Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6357 07 May 2026, 11:30

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 23:48.097 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:39.252
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.007
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:25.312
And I update APT using apt 6.428
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.476
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.034
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.632
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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33.235
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 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.396
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 18.097
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.289
And persistence is disabled 0.108
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.344
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.119
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:52.522
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 9.533
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.422
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.190
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 21.062
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.569
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.117
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:10.250
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.275
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.099
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.853
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
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33.607
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 7.661
And the system is very low on memory 4.885
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.178
When I try to create a persistent partition 5.425
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.131
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.537
And I free up some memory 0.924
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 11.346
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.516
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.859
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:44.420
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 9.133
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.292
And all tps features are active 1.262
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.382
When I disable the first tps feature 2.679
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.796
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.265
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:13.805
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.803
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.046
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
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14.870
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.008
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.160
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.092
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.067
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.074
When I disable the first tps feature 3.638
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.061
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.090
When I enable the first tps feature 2.530
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.078
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.076
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.986
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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13.540
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 7.848
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.077
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.059
And I disable the first tps feature 2.655
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.850
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.050
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.859
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:3.743
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 7.951
And the network is plugged 0.022
And Tor is ready 19.643
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.326
When I write some files expected to persist 1.202
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 20.854
# 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" 13.741
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.622
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:29.942
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 8.243
And the network is plugged 0.030
And Tor is ready 18.564
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.122
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 19.962
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:19.159
And I capture all network traffic 0.004
And the network is plugged 0.025
And Tor is ready 23.132
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.463
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.067
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.164
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.038
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.062
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42.025
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 9.708
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.099
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 14.042
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 17.174
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.264
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:8.585
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 9.830
When I enable persistence 18.849
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.246
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 39.151
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.509
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.327
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.718
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 26.917
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.171
When I cold reboot the computer 11.294
And the computer reboots Tails 40.863
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.314
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.223
Given I enable persistence 8.943
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.080
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.272
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 12.575
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.293
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.970
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
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2:17.979
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.028
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.903
# 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 25.820
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.928
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:14.650
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 18.676
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.502
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
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42.882
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.008
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.655
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 17.563
Then persistence is disabled 0.126
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.511
And all notifications have disappeared 8.769
When I delete the persistent partition 2.838
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.417
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.951
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:32.711
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 7.661
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.084
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.609
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:14.091
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.264
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.569
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.024
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49.028
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 8.677
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.072
When I try to enable persistence 1.196
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 13.849
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 12.405
And all notifications have disappeared 8.569
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.363
And all tps features are enabled 1.513
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.381
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.804
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:11.076
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 34.143
And I enable persistence 22.267
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.998
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.781
And persistence is enabled 1.886
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.112
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
26.079
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 7.671
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 17.790
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.617
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.726
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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27.415
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 8.683
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 8.856
When I enable persistence 7.291
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.060
And persistence is successfully enabled 2.523
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.908
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
28.495
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 8.609
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.971
When I try to enable persistence 1.315
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 4.079
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.208
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.705
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.088
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.158
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.358
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.821
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
47.251
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 7.557
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.127
When I try to enable persistence 1.318
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 9.966
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.264
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.034
When I log in to a new session 11.615
And all notifications have disappeared 10.964
# 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" 0.156
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.638
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.238
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.635
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.734
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.670
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
49.430
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 8.846
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.207
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.372
When I try to enable persistence 1.214
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 5.005
When I log in to a new session 12.077
And all notifications have disappeared 9.369
Then the Tor Browser starts 2.430
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.905
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.826
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000