Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6358 07 May 2026, 18:37

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 21:48.682 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:33.153
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 1:19.340
And I update APT using apt 6.732
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.275
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.805
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.568
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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29.535
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 8.490
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.789
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.306
And persistence is disabled 0.104
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.845
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.984
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:40.252
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 8.518
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.279
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.158
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.607
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.498
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.430
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.486
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.222
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.049
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.530
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
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30.301
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 8.018
And the system is very low on memory 3.212
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.166
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.687
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.115
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.548
And I free up some memory 0.880
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 10.154
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.516
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.980
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:30.457
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 8.643
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.341
And all tps features are active 1.288
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.043
When I disable the first tps feature 2.496
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.258
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.767
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.255
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.364
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.864
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
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13.362
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 7.849
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.075
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.063
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.078
When I disable the first tps feature 2.571
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.058
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.046
When I enable the first tps feature 2.504
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.076
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.037
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.000
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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13.728
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 7.649
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.073
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.073
And I disable the first tps feature 3.035
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.854
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.042
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.027
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:3.111
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 7.427
And the network is plugged 0.018
And Tor is ready 17.378
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.451
When I write some files expected to persist 1.450
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 24.194
# 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" 12.189
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.226
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:18.354
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 8.315
And the network is plugged 0.014
And Tor is ready 19.659
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.138
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 20.666
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.654
And I capture all network traffic 0.004
And the network is plugged 0.020
And Tor is ready 23.302
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.396
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.072
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.107
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.974
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.042
Tags: @product
40.699
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 9.145
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.084
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 13.697
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.771
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.341
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:51.749
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 8.975
When I enable persistence 13.343
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.780
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.686
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.336
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.248
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.518
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 25.941
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.180
When I cold reboot the computer 10.295
And the computer reboots Tails 37.566
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.264
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.175
Given I enable persistence 7.528
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.111
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.217
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.420
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.157
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.582
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
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2:17.976
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 8.529
# 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 32.487
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.606
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:4.415
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 22.937
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.134
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
Tags: @product
38.456
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 8.265
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.693
Then persistence is disabled 0.134
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.201
And all notifications have disappeared 8.088
When I delete the persistent partition 2.709
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.363
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.736
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:23.964
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 7.962
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.084
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.732
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.919
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.265
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.829
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
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41.522
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 7.678
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.121
When I try to enable persistence 1.213
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 9.836
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.176
And all notifications have disappeared 7.743
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.303
And all tps features are enabled 1.181
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.267
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.707
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:4.153
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 29.901
And I enable persistence 20.998
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.267
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.897
And persistence is enabled 2.089
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.788
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
22.909
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 7.229
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 14.916
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.763
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.949
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
24.826
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 8.313
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 8.009
When I enable persistence 6.836
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.046
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.620
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.921
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
23.871
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 7.325
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.757
When I try to enable persistence 1.274
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.701
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.164
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.357
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.074
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.165
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.050
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.951
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
43.315
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 7.768
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.047
When I try to enable persistence 1.173
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 8.464
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.164
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.075
When I log in to a new session 12.209
And all notifications have disappeared 8.783
# 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" 0.201
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.092
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.167
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.391
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.775
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.400
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
42.978
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 7.861
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.557
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.359
When I try to enable persistence 1.182
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.445
When I log in to a new session 10.628
And all notifications have disappeared 8.628
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.615
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.700
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.864
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000