Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6426 03 Jun 2026, 15:34

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 20:47.734 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:33.497
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 1:20.196
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.163
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.290
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.846
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.760
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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29.649
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 8.719
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.370
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.233
And persistence is disabled 0.098
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.227
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.906
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:39.899
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 8.669
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.301
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.115
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 18.699
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.044
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.550
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.267
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.198
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.052
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.813
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006
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29.943
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 7.407
And the system is very low on memory 3.438
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.162
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.812
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.090
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.437
And I free up some memory 0.971
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 10.552
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.071
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.892
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:33.724
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 8.449
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.322
And all tps features are active 1.362
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.254
When I disable the first tps feature 3.060
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.342
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.582
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.067
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.281
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.513
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.009
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13.261
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 7.803
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.092
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.073
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.063
When I disable the first tps feature 2.548
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.069
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.046
When I enable the first tps feature 2.450
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.053
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.058
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.983
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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13.650
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.006
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.406
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.069
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.077
And I disable the first tps feature 3.078
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.965
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.053
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.616
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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43.009
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.006
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.535
And the network is plugged 0.020
And Tor is ready 11.976
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.216
When I write some files expected to persist 1.290
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.531
# 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" 12.438
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.309
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:44.371
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 7.766
And the network is plugged 0.018
And Tor is ready 9.864
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.142
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.491
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.801
And I capture all network traffic 0.004
And the network is plugged 0.021
And Tor is ready 11.601
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.454
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.110
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.093
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.223
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.059
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40.588
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.006
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.953
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.074
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 13.202
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 17.358
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.955
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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2:51.293
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 8.638
When I enable persistence 13.885
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.208
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.793
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.401
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.313
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.581
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 25.214
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.139
When I cold reboot the computer 8.819
And the computer reboots Tails 38.127
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.321
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.245
Given I enable persistence 7.937
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.088
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.241
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.151
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.182
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.636
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.008
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2:6.437
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 8.675
# 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 25.162
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.485
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:4.263
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 22.850
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.228
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.008
Tags: @product
38.632
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 8.390
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.179
Then persistence is disabled 0.157
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.753
And all notifications have disappeared 7.875
When I delete the persistent partition 2.800
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.475
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.589
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:23.625
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 7.605
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.057
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.426
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.290
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.244
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.747
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.009
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41.980
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 8.163
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.046
When I try to enable persistence 1.210
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 10.545
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.289
And all notifications have disappeared 7.932
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.317
And all tps features are enabled 1.141
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.332
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.779
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:3.760
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 31.144
And I enable persistence 18.875
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.403
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.597
And persistence is enabled 1.738
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.353
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
23.326
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 7.515
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 15.159
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.651
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.926
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
24.914
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 8.519
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 7.610
When I enable persistence 6.855
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.046
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.882
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.846
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
24.495
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 7.750
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.145
When I try to enable persistence 1.347
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.519
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.179
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.348
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.070
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.148
Then persistence is successfully enabled 0.986
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.773
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
44.498
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 7.952
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.058
When I try to enable persistence 1.195
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 9.454
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.188
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.027
When I log in to a new session 12.007
And all notifications have disappeared 8.997
# 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" 0.181
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.093
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.219
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.324
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.798
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.774
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
43.172
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 7.639
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.157
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.395
When I try to enable persistence 1.209
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.182
When I log in to a new session 11.004
And all notifications have disappeared 8.190
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.408
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.984
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.624
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000