Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6360 08 May 2026, 13:28

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 21:59.521 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:35.242
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 1:21.131
And I update APT using apt 6.789
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.266
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.054
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.581
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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30.383
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 8.906
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.884
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.336
And persistence is disabled 0.122
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.133
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.202
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:41.534
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 8.679
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.350
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.103
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.239
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.543
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.755
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.578
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.225
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.058
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.796
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
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29.737
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 7.450
And the system is very low on memory 3.345
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.161
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.764
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.134
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.374
And I free up some memory 0.977
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 10.005
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.524
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.129
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:32.631
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 8.362
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.320
And all tps features are active 1.224
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.196
When I disable the first tps feature 2.629
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.408
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.176
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.730
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.581
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.802
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
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12.961
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 7.442
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.070
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.065
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.069
When I disable the first tps feature 2.581
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.083
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.064
When I enable the first tps feature 2.464
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.062
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.057
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.791
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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13.384
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 7.681
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.069
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.103
And I disable the first tps feature 2.541
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.919
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.070
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.855
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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57.846
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 7.173
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 17.195
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.336
When I write some files expected to persist 1.213
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 19.146
# 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 0.448
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:26.141
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 7.373
And the network is plugged 0.018
And Tor is ready 16.707
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.156
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 23.967
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:14.472
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 22.816
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.417
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.061
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.129
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.707
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.087
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38.695
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 8.729
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.068
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 14.070
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 14.827
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.967
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:54.314
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.007
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.037
When I enable persistence 15.377
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.836
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.777
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.323
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.236
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.543
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 25.760
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.163
When I cold reboot the computer 6.339
And the computer reboots Tails 39.509
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.364
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.216
Given I enable persistence 8.564
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.071
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.332
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.693
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.166
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.028
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
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2:12.046
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 8.306
# 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 28.669
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.558
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:5.724
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 19.787
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.088
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.051
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40.410
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.013
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.744
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.542
Then persistence is disabled 0.100
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.931
And all notifications have disappeared 7.858
When I delete the persistent partition 2.816
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.416
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.965
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:25.480
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 7.958
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.061
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.748
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.479
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.233
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.726
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
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43.119
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 7.859
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.054
When I try to enable persistence 1.223
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 11.247
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.563
And all notifications have disappeared 7.730
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.298
And all tps features are enabled 1.050
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.089
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.613
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:6.324
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 31.188
And I enable persistence 21.579
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.030
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.595
And persistence is enabled 1.929
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.254
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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23.578
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 7.493
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 15.389
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.695
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.684
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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25.627
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 8.788
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 8.366
When I enable persistence 6.798
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.065
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.608
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.598
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
23.780
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 7.621
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.994
When I try to enable persistence 1.353
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.954
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.174
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.414
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.053
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.165
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.048
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.332
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
43.678
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 7.734
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.066
When I try to enable persistence 1.147
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 8.774
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.228
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.028
When I log in to a new session 11.375
And all notifications have disappeared 9.431
# 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" 0.184
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.104
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.180
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.482
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.938
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.925
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
42.603
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 7.705
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.679
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.343
When I try to enable persistence 1.161
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.095
When I log in to a new session 11.065
And all notifications have disappeared 8.344
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.438
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.769
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.925
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000