Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6350 04 May 2026, 18:15

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 20:38.252 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:32.834
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 1:19.295
And I update APT using apt 6.258
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.299
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.981
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.918
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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27.857
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 8.430
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.347
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.258
And persistence is disabled 0.089
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.730
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.077
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:35.945
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 8.033
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.281
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.078
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 16.799
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.409
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.347
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.706
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.233
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.055
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.786
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
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27.480
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 logged in 7.235
And the system is very low on memory 3.856
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.168
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.555
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.136
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.378
And I free up some memory 0.829
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.246
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.071
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.776
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:30.196
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 8.081
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.293
And all tps features are active 1.170
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.875
When I disable the first tps feature 2.514
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.167
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.676
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.302
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.113
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.570
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
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12.892
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 7.541
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.067
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.090
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.057
When I disable the first tps feature 2.501
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.047
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.040
When I enable the first tps feature 2.450
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.049
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.905
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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12.755
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 7.160
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.063
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.056
And I disable the first tps feature 2.595
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.829
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.049
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.010
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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55.581
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 7.220
And the network is plugged 0.021
And Tor is ready 15.226
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.253
When I write some files expected to persist 1.104
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 19.720
# 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" 12.033
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.173
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:10.390
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 7.377
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 18.856
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.106
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.703
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:11.251
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 21.460
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.436
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.050
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.111
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.895
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.041
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36.314
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 stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.491
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.083
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 12.717
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 14.020
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.228
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:43.957
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 8.627
When I enable persistence 12.425
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.736
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.433
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.311
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.232
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.516
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 24.779
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.153
When I cold reboot the computer 8.774
And the computer reboots Tails 36.043
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.248
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.240
Given I enable persistence 6.742
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.069
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.213
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.237
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.171
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.869
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
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2:5.307
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 8.072
# 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 25.975
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.825
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:2.258
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 22.175
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.282
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
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36.173
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 7.333
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.639
Then persistence is disabled 0.100
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.255
And all notifications have disappeared 7.745
When I delete the persistent partition 2.749
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.349
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.635
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:15.839
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 7.292
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.053
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.002
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.269
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.222
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.923
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
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40.609
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 7.594
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.057
When I try to enable persistence 1.150
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 9.539
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.648
And all notifications have disappeared 7.829
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.321
And all tps features are enabled 1.335
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.132
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.689
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:0.896
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 29.963
And I enable persistence 18.486
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.314
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.587
And persistence is enabled 1.543
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.140
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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22.061
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 6.846
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 14.688
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.526
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.691
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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23.708
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 7.723
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 8.290
When I enable persistence 6.001
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.046
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.646
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.051
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
23.435
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 7.606
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.779
When I try to enable persistence 1.197
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.219
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.155
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.348
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.060
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.155
Then persistence is successfully enabled 0.913
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.797
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
42.905
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 7.659
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.055
When I try to enable persistence 1.177
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 8.928
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 0.024
When I log in to a new session 11.050
And all notifications have disappeared 8.987
# 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" 0.160
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.373
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.187
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.345
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.760
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.889
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
41.109
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.812
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.886
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.353
When I try to enable persistence 1.308
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.989
When I log in to a new session 9.402
And all notifications have disappeared 8.300
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.416
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.639
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.755
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000