Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6352 05 May 2026, 12:50

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 22:43.763 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:36.172
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:21.802
And I update APT using apt 6.802
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.243
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.324
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.682
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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30.482
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 9.760
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.059
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.346
And persistence is disabled 0.102
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.213
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.722
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:43.152
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 8.960
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.379
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.095
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 18.736
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.693
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.008
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.027
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.197
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.053
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.638
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
Tags: @product
30.698
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 8.195
And the system is very low on memory 3.564
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.207
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.683
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.111
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.426
And I free up some memory 0.991
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.921
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.596
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.108
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:40.087
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 8.603
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.322
And all tps features are active 1.252
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.218
When I disable the first tps feature 2.632
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.240
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.347
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:10.946
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.523
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.843
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
Tags: @product
13.733
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 8.025
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.086
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.073
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.069
When I disable the first tps feature 2.589
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.078
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.072
When I enable the first tps feature 2.578
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.068
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.090
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.062
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
13.928
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 8.150
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.089
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.077
And I disable the first tps feature 2.599
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.968
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.042
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.928
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
54.284
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 7.954
And the network is plugged 0.043
And Tor is ready 16.547
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.513
When I write some files expected to persist 1.647
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 14.814
# 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" 12.763
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.498
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:27.747
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 8.242
And the network is plugged 0.019
And Tor is ready 17.107
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.157
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 19.276
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:19.081
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 22.972
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.436
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.150
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.281
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.574
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.042
Tags: @product
42.883
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 stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.586
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.124
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 15.201
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.970
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.493
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:56.546
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 9.063
When I enable persistence 14.186
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.822
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.695
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.350
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.301
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.587
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 26.005
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.175
When I cold reboot the computer 10.415
And the computer reboots Tails 38.790
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.333
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.203
Given I enable persistence 8.966
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.076
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.229
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.165
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.177
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.839
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
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2:15.462
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.015
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.738
# 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 25.352
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.287
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:10.075
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 21.008
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.549
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.021
Tags: @product
42.875
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.012
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.349
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 16.019
Then persistence is disabled 0.169
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.148
And all notifications have disappeared 8.036
When I delete the persistent partition 3.712
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.439
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.149
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:28.724
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 8.590
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.070
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.874
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:12.966
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.222
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.569
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.037
Tags: @product
45.297
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 8.753
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.062
When I try to enable persistence 1.184
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 10.593
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 12.842
And all notifications have disappeared 8.054
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.293
And all tps features are enabled 1.282
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.230
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.293
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:8.235
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 33.851
And I enable persistence 21.259
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.516
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.741
And persistence is enabled 1.866
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.687
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
24.432
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 7.437
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 16.420
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.575
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.819
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
27.223
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 8.502
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 8.608
When I enable persistence 7.327
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.048
And persistence is successfully enabled 2.735
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.306
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
26.657
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 8.312
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.354
When I try to enable persistence 1.362
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 4.325
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.203
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.562
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.073
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.176
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.285
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.658
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
47.962
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 8.147
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.062
When I try to enable persistence 1.177
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 10.745
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.175
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.025
When I log in to a new session 13.253
And all notifications have disappeared 9.195
# 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" 0.172
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.497
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.270
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.442
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.796
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.858
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
47.174
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 8.540
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.384
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.344
When I try to enable persistence 1.235
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.872
When I log in to a new session 10.944
And all notifications have disappeared 9.352
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.618
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.882
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.697
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000