Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6351 05 May 2026, 11:29

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 23:19.367 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:42.643
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 1:26.178
And I update APT using apt 9.051
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.335
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.079
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.628
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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33.527
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 9.378
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 17.972
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.465
And persistence is disabled 0.150
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.559
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.497
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:44.054
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 9.397
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.383
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.136
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 18.988
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.464
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.025
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:8.415
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.188
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.054
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.770
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
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32.321
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 7.749
And the system is very low on memory 4.082
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.189
When I try to create a persistent partition 5.000
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.168
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.438
And I free up some memory 0.846
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 11.230
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.615
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.971
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:41.360
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 8.788
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.322
And all tps features are active 1.392
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.233
When I disable the first tps feature 2.725
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.526
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.889
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:13.200
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.282
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.986
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
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14.518
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 8.367
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.064
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.073
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.061
When I disable the first tps feature 2.591
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.061
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.047
When I enable the first tps feature 3.098
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.065
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.086
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.787
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
13.592
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 enabled and logged in 7.912
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.085
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.067
And I disable the first tps feature 2.579
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.893
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.053
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.768
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:8.097
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 8.983
And the network is plugged 0.050
And Tor is ready 19.179
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.256
When I write some files expected to persist 1.410
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 24.566
# 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" 13.650
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.284
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:23.646
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 7.876
And the network is plugged 0.019
And Tor is ready 19.651
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.117
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.867
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:20.939
And I capture all network traffic 0.005
And the network is plugged 0.019
And Tor is ready 22.424
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.453
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.080
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.189
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.822
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.041
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40.910
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 8.600
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.103
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 14.282
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.924
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.184
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:2.137
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 9.313
When I enable persistence 14.645
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.167
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.932
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.417
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.250
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.580
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 25.956
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.252
When I cold reboot the computer 10.833
And the computer reboots Tails 42.161
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.318
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.256
Given I enable persistence 8.841
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.112
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.362
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.573
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.161
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.771
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
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2:22.234
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 enabled and logged in 8.303
# 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 25.071
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.867
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:12.577
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 26.414
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.094
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.031
Tags: @product
41.319
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 8.337
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 16.234
Then persistence is disabled 0.126
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.803
And all notifications have disappeared 8.347
When I delete the persistent partition 2.902
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.568
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.203
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:26.394
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 8.059
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.059
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.722
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:8.285
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.266
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.876
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
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45.584
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 7.623
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.038
When I try to enable persistence 1.203
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 12.552
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.974
And all notifications have disappeared 8.196
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.300
And all tps features are enabled 1.471
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.224
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.783
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:10.004
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 33.281
And I enable persistence 21.961
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.874
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.856
And persistence is enabled 2.030
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.951
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
24.960
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 7.508
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 16.838
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.613
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.843
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
26.369
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 7.727
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 8.775
When I enable persistence 7.507
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.096
And persistence is successfully enabled 2.262
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.887
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
28.090
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 8.767
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.248
When I try to enable persistence 1.278
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 5.218
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.176
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.837
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.070
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.225
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.267
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.836
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
48.054
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 7.924
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.060
When I try to enable persistence 1.275
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 10.468
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.236
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.030
When I log in to a new session 12.395
And all notifications have disappeared 10.536
# 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" 0.192
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.482
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.194
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.507
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.749
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.329
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
49.545
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 8.362
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.137
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.355
When I try to enable persistence 1.210
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 4.237
When I log in to a new session 12.792
And all notifications have disappeared 9.843
Then the Tor Browser starts 2.540
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.064
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.181
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000