Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6444 14 Jun 2026, 11:32

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 21:0.537 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:32.167
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.016
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:19.106
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.049
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.227
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.784
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.535
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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27.240
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.016
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.599
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.026
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.204
And persistence is disabled 0.091
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.317
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.175
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:34.813
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.016
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 8.789
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.313
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.087
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.472
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.048
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.687
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.206
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.160
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.047
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.993
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.020
Tags: @product
27.746
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.015
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 7.597
And the system is very low on memory 3.258
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.130
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.550
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.089
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.348
And I free up some memory 0.791
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.931
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.048
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.079
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:41.795
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.017
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.579
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.284
And all tps features are active 4.919
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.991
When I disable the first tps feature 2.485
Then all tps features but the first one are active 5.127
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.986
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.461
Then all tps features but the first one are active 4.958
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.893
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.019
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13.017
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.014
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.729
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.068
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.062
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.057
When I disable the first tps feature 2.458
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.045
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.037
When I enable the first tps feature 2.466
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.047
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.698
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
13.043
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.042
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.508
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.070
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.046
And I disable the first tps feature 2.538
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.823
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.055
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.693
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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44.727
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.018
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.527
And the network is plugged 0.013
And Tor is ready 10.071
And I take note of which tps features are available 3.962
When I write some files expected to persist 1.006
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.181
# 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" 11.964
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.562
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:38.934
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.039
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.708
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 9.769
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 5.635
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.178
And I capture all network traffic 0.019
And the network is plugged 0.022
And Tor is ready 10.941
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.368
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.059
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.071
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.971
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.090
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37.672
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.017
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.880
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.091
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 12.879
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 14.820
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.558
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:48.720
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.017
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.830
When I enable persistence 16.524
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.593
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.141
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.282
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.271
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.491
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 24.658
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.138
When I cold reboot the computer 6.615
And the computer reboots Tails 35.900
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.304
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.170
Given I enable persistence 10.153
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.074
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.196
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.177
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.195
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.622
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.037
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2:8.122
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.015
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.445
# 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 26.985
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.656
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:4.560
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 22.473
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.985
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.020
Tags: @product
38.700
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.015
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.619
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.274
Then persistence is disabled 0.105
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.766
And all notifications have disappeared 7.880
When I delete the persistent partition 2.680
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.373
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.060
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:22.732
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.017
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.288
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.050
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.719
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.471
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.202
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.983
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.020
Tags: @product
51.117
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.015
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.597
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.056
When I try to enable persistence 1.165
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 12.053
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.453
And all notifications have disappeared 7.793
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.257
And all tps features are enabled 5.080
And all tps features but the first one are active 4.659
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.625
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:11.011
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.016
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 32.365
And I enable persistence 23.630
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.234
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.543
And persistence is enabled 5.236
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.932
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
26.297
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.017
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 7.229
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 18.551
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.516
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.908
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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32.441
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.017
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.322
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 8.829
When I enable persistence 9.904
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.040
And persistence is successfully enabled 5.344
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.003
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
26.358
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.028
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.065
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.671
When I try to enable persistence 1.241
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.927
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.193
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.313
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.079
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.162
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.704
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.058
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
41.981
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.017
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.546
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.051
When I try to enable persistence 1.151
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 8.908
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.169
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.034
When I log in to a new session 10.500
And all notifications have disappeared 8.599
# 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" 0.267
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.434
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.168
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.343
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.804
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.794
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
41.896
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.017
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.881
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.859
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.336
When I try to enable persistence 1.184
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.615
When I log in to a new session 10.714
And all notifications have disappeared 8.212
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.370
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.719
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.944
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000