Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6445 15 Jun 2026, 11:52

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 22:13.596 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:34.510
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.018
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:20.832
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.501
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.270
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.905
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.806
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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30.216
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 9.236
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.526
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.306
And persistence is disabled 0.123
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.024
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.180
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:40.869
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 9.195
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.334
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.104
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 19.963
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.054
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.165
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.809
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.187
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.054
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.908
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.019
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29.285
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 7.842
And the system is very low on memory 3.376
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.149
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.699
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.107
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.459
And I free up some memory 0.889
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.704
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.056
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.014
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:43.780
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.021
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.759
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.396
And all tps features are active 5.489
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.003
When I disable the first tps feature 2.516
Then all tps features but the first one are active 5.420
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.225
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.073
Then all tps features but the first one are active 4.895
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.980
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.020
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13.491
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 7.992
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.071
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.050
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.063
When I disable the first tps feature 2.627
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.060
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.069
When I enable the first tps feature 2.455
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.051
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.048
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.752
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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13.280
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 7.507
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.090
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.050
And I disable the first tps feature 2.658
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.927
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.045
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.018
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
48.495
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.021
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.888
And the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 12.452
And I take note of which tps features are available 4.623
When I write some files expected to persist 1.219
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.985
# 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" 12.310
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.274
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:42.883
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 7.542
And the network is plugged 0.036
And Tor is ready 11.211
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.107
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.587
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.621
And I capture all network traffic 0.015
And the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 11.230
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.362
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.056
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.095
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.982
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.066
Tags: @product
41.892
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 without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.996
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.060
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 14.284
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 17.550
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.199
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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3:1.565
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.395
When I enable persistence 17.690
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.914
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.709
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.348
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.466
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.614
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 25.848
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.137
When I cold reboot the computer 9.087
And the computer reboots Tails 38.168
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.307
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.249
Given I enable persistence 12.172
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.073
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.251
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.968
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.159
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.754
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.021
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2:17.900
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 enabled and logged in 9.186
# 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 31.486
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.624
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:7.317
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 21.284
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.291
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.031
Tags: @product
40.429
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.027
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.892
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 16.120
Then persistence is disabled 0.101
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.563
And all notifications have disappeared 7.633
When I delete the persistent partition 2.782
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.335
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.838
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:24.608
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 8.457
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.072
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.741
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:10.093
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.243
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.759
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.017
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50.768
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.013
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.076
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.056
When I try to enable persistence 1.154
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 11.282
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.226
And all notifications have disappeared 8.230
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.419
And all tps features are enabled 4.995
And all tps features but the first one are active 5.326
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.233
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:14.703
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 32.488
And I enable persistence 24.740
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.329
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.560
And persistence is enabled 5.584
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.744
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
27.843
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.021
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 7.627
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 19.614
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.601
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.908
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
34.749
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 8.503
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 8.243
When I enable persistence 11.877
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.059
And persistence is successfully enabled 6.065
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.324
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
30.676
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 8.786
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.128
When I try to enable persistence 1.260
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 4.129
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.171
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.449
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.064
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.202
Then persistence is successfully enabled 4.482
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.576
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
46.440
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 7.896
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.061
When I try to enable persistence 1.241
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 9.605
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.176
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.036
When I log in to a new session 12.395
And all notifications have disappeared 8.888
# 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" 0.170
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.750
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.319
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.793
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.104
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.954
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
45.205
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.025
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.476
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.838
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.354
When I try to enable persistence 1.179
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.377
When I log in to a new session 11.216
And all notifications have disappeared 9.345
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.605
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.812
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.157
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000