Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6419 03 Jun 2026, 07:22

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 19:41.233 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:31.576
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 1:18.287
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.201
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.233
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.853
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.674
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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27.853
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 8.431
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.927
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.245
And persistence is disabled 0.091
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.158
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.888
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
1:32.127
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 8.288
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 17.599
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.046
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.483
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.112
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.161
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.655
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.037
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28.414
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 7.424
And the system is very low on memory 3.648
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.210
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.675
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.107
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.416
And I free up some memory 0.912
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.971
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.047
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.837
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
1:27.093
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 8.207
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.336
And all tps features are active 1.257
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.983
When I disable the first tps feature 2.508
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.107
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.887
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.610
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.195
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.693
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.007
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12.880
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 7.535
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.049
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.051
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.064
When I disable the first tps feature 2.530
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.069
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.045
When I enable the first tps feature 2.429
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.047
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.056
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.865
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
12.778
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 7.267
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.070
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.045
And I disable the first tps feature 2.508
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.840
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.045
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.006
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
38.176
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 7.088
And the network is plugged 0.020
And Tor is ready 8.508
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.265
When I write some files expected to persist 1.119
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.177
# 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" 11.997
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.111
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:36.823
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 7.064
And the network is plugged 0.020
And Tor is ready 9.559
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.149
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.475
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 59.814
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.019
And Tor is ready 14.188
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.359
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.069
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.099
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.929
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.058
Tags: @product
39.480
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 8.336
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.094
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 12.720
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 17.328
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.834
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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2:43.116
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.467
When I enable persistence 12.935
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.745
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.393
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.366
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.217
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.510
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 24.655
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.159
When I cold reboot the computer 8.742
And the computer reboots Tails 35.265
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.259
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.269
Given I enable persistence 6.912
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.073
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.246
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.752
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.141
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.686
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006
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2:5.237
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 7.855
# 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 27.633
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.373
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:1.270
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 23.105
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.866
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.023
Tags: @product
35.824
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 7.681
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.800
Then persistence is disabled 0.141
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.593
And all notifications have disappeared 7.660
When I delete the persistent partition 2.636
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.309
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.938
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:18.891
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 7.374
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.066
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.271
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.960
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.219
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.860
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.045
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39.414
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 7.382
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.058
When I try to enable persistence 1.181
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 9.701
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.131
And all notifications have disappeared 7.713
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.274
And all tps features are enabled 0.919
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.051
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.877
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:0.117
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 29.195
And I enable persistence 19.819
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.068
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.564
And persistence is enabled 1.468
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.747
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
21.288
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 6.892
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 13.815
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.581
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.975
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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23.357
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 8.014
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 6.987
When I enable persistence 6.575
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.077
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.701
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.873
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
23.545
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.744
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.336
When I try to enable persistence 1.244
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.515
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.207
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.322
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.052
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.155
Then persistence is successfully enabled 0.966
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.721
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
42.737
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.367
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.053
When I try to enable persistence 1.161
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 8.927
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.207
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.027
When I log in to a new session 11.177
And all notifications have disappeared 8.902
# 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" 0.193
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.466
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.245
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.280
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 1.071
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
40.496
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 7.306
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.225
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.315
When I try to enable persistence 1.160
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.159
When I log in to a new session 9.801
And all notifications have disappeared 8.401
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.398
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 0.733
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000