Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6372 13 May 2026, 02:15

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 21:19.716 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:33.431
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.004
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:20.007
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.026
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.262
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.135
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.863
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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29.536
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 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 9.047
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.416
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.231
And persistence is disabled 0.108
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.731
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.754
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:40.502
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 8.427
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.567
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.167
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 18.047
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.044
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.890
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.098
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.185
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.071
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.834
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.007
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30.567
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 7.436
And the system is very low on memory 3.990
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.241
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.734
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.158
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.415
And I free up some memory 0.845
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 10.676
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.068
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.716
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:34.758
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.740
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.350
And all tps features are active 1.104
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.253
When I disable the first tps feature 2.643
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.515
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.070
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.908
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.171
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.094
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.013
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13.704
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.013
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.189
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.120
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.087
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.060
When I disable the first tps feature 2.575
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.056
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.037
When I enable the first tps feature 2.445
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.058
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.073
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.632
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
13.947
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.664
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.105
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.082
And I disable the first tps feature 3.099
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.931
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.063
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.882
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
43.328
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.190
And the network is plugged 0.019
And Tor is ready 12.693
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.206
When I write some files expected to persist 1.315
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.304
# 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? (tails/tails#10330)
Then only the expected files are present on the persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 12.598
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.494
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:47.747
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.371
And the network is plugged 0.046
And Tor is ready 10.157
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.145
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.468
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.893
And I capture all network traffic 0.005
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 11.730
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.550
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.193
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.167
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.234
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.042
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42.019
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.765
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.074
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 14.349
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 17.830
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.888
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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2:53.214
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 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 8.767
When I enable persistence 13.972
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.041
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.746
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.351
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.384
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.509
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 26.474
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.160
When I cold reboot the computer 10.442
And the computer reboots Tails 37.542
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.357
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.202
Given I enable persistence 8.306
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.064
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.267
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.466
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.157
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.675
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006
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2:14.530
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 9.078
# 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 28.287
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.491
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:4.879
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 22.793
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.253
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006
Tags: @product
41.170
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.001
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.586
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.476
Then persistence is disabled 0.104
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.440
And all notifications have disappeared 8.495
When I delete the persistent partition 2.704
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.361
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.004
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:25.576
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.334
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.079
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.583
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.303
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.275
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.848
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006
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42.735
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 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 8.561
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.056
When I try to enable persistence 1.183
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 10.390
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.849
And all notifications have disappeared 8.105
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.290
And all tps features are enabled 1.173
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.125
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.356
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:6.945
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.017
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 33.623
And I enable persistence 19.963
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.145
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.606
And persistence is enabled 1.606
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.958
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
22.867
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 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 7.159
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 15.193
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.514
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.887
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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26.350
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 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 8.678
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 8.806
When I enable persistence 6.872
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.050
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.942
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.967
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
25.481
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 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 7.906
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.881
When I try to enable persistence 1.345
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.416
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.199
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.452
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.064
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.157
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.057
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.812
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
46.080
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 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 7.595
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.100
When I try to enable persistence 1.164
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 9.796
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.182
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.025
When I log in to a new session 12.106
And all notifications have disappeared 9.821
# 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" 0.213
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.565
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.219
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 0.807
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.721
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
45.217
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 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 8.358
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.666
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.327
When I try to enable persistence 1.149
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.831
When I log in to a new session 11.231
And all notifications have disappeared 9.093
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.586
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.973
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.851
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000