Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6403 25 May 2026, 13:16

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 19:56.872 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:33.557
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 1:19.313
And I update the APT lists using apt 7.120
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.235
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.887
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.772
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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28.029
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 8.308
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.784
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.235
And persistence is disabled 0.092
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.608
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.990
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:35.098
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 8.476
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.342
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.106
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.131
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.045
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.419
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 59.343
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.174
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.057
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.679
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.007
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27.411
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 7.168
And the system is very low on memory 3.202
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.183
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.417
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 2.355
And I free up some memory 0.813
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.086
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.049
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.880
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
1:26.107
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 enabled and logged in 8.341
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.280
And all tps features are active 1.129
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.010
When I disable the first tps feature 2.550
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.245
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.908
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.430
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.210
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.598
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006
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12.484
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 7.077
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.085
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.056
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.049
When I disable the first tps feature 2.494
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.073
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.062
When I enable the first tps feature 2.495
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.048
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.041
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.730
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
12.728
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 7.168
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.068
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.072
And I disable the first tps feature 2.525
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.846
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.047
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.066
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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40.534
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 7.267
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 10.226
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.167
When I write some files expected to persist 1.301
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.608
# 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" 11.947
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.227
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:39.947
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 7.471
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 10.736
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.130
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.721
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.785
And I capture all network traffic 0.005
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 12.555
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.335
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.066
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.104
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.883
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.077
Tags: @product
38.070
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 8.818
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.091
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 12.920
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 15.240
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.667
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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2:45.529
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 8.538
When I enable persistence 12.600
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.750
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.415
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.338
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.246
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.524
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 24.652
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.213
When I cold reboot the computer 8.888
And the computer reboots Tails 36.615
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.232
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.209
Given I enable persistence 6.833
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.072
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.218
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.043
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.133
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.729
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.007
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2:4.840
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 enabled and logged in 7.646
# 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 27.316
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.173
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:0.650
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 21.052
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.344
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.014
Tags: @product
37.352
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 7.391
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.403
Then persistence is disabled 0.112
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.313
And all notifications have disappeared 7.926
When I delete the persistent partition 2.837
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.368
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.860
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:19.168
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 enabled and logged in 7.292
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.071
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.597
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.974
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.232
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.639
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.007
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40.551
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 7.485
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.054
When I try to enable persistence 1.212
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 10.039
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.189
And all notifications have disappeared 7.829
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.344
And all tps features are enabled 1.195
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.201
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.779
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:1.440
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 31.011
And I enable persistence 18.804
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.583
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.579
And persistence is enabled 1.461
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.898
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
21.480
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 6.850
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 14.083
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.546
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.758
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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25.108
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 7.820
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 8.652
When I enable persistence 6.712
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.046
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.877
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.729
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
24.347
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 7.403
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.452
When I try to enable persistence 1.302
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.343
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.212
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.437
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.065
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.157
Then persistence is successfully enabled 0.972
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.091
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
42.092
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 7.269
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.071
When I try to enable persistence 1.158
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 8.855
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.219
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.029
When I log in to a new session 10.165
And all notifications have disappeared 9.460
# 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" 0.304
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.390
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.185
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.226
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.754
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.251
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
40.988
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 7.186
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.537
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.296
When I try to enable persistence 1.181
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.957
When I log in to a new session 10.635
And all notifications have disappeared 8.108
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.328
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.757
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.790
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000