Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6405 26 May 2026, 20:04

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 22:15.000 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:40.062
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 1:25.341
And I update the APT lists using apt 7.466
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.278
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.976
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.827
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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31.710
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 9.590
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 16.452
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.407
And persistence is disabled 0.156
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.103
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.260
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:46.592
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 8.798
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.317
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.078
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 19.383
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.066
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.935
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.766
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.189
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.055
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.760
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.008
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32.461
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 7.907
And the system is very low on memory 3.669
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.248
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.877
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.099
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.398
And I free up some memory 1.069
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 12.148
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.042
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.876
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
1:37.532
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 8.538
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.336
And all tps features are active 1.419
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.369
When I disable the first tps feature 3.200
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.491
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.070
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:11.616
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.489
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.842
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.009
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14.120
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.006
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.835
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.087
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.086
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.074
When I disable the first tps feature 2.722
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.061
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.040
When I enable the first tps feature 3.070
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.071
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.069
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.650
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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13.431
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 7.805
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.062
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.055
And I disable the first tps feature 2.558
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.914
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.033
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.815
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
44.498
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 7.763
And the network is plugged 0.040
And Tor is ready 12.894
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.270
When I write some files expected to persist 1.303
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.905
# 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" 13.319
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.376
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:51.430
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 7.742
And the network is plugged 0.026
And Tor is ready 10.422
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.181
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.751
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:10.229
And I capture all network traffic 0.046
And the network is plugged 0.046
And Tor is ready 12.502
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.321
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.070
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.091
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.956
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.049
Tags: @product
43.385
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 without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.601
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 15.112
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 17.578
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.250
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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3:2.868
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 10.092
When I enable persistence 15.180
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.050
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 39.293
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.417
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.232
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.557
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 26.296
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.181
When I cold reboot the computer 9.344
And the computer reboots Tails 41.603
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.390
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.297
Given I enable persistence 9.059
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.091
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.317
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 12.243
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.217
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.002
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.008
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2:14.876
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 8.988
# 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 24.926
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.823
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:10.168
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 21.971
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.386
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.008
Tags: @product
41.149
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 8.568
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 16.082
Then persistence is disabled 0.107
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.517
And all notifications have disappeared 8.427
When I delete the persistent partition 2.836
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.609
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.692
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:31.424
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 persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.721
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.071
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.793
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:12.608
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.230
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.846
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.012
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46.041
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 8.812
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.072
When I try to enable persistence 1.237
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 11.423
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 12.585
And all notifications have disappeared 8.058
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.400
And all tps features are enabled 1.305
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.145
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.212
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:11.212
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 34.866
And I enable persistence 21.569
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 12.405
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.703
And persistence is enabled 1.668
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.732
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
23.608
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 7.381
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 15.697
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.528
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.906
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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28.176
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 9.123
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.181
When I enable persistence 7.634
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.064
And persistence is successfully enabled 2.174
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.799
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
27.969
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 8.798
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.623
When I try to enable persistence 1.279
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 4.467
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.182
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.450
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.051
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.181
Then persistence is successfully enabled 0.934
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.882
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
44.905
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 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 8.314
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.140
When I try to enable persistence 1.341
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 9.577
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 0.031
When I log in to a new session 11.954
And all notifications have disappeared 8.357
# 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" 0.164
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.128
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.214
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.472
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.987
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.194
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
47.540
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.010
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.570
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.745
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.385
When I try to enable persistence 1.189
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.776
When I log in to a new session 11.937
And all notifications have disappeared 9.443
Then the Tor Browser starts 2.425
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.064
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.129
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000