Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6400 23 May 2026, 11:19

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 19:51.744 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:31.126
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:17.723
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.323
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.229
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.848
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.746
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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28.840
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 8.502
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.300
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.247
And persistence is disabled 0.129
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.661
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.068
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:34.849
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 8.718
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.338
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.099
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.059
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.062
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.361
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 58.979
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.182
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.047
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.938
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.007
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27.864
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 7.371
And the system is very low on memory 3.351
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.169
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.622
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.090
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.364
And I free up some memory 0.874
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.969
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.051
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.189
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:29.349
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 8.329
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.275
And all tps features are active 1.055
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.123
When I disable the first tps feature 2.505
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.039
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.018
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.877
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.124
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.889
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.015
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12.692
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 enabled and logged in 7.295
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.065
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.071
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.053
When I disable the first tps feature 2.568
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.053
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.036
When I enable the first tps feature 2.430
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.050
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.065
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.066
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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12.896
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 7.216
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.063
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.060
And I disable the first tps feature 2.628
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.848
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.079
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.917
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
39.623
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 7.241
And the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 9.755
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.179
When I write some files expected to persist 1.222
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.464
# 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" 11.744
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.203
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:40.412
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.011
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.204
And the network is plugged 0.049
And Tor is ready 8.469
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.126
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.417
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.305
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 12.197
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.371
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.070
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.180
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.929
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.068
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37.028
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 stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.563
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.082
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 12.119
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 15.264
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.052
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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2:37.853
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 8.393
When I enable persistence 12.225
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.748
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.368
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.311
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.223
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.525
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 23.803
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.135
When I cold reboot the computer 4.824
And the computer reboots Tails 35.611
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.277
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.170
Given I enable persistence 6.992
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.080
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.202
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.801
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.157
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.001
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006
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2:9.533
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 enabled and logged in 8.303
# 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 27.545
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.685
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:0.625
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 23.373
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.108
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.007
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36.598
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 7.361
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.408
Then persistence is disabled 0.088
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 3.982
And all notifications have disappeared 7.648
When I delete the persistent partition 2.811
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.297
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.612
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:19.007
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 7.771
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.063
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.429
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.511
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.231
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.665
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006
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40.420
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 7.361
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.076
When I try to enable persistence 1.172
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 10.879
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.697
And all notifications have disappeared 7.770
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.287
And all tps features are enabled 1.014
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.159
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.777
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:0.341
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 28.869
And I enable persistence 19.763
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.524
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.606
And persistence is enabled 1.579
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.003
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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22.372
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 6.982
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 14.861
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.529
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.886
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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23.884
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 7.456
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 8.420
When I enable persistence 6.353
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.040
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.614
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.845
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
22.919
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 7.257
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.325
When I try to enable persistence 1.210
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.292
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.152
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.356
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.051
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.154
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.116
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.903
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
41.019
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 7.184
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.075
When I try to enable persistence 1.149
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 8.392
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.162
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.047
When I log in to a new session 9.554
And all notifications have disappeared 9.526
# 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" 0.227
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.437
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.161
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.388
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.712
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.755
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
43.107
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 7.407
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.483
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.382
When I try to enable persistence 1.196
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.255
When I log in to a new session 10.731
And all notifications have disappeared 8.529
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.416
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.704
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.691
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000