Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6404 26 May 2026, 11:31

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 20:49.624 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:34.254
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 1:20.795
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.348
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.262
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.848
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.005
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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28.706
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 8.947
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.502
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.324
And persistence is disabled 0.098
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.833
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.234
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:41.422
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 8.532
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.343
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.104
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 19.947
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.058
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.862
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.354
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.171
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.047
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.909
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006
Tags: @product
28.970
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 7.271
And the system is very low on memory 3.635
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.228
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.817
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 2.379
And I free up some memory 0.837
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.637
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.048
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.871
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:35.034
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 8.765
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.298
And all tps features are active 1.232
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.871
When I disable the first tps feature 2.563
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.265
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.911
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.811
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.315
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.731
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.042
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12.971
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 7.472
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.080
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.053
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.054
When I disable the first tps feature 2.572
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.066
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.046
When I enable the first tps feature 2.468
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.074
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.081
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.776
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
13.296
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 7.199
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.072
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.073
And I disable the first tps feature 3.082
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.823
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.043
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.999
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
43.636
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 7.509
And the network is plugged 0.014
And Tor is ready 12.723
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.156
When I write some files expected to persist 1.299
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.362
# 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" 12.570
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.188
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:42.499
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 7.246
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 10.357
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.179
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.469
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.156
And I capture all network traffic 0.053
And the network is plugged 0.025
And Tor is ready 11.440
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.384
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.073
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.096
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.768
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.066
Tags: @product
41.777
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 8.757
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.098
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 14.309
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 17.612
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.403
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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2:47.396
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 8.522
When I enable persistence 12.521
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.604
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.705
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.439
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.274
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.492
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 25.298
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.142
When I cold reboot the computer 9.148
And the computer reboots Tails 37.014
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.278
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.174
Given I enable persistence 7.287
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.072
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.201
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.077
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.139
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.928
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006
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2:9.322
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 8.513
# 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 28.498
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.194
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:3.763
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 18.352
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.482
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.008
Tags: @product
37.829
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 8.191
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.267
Then persistence is disabled 0.117
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.256
And all notifications have disappeared 7.910
When I delete the persistent partition 2.757
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.328
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.903
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:24.783
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 7.570
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.068
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.704
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.217
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.222
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.066
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.007
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43.791
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 8.436
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.044
When I try to enable persistence 1.202
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 10.973
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.132
And all notifications have disappeared 7.720
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.823
And all tps features are enabled 1.197
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.261
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.071
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:5.027
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.009
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 31.727
And I enable persistence 19.921
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.644
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.715
And persistence is enabled 2.018
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.885
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
22.705
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 6.977
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 15.212
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.516
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.039
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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25.345
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 8.440
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 8.248
When I enable persistence 6.820
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.057
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.778
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.231
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
24.274
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 8.100
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.681
When I try to enable persistence 1.319
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.202
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.244
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.444
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.053
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.137
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.089
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.983
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
43.417
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 7.701
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.074
When I try to enable persistence 1.160
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 9.886
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.189
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.033
When I log in to a new session 10.747
And all notifications have disappeared 8.901
# 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" 0.296
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.109
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.196
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.376
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.743
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.972
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
43.160
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 7.635
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.821
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.355
When I try to enable persistence 1.256
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.919
When I log in to a new session 11.498
And all notifications have disappeared 8.683
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.271
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.718
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.618
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000