Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6437 10 Jun 2026, 11:20

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 19:47.897 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:29.211
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 1:15.673
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.356
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.277
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.904
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.507
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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27.166
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 8.317
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.316
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.238
And persistence is disabled 0.088
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.205
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.594
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
1:35.107
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 8.185
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.335
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.082
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.746
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.039
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.247
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 59.252
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.178
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.039
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.600
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006
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27.357
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 7.071
And the system is very low on memory 3.445
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.329
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.459
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.102
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.333
And I free up some memory 0.793
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.774
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.047
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.814
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
1:29.777
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 8.147
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.282
And all tps features are active 1.173
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.851
When I disable the first tps feature 2.511
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.083
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.017
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.669
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.040
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.995
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006
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12.640
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 7.210
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.078
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.064
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.052
When I disable the first tps feature 2.525
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.088
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.044
When I enable the first tps feature 2.459
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.062
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.055
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.606
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
12.600
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 7.145
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.060
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.049
And I disable the first tps feature 2.466
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.808
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.069
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.631
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
38.997
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 7.080
And the network is plugged 0.014
And Tor is ready 9.568
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.184
When I write some files expected to persist 1.137
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.619
# 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" 11.391
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.292
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:40.357
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 7.034
And the network is plugged 0.018
And Tor is ready 9.686
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.119
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.203
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.519
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 12.209
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.392
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.072
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.079
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.967
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.043
Tags: @product
36.643
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 stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.249
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 12.611
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 14.707
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.605
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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2:45.036
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 8.470
When I enable persistence 12.551
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.889
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.468
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.281
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.210
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.503
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 24.169
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.161
When I cold reboot the computer 10.180
And the computer reboots Tails 35.923
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.296
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.173
Given I enable persistence 6.906
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.069
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 9.355
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.198
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.706
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.008
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2:5.107
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 7.782
# 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 27.691
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.984
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:0.397
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 21.250
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.004
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006
Tags: @product
36.002
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 7.626
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.692
Then persistence is disabled 0.089
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 3.937
And all notifications have disappeared 7.557
When I delete the persistent partition 2.781
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.318
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.761
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:19.544
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 8.037
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.053
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.297
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.893
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.261
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.722
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.034
Tags: @product
39.320
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 7.627
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.063
When I try to enable persistence 1.205
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 9.820
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.646
And all notifications have disappeared 7.589
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.241
And all tps features are enabled 1.053
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.072
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.977
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:1.622
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 30.574
And I enable persistence 19.126
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.612
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.680
And persistence is enabled 1.628
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.740
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
21.658
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 6.834
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 14.216
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.607
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.624
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
23.634
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 7.978
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 7.539
When I enable persistence 6.519
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.056
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.540
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.605
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
23.542
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 7.995
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.462
When I try to enable persistence 1.236
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.224
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.144
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.328
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.054
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.159
Then persistence is successfully enabled 0.936
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.689
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
41.374
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 7.614
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.053
When I try to enable persistence 1.284
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 8.643
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.191
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.025
When I log in to a new session 11.128
And all notifications have disappeared 7.948
# 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" 0.257
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.095
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.176
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.240
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.714
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.176
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
41.192
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 7.868
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.232
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.315
When I try to enable persistence 1.133
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.646
When I log in to a new session 9.907
And all notifications have disappeared 8.744
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.578
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.765
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.697
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000