Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6407 27 May 2026, 12:14

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 20:50.714 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:33.413
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.004
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:19.759
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.395
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.324
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.934
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.922
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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29.118
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 8.950
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.098
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.226
And persistence is disabled 0.127
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.717
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.658
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:39.787
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 8.741
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.334
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.088
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 19.355
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.038
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.684
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.294
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.170
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.079
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.956
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006
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29.617
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 7.550
And the system is very low on memory 4.277
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.205
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.551
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.123
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.330
And I free up some memory 0.817
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.713
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.047
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.673
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:31.403
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 8.484
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.275
And all tps features are active 1.265
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.103
When I disable the first tps feature 2.621
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.270
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.687
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.425
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.268
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.927
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.018
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13.273
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 7.930
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.067
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.096
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.053
When I disable the first tps feature 2.469
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.050
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.042
When I enable the first tps feature 2.444
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.065
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.052
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.935
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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13.298
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 7.056
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.067
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.067
And I disable the first tps feature 3.074
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.925
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.108
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.037
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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43.238
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 7.398
And the network is plugged 0.020
And Tor is ready 12.378
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.237
When I write some files expected to persist 1.203
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.447
# 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" 12.552
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.513
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:43.873
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 7.202
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 10.470
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.137
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.480
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.527
And I capture all network traffic 0.006
And the network is plugged 0.020
And Tor is ready 12.469
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.393
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.051
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.095
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.942
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.050
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39.562
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 8.460
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.089
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 12.850
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 17.163
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.979
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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2:48.092
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 8.682
When I enable persistence 14.027
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.833
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.627
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.375
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.261
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.484
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 24.551
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.273
When I cold reboot the computer 9.141
And the computer reboots Tails 36.771
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.272
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.166
Given I enable persistence 6.997
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.081
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.223
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.148
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.170
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.708
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006
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2:12.690
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 8.094
# 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 27.797
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.170
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:4.649
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 23.978
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.103
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.008
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38.167
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 8.262
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.796
Then persistence is disabled 0.119
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.805
And all notifications have disappeared 7.983
When I delete the persistent partition 2.755
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.444
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.606
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:21.635
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 7.406
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.057
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.451
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.492
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.227
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.613
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.008
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40.222
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 7.838
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.062
When I try to enable persistence 1.142
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 9.371
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.877
And all notifications have disappeared 7.574
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.247
And all tps features are enabled 1.028
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.078
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.372
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:2.594
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 29.742
And I enable persistence 19.753
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.718
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.563
And persistence is enabled 1.816
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.763
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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35.052
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 19.459
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 15.083
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.509
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.728
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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24.338
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 8.226
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 7.581
When I enable persistence 6.719
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.051
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.760
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.008
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
25.031
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 7.697
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.835
When I try to enable persistence 1.238
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.470
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.171
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.458
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.093
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.156
Then persistence is successfully enabled 0.909
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.743
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
44.076
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 7.147
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.056
When I try to enable persistence 1.170
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 9.564
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.181
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.025
When I log in to a new session 11.953
And all notifications have disappeared 9.117
# 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" 0.166
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.452
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.182
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.298
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.758
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.783
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
42.225
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 7.846
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.579
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.337
When I try to enable persistence 1.193
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.308
When I log in to a new session 10.695
And all notifications have disappeared 9.277
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.336
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.651
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.095
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000