Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6417 02 Jun 2026, 11:31

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 20:34.302 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:32.756
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 1:18.726
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.554
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.281
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.194
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.021
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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29.799
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 9.402
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.469
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.263
And persistence is disabled 0.123
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.540
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.134
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:38.544
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 8.450
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.355
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.117
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 18.210
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.069
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.369
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.721
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.188
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.061
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.676
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.007
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29.228
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 logged in 7.489
And the system is very low on memory 3.562
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.203
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.932
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.169
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.415
And I free up some memory 0.779
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.625
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.051
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.059
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:32.282
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 8.643
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.279
And all tps features are active 1.124
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.005
When I disable the first tps feature 2.576
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.578
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.227
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.580
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.266
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.990
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.035
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13.311
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 7.426
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.066
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.065
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.046
When I disable the first tps feature 3.074
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.073
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.041
When I enable the first tps feature 2.402
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.052
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.062
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.876
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
12.984
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 7.101
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.080
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.058
And I disable the first tps feature 2.599
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.097
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.045
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.835
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
39.942
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 7.410
And the network is plugged 0.019
And Tor is ready 9.115
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.282
When I write some files expected to persist 1.325
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.459
# 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" 12.329
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.347
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:46.418
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 7.272
And the network is plugged 0.027
And Tor is ready 14.110
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.129
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.320
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.417
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.018
And Tor is ready 11.595
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.360
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.085
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.077
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.912
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.062
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40.411
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 8.524
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.100
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 13.778
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 17.007
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.833
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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2:45.417
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 8.497
When I enable persistence 14.042
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.895
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.630
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.348
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.225
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.575
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 24.698
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.148
When I cold reboot the computer 6.408
And the computer reboots Tails 37.454
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.259
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.203
Given I enable persistence 7.395
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.063
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.240
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.192
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.136
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.042
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.020
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2:16.163
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.011
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.241
# 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 29.916
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.825
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:3.902
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 25.276
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.179
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.007
Tags: @product
38.179
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 7.712
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.420
Then persistence is disabled 0.093
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.148
And all notifications have disappeared 7.751
When I delete the persistent partition 2.686
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.366
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.032
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:13.955
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 7.428
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.084
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.526
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.676
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.239
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.858
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006
Tags: @product
40.868
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 7.526
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.048
When I try to enable persistence 1.184
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 10.430
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.662
And all notifications have disappeared 8.193
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.402
And all tps features are enabled 1.313
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.106
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.914
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:2.733
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 30.281
And I enable persistence 19.869
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.388
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.604
And persistence is enabled 1.589
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.171
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
21.689
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 7.030
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 14.081
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.577
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.541
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
25.801
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 8.831
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 7.950
When I enable persistence 6.998
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.084
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.937
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.162
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
25.583
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 7.615
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.013
When I try to enable persistence 1.294
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 4.680
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.221
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.463
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.094
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.163
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.035
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.673
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
44.577
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 7.406
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.174
When I try to enable persistence 1.249
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 9.290
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.148
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.024
When I log in to a new session 11.788
And all notifications have disappeared 9.461
# 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" 0.192
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.561
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.205
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.353
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.719
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.242
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
43.652
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 8.095
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.421
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.341
When I try to enable persistence 1.182
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.932
When I log in to a new session 11.853
And all notifications have disappeared 8.080
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.924
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 0.952
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000