Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6410 29 May 2026, 11:37

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 20:59.737 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:34.338
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 1:20.381
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.568
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.346
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.042
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.015
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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30.215
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 9.208
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.976
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.262
And persistence is disabled 0.171
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.596
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.262
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
1:43.451
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 8.665
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.322
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.103
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 20.595
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.044
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.644
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.816
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.204
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.053
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.861
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.027
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31.255
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 8.172
And the system is very low on memory 3.681
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.191
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.801
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.121
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.407
And I free up some memory 0.894
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 10.935
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.050
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.935
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
1:33.330
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 8.088
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.287
And all tps features are active 1.201
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.536
When I disable the first tps feature 2.586
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.324
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.992
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.097
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.215
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.983
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.007
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12.856
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 7.487
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.068
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.060
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.062
When I disable the first tps feature 2.497
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.058
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.034
When I enable the first tps feature 2.477
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.061
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.046
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.897
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
13.045
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 7.292
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.105
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.114
And I disable the first tps feature 2.591
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.886
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.054
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.728
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
43.479
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 7.013
And the network is plugged 0.014
And Tor is ready 13.553
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.200
When I write some files expected to persist 1.166
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.591
# 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" 11.939
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.342
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:46.977
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 7.101
And the network is plugged 0.030
And Tor is ready 11.203
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.122
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.739
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.380
And I capture all network traffic 0.005
And the network is plugged 0.019
And Tor is ready 12.779
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.403
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.064
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.127
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.934
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.074
Tags: @product
38.513
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 stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.540
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.074
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 13.294
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 15.602
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.064
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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2:49.426
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 9.002
When I enable persistence 13.136
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.774
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.534
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.333
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.233
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.516
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 25.085
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.175
When I cold reboot the computer 8.883
And the computer reboots Tails 37.786
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.263
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.182
Given I enable persistence 7.668
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.076
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.281
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.307
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.183
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.965
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006
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2:11.694
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 with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.339
# 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 28.626
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.717
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:4.035
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 20.975
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.875
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006
Tags: @product
39.554
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 with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.812
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.159
Then persistence is disabled 0.113
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.313
And all notifications have disappeared 8.004
When I delete the persistent partition 2.771
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.381
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.799
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
1:23.163
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 7.828
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.059
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.795
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.244
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.234
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.604
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.024
Tags: @product
42.715
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 7.866
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.099
When I try to enable persistence 1.169
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 11.544
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.489
And all notifications have disappeared 8.057
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.317
And all tps features are enabled 1.056
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.113
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.023
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:3.720
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 30.380
And I enable persistence 20.594
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.404
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.572
And persistence is enabled 1.769
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.663
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
22.824
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.233
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 15.016
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.575
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.049
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
27.766
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 8.314
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 10.318
When I enable persistence 7.111
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.057
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.963
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.040
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
24.247
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 7.360
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.912
When I try to enable persistence 1.346
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.820
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.176
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.341
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.054
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.170
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.063
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.015
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
43.816
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 7.591
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.069
When I try to enable persistence 1.255
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 8.729
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.202
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.025
When I log in to a new session 12.313
And all notifications have disappeared 8.800
# 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" 0.270
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.102
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.190
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.294
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.970
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.982
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
43.343
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 7.681
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.203
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.334
When I try to enable persistence 1.155
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.335
When I log in to a new session 10.288
And all notifications have disappeared 8.479
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.726
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.138
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.923
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000