Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6420 03 Jun 2026, 11:27

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 21:55.783 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:35.938
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 1:21.623
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.863
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.284
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.167
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.937
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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30.649
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 9.117
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.994
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.281
And persistence is disabled 0.107
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.149
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.891
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:46.097
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 8.810
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.346
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.093
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 20.832
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.109
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.629
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.020
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.205
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.049
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.702
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.007
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30.054
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 8.265
And the system is very low on memory 3.501
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.187
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.755
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.104
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.473
And I free up some memory 0.932
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.779
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.053
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.766
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:39.423
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 8.646
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.471
And all tps features are active 1.410
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.269
When I disable the first tps feature 2.654
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.401
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.663
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:11.715
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.191
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.898
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.011
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13.883
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 8.293
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.075
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.055
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.066
When I disable the first tps feature 2.670
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.054
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.035
When I enable the first tps feature 2.472
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.096
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.062
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.985
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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13.537
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 7.384
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.081
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.072
And I disable the first tps feature 2.591
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.358
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.048
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.721
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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45.239
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 7.603
And the network is plugged 0.021
And Tor is ready 12.822
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.343
When I write some files expected to persist 1.343
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.755
# 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" 13.350
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.583
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:47.715
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 7.755
And the network is plugged 0.023
And Tor is ready 10.249
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.138
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.567
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.474
And I capture all network traffic 0.006
And the network is plugged 0.018
And Tor is ready 11.887
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.432
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.070
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.091
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.609
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.071
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44.083
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 stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.214
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.107
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 15.446
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 18.314
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.981
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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2:56.258
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 9.358
When I enable persistence 14.437
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.094
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 39.125
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.385
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.287
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.622
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 26.617
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.197
When I cold reboot the computer 6.388
And the computer reboots Tails 40.357
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.335
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.224
Given I enable persistence 8.691
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.118
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.225
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.605
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.186
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.570
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006
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2:12.964
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 9.819
# 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 25.440
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.020
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:8.893
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 19.790
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.179
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.009
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41.734
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 8.557
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.915
Then persistence is disabled 0.106
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.649
And all notifications have disappeared 9.218
When I delete the persistent partition 2.801
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.484
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.026
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:29.248
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 8.051
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.072
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.665
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:11.234
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.223
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.599
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.015
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45.546
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 9.227
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.058
When I try to enable persistence 1.182
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 13.164
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.308
And all notifications have disappeared 8.074
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.257
And all tps features are enabled 1.063
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.209
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.761
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:6.919
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 32.129
And I enable persistence 21.265
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.137
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.552
And persistence is enabled 1.833
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.219
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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23.853
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 7.752
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 15.412
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.688
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.967
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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29.098
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.979
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 10.271
When I enable persistence 8.089
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.048
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.710
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.770
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
27.409
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 8.380
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.857
When I try to enable persistence 1.302
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.448
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.240
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.469
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.089
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.328
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.292
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.209
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
48.858
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 8.291
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.072
When I try to enable persistence 1.200
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 11.801
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.165
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.040
When I log in to a new session 11.819
And all notifications have disappeared 10.166
# 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" 0.246
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.568
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.241
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.407
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.838
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.132
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
47.267
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 8.273
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.785
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.326
When I try to enable persistence 1.181
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.584
When I log in to a new session 12.079
And all notifications have disappeared 9.178
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.445
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.412
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.269
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000