Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6418 02 Jun 2026, 18:22

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 20:39.146 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:34.027
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 1:20.933
And I update the APT lists using apt 5.746
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.303
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.017
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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28.719
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 8.743
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.680
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.335
And persistence is disabled 0.127
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.832
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.016
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:39.424
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 8.743
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.329
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.094
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 19.042
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.065
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.533
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.389
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.180
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.045
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.781
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.007
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28.994
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 7.274
And the system is very low on memory 3.578
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.212
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.871
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.101
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.351
And I free up some memory 0.843
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.699
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.060
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.885
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:33.588
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 8.567
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.319
And all tps features are active 1.117
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.104
When I disable the first tps feature 2.505
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.125
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.824
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.850
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.173
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.666
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.008
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13.039
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 7.647
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.061
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.064
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.058
When I disable the first tps feature 2.485
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.052
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.040
When I enable the first tps feature 2.523
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.054
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.051
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.734
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
12.913
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 7.155
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.078
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.065
And I disable the first tps feature 2.554
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.020
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.038
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.856
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
41.176
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 7.313
And the network is plugged 0.019
And Tor is ready 10.209
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.272
When I write some files expected to persist 1.210
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.526
# 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" 12.624
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.122
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:42.897
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 7.369
And the network is plugged 0.019
And Tor is ready 9.788
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.157
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.456
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.009
And I capture all network traffic 0.005
And the network is plugged 0.020
And Tor is ready 12.378
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.514
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.092
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.086
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.869
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.053
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41.810
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 stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.573
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.073
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 14.994
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 17.167
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.155
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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2:48.042
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 8.893
When I enable persistence 12.881
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.075
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.844
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.367
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.254
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.505
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 25.276
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.215
When I cold reboot the computer 7.222
And the computer reboots Tails 38.032
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.282
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.219
Given I enable persistence 7.515
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.078
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.265
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.775
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.335
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.863
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.007
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2:5.064
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 8.311
# 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 23.598
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.468
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:6.431
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 21.253
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.150
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.016
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37.353
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 7.680
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.494
Then persistence is disabled 0.116
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 3.932
And all notifications have disappeared 8.010
When I delete the persistent partition 2.773
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.344
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.929
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:23.087
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 7.861
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.067
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.916
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.965
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.276
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.704
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006
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40.290
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 7.319
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.056
When I try to enable persistence 1.155
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 10.265
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.927
And all notifications have disappeared 7.881
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.392
And all tps features are enabled 1.119
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.172
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.926
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:4.154
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 30.676
And I enable persistence 21.024
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.102
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.606
And persistence is enabled 1.742
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.667
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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22.807
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.204
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 14.985
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.617
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.169
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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25.833
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.043
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.019
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 7.491
When I enable persistence 8.426
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.053
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.841
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.002
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
25.697
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 7.559
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.092
When I try to enable persistence 1.250
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.744
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.237
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.501
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.056
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.176
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.079
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.131
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
46.097
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 7.612
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.063
When I try to enable persistence 1.252
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 9.286
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.232
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.041
When I log in to a new session 12.300
And all notifications have disappeared 9.903
# 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" 0.228
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.591
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.213
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.349
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.023
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.458
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
44.126
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 7.795
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.725
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.371
When I try to enable persistence 1.153
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.182
When I log in to a new session 11.502
And all notifications have disappeared 8.693
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.974
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.727
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.715
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000