Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6434 08 Jun 2026, 11:30

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 20:11.534 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:30.879
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 1:17.918
And I update the APT lists using apt 5.834
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.266
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.859
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.847
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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27.352
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 8.554
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.405
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.317
And persistence is disabled 0.124
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.950
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.891
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
1:36.281
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 8.417
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.259
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.085
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.033
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.051
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.374
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.792
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.206
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.059
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.075
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006
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27.649
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 7.403
And the system is very low on memory 3.066
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.220
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.475
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.097
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.657
And I free up some memory 0.849
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.820
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.057
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.678
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
1:29.977
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 8.128
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.420
And all tps features are active 1.372
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.995
When I disable the first tps feature 2.450
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.120
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.705
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.679
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.106
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.839
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006
Tags: @product
12.904
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 7.553
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.073
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.063
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.054
When I disable the first tps feature 2.518
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.046
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.039
When I enable the first tps feature 2.438
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.055
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.062
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.878
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
12.697
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 7.216
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.073
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.061
And I disable the first tps feature 2.491
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.816
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.039
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.076
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
38.125
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 7.005
And the network is plugged 0.020
And Tor is ready 8.529
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.189
When I write some files expected to persist 1.315
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.280
# 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" 11.784
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.164
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:40.578
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 7.072
And the network is plugged 0.022
And Tor is ready 10.206
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 9.404
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.994
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 11.207
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.373
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.052
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.083
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.775
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.062
Tags: @product
39.698
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 8.161
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.064
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 12.986
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 17.486
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.788
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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2:45.480
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 8.264
When I enable persistence 13.037
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.774
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.276
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.289
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.201
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.559
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 24.558
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.152
When I cold reboot the computer 9.998
And the computer reboots Tails 36.659
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.362
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.206
Given I enable persistence 7.077
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.065
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.227
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.618
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.149
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.820
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.007
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2:9.775
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.016
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.004
# 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 25.447
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.327
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:3.596
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 23.399
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.817
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.008
Tags: @product
35.530
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 7.738
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.025
Then persistence is disabled 0.149
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.053
And all notifications have disappeared 7.522
When I delete the persistent partition 2.655
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.384
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.759
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:23.602
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 8.007
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.061
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.039
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.253
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.240
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.609
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.007
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41.554
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 7.847
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.048
When I try to enable persistence 1.194
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 11.931
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.232
And all notifications have disappeared 7.871
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.268
And all tps features are enabled 1.055
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.105
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.746
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:3.487
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 with a LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 31.508
And I enable persistence 19.913
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.145
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.512
And persistence is enabled 1.408
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.875
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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22.222
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 7.031
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 14.687
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.503
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.996
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
24.294
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 8.163
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 8.677
When I enable persistence 5.594
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.071
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.786
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.173
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
24.561
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 7.281
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.718
When I try to enable persistence 1.283
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.331
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.237
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.528
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.048
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.133
Then persistence is successfully enabled 0.998
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.680
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
43.549
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 7.267
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.078
When I try to enable persistence 1.159
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 8.824
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 0.026
When I log in to a new session 11.400
And all notifications have disappeared 9.814
# 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" 0.216
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.453
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.154
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.224
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.738
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.987
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
41.329
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 7.521
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.466
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.280
When I try to enable persistence 1.147
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.132
When I log in to a new session 10.608
And all notifications have disappeared 8.267
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.284
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.619
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.919
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000