Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6412 31 May 2026, 11:23

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 19:42.664 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:28.375
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.002
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:15.073
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.043
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.363
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.894
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.894
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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27.505
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 8.432
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.846
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.303
And persistence is disabled 0.125
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.797
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.910
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
1:33.966
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 8.270
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.299
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.091
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 16.864
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.049
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.424
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 58.731
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.174
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.059
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.839
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.005
Tags: @product
27.945
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 7.259
And the system is very low on memory 4.123
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.140
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.651
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.112
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.431
And I free up some memory 0.808
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.355
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.062
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.825
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
1:29.193
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 8.279
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.324
And all tps features are active 1.095
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.042
When I disable the first tps feature 2.499
Then all tps features but the first one are active 0.986
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.845
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.997
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.122
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.537
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.005
Tags: @product
12.588
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 7.188
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.066
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.067
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.058
When I disable the first tps feature 2.527
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.054
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.037
When I enable the first tps feature 2.458
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.072
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.056
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.730
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
12.695
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 7.207
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.083
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.054
And I disable the first tps feature 2.490
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.820
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.040
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.083
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
39.055
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 7.076
And the network is plugged 0.020
And Tor is ready 9.711
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.219
When I write some files expected to persist 1.044
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.342
# 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" 11.642
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.229
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:38.152
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 7.185
And the network is plugged 0.022
And Tor is ready 9.833
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.132
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.381
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 59.736
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.018
And Tor is ready 11.311
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.342
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.100
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.084
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.577
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.060
Tags: @product
37.318
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 8.522
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.138
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 12.613
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 15.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.187
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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2:40.082
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 8.273
When I enable persistence 12.998
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.580
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.156
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.332
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.253
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.500
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 24.394
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.145
When I cold reboot the computer 6.020
And the computer reboots Tails 35.797
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.229
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.164
Given I enable persistence 6.898
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.074
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.219
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.872
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.168
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.701
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.014
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2:10.375
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 7.927
# 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 29.093
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.253
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:1.856
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 22.244
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.314
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.007
Tags: @product
36.222
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 7.687
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.809
Then persistence is disabled 0.124
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 3.996
And all notifications have disappeared 7.580
When I delete the persistent partition 2.700
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.322
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.130
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
1:13.098
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 7.479
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.056
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.368
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 59.972
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.221
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.685
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006
Tags: @product
39.814
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 7.822
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.069
When I try to enable persistence 1.142
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 9.421
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.352
And all notifications have disappeared 7.691
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.270
And all tps features are enabled 0.928
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.115
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.933
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
59.736
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 29.215
And I enable persistence 18.165
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.113
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.626
And persistence is enabled 1.616
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.143
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
22.322
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 6.918
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 14.810
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.593
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.114
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
23.793
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 8.000
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 7.480
When I enable persistence 6.536
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.044
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.731
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.032
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
24.663
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 7.792
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.406
When I try to enable persistence 1.230
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.513
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.209
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.363
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.054
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.183
Then persistence is successfully enabled 0.909
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.587
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
43.739
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 7.507
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.052
When I try to enable persistence 1.178
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 10.127
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.172
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.023
When I log in to a new session 10.229
And all notifications have disappeared 9.805
# 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" 0.171
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.422
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.160
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.193
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.693
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.008
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
42.014
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 7.513
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.307
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.313
When I try to enable persistence 1.198
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.238
When I log in to a new session 10.991
And all notifications have disappeared 8.253
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.393
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.805
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.747
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000