Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6406 27 May 2026, 11:43

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 22:27.485 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:40.810
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.005
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:26.271
And I update the APT lists using apt 7.173
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.332
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.032
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.570
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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32.692
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 10.066
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 16.076
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.352
And persistence is disabled 0.148
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.049
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.572
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:48.581
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 9.278
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.475
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.163
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 20.201
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.057
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.647
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:8.456
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.240
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.058
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.754
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.013
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32.021
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 8.269
And the system is very low on memory 4.095
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.201
When I try to create a persistent partition 5.460
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.198
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.509
And I free up some memory 0.954
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 10.285
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.046
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.839
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:41.879
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 9.654
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.418
And all tps features are active 1.622
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.073
When I disable the first tps feature 2.726
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.225
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.524
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:11.353
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.281
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.909
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.015
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14.223
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 8.490
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.106
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.067
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.072
When I disable the first tps feature 2.719
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.064
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.064
When I enable the first tps feature 2.476
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.100
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.060
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.976
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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14.494
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 7.965
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.122
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.094
And I disable the first tps feature 3.130
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.111
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.069
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.822
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
44.720
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 7.473
And the network is plugged 0.018
And Tor is ready 13.032
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.264
When I write some files expected to persist 1.272
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.653
# 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" 13.005
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.582
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:54.470
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 enabled and logged in 7.853
And the network is plugged 0.041
And Tor is ready 10.779
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.139
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.854
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:12.343
And I capture all network traffic 0.016
And the network is plugged 0.031
And Tor is ready 12.755
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.434
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.077
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.142
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.079
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.044
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45.181
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 8.849
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.085
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 17.029
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 18.216
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.887
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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3:0.683
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 9.719
When I enable persistence 14.903
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.116
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.725
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.312
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.207
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.543
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 27.120
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.258
When I cold reboot the computer 9.560
And the computer reboots Tails 40.968
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.367
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.271
Given I enable persistence 9.625
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.160
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.303
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.336
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.180
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.769
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.008
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2:15.034
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 8.813
# 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 26.569
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.699
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:8.787
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 25.164
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.232
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.008
Tags: @product
40.252
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 8.133
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.050
Then persistence is disabled 0.121
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.516
And all notifications have disappeared 8.332
When I delete the persistent partition 2.708
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.390
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.087
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:26.763
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 7.938
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.072
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.753
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:8.732
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.266
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.003
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.033
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45.821
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 8.737
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.057
When I try to enable persistence 1.168
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 12.251
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.669
And all notifications have disappeared 8.205
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.295
And all tps features are enabled 1.152
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.282
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.999
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:7.789
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 32.773
And I enable persistence 20.509
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.797
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.622
And persistence is enabled 2.087
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.061
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
24.214
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 8.214
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 15.286
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.713
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.091
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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29.280
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 9.578
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.098
When I enable persistence 8.685
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.065
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.853
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.093
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
32.324
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.015
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.424
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.505
When I try to enable persistence 1.303
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 4.820
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.184
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 4.080
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.564
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.227
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.212
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.090
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
48.436
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 8.215
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.067
When I try to enable persistence 1.188
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 10.807
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.241
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.027
When I log in to a new session 12.004
And all notifications have disappeared 10.637
# 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" 0.276
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.402
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.168
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.579
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.819
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.954
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
47.810
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 9.397
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.861
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.339
When I try to enable persistence 1.209
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 4.057
When I log in to a new session 12.065
And all notifications have disappeared 9.136
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.769
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 1.228
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000