic 0.005
And the network is plugged 0.023
And Tor is ready 22.598
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.422
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.085
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.120
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.916
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.059
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41.346
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 9.003
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.104
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 13.551
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 17.687
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.577
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:57.733
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 9.879
When I enable persistence 14.760
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.240
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 39.014
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.347
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.298
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.607
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 26.684
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.186
When I cold reboot the computer 9.242
And the computer reboots Tails 38.673
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.309
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.202
Given I enable persistence 8.429
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.079
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.325
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.286
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.164
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.654
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
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2:13.007
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 9.315
# 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 27.312
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.812
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:7.912
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 18.653
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.360
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.012
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40.376
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 8.721
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.655
Then persistence is disabled 0.107
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.439
And all notifications have disappeared 8.303
When I delete the persistent partition 2.782
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.366
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.026
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:27.211
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 8.234
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.090
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.792
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:8.840
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.254
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.628
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.013
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44.426
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.418
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.066
When I try to enable persistence 1.188
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 11.658
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.404
And all notifications have disappeared 8.008
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.352
And all tps features are enabled 1.188
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.141
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.063
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:7.773
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 33.264
And I enable persistence 20.965
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.194
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.638
And persistence is enabled 1.710
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.253
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
23.892
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 7.565
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 15.760
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.566
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.914
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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26.376
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 8.881
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 8.276
When I enable persistence 7.260
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.080
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.878
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.881
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
27.544
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 8.907
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.801
When I try to enable persistence 1.314
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 4.259
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.201
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.849
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.061
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.146
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.001
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.706
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
47.789
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 8.473
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.067
When I try to enable persistence 1.197
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 9.762
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.146
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.033
When I log in to a new session 12.229
And all notifications have disappeared 9.915
# 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" 0.169
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.614
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.332
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.806
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.040
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.019
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
44.842
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 8.035
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.906
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.372
When I try to enable persistence 1.250
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.172
When I log in to a new session 11.071
And all notifications have disappeared 9.138
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.794
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.101
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.300
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000