Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6427 04 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 20:0.550 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:31.273
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 1:18.253
And I update the APT lists using apt 5.943
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.273
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.803
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.001
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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27.827
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 8.256
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.204
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.260
And persistence is disabled 0.090
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.014
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.908
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:37.024
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 8.361
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.312
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.135
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 18.032
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.062
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.370
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.490
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.190
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.067
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.711
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006
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28.875
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 7.404
And the system is very low on memory 3.956
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.234
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.840
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.088
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.475
And I free up some memory 0.822
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.997
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.054
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.920
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:30.572
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 8.322
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.312
And all tps features are active 1.284
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.050
When I disable the first tps feature 2.674
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.287
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.744
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.719
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.176
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.678
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.005
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13.016
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 7.672
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.074
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.054
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.058
When I disable the first tps feature 2.571
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.048
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.026
When I enable the first tps feature 2.422
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.046
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.040
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.728
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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12.650
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 6.996
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.064
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.079
And I disable the first tps feature 2.563
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.907
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.039
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.582
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
39.943
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 with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.235
And the network is plugged 0.021
And Tor is ready 9.733
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.328
When I write some files expected to persist 1.194
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.390
# 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" 12.040
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.343
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:39.381
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 7.373
And the network is plugged 0.019
And Tor is ready 8.530
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.150
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.418
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.683
And I capture all network traffic 0.004
And the network is plugged 0.014
And Tor is ready 11.612
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.389
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.097
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.088
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.897
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.060
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38.487
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 8.583
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.093
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 13.729
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 15.080
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.823
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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2:48.274
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 8.546
When I enable persistence 13.141
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.874
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.634
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.338
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" 4.565
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 25.559
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.183
When I cold reboot the computer 10.001
And the computer reboots Tails 36.482
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.267
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.182
Given I enable persistence 7.557
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.071
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.217
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.246
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.149
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.956
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.012
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2:7.619
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 8.055
# 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 25.983
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.178
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:1.473
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 23.927
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.981
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006
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36.716
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 7.836
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.494
Then persistence is disabled 0.103
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.604
And all notifications have disappeared 7.626
When I delete the persistent partition 2.710
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.340
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.095
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:14.438
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 8.021
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.067
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.447
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.681
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.221
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.776
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.068
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39.852
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 7.623
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.060
When I try to enable persistence 1.158
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 9.672
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.203
And all notifications have disappeared 7.862
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.258
And all tps features are enabled 0.965
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.048
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.900
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:1.323
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 30.334
And I enable persistence 19.546
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.288
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.664
And persistence is enabled 1.489
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.990
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
21.792
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.034
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 14.239
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.518
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.016
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
24.315
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 8.291
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 7.592
When I enable persistence 6.665
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.057
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.708
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.345
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
23.550
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 7.354
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.633
When I try to enable persistence 1.312
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.469
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.152
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.333
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.071
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.155
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.066
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.729
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
41.675
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 7.251
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.056
When I try to enable persistence 1.156
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 8.662
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.226
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.032
When I log in to a new session 10.807
And all notifications have disappeared 9.046
# 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" 0.153
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.083
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.253
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.208
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.735
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.161
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
41.939
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 7.515
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.261
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.340
When I try to enable persistence 1.133
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.422
When I log in to a new session 10.887
And all notifications have disappeared 8.979
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.710
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.688
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.849
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000