Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6446 15 Jun 2026, 14:42

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 24:9.109 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:39.631
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.031
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:24.764
And I update the APT lists using apt 7.256
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.313
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.296
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.749
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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32.710
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.050
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.538
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 17.501
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.279
And persistence is disabled 0.097
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.293
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.375
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:52.404
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.041
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 9.534
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.307
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.089
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 19.764
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 8.668
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:13.727
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.210
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.049
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.959
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.033
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32.444
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 logged in 8.666
And the system is very low on memory 3.827
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.210
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.794
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.132
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.366
And I free up some memory 0.913
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 11.467
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.064
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.148
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:59.831
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 enabled and logged in 9.838
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.324
And all tps features are active 6.475
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.611
When I disable the first tps feature 3.125
Then all tps features but the first one are active 5.884
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.300
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:15.579
Then all tps features but the first one are active 5.690
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.072
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.029
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14.280
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 8.080
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.073
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.075
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.070
When I disable the first tps feature 2.647
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.073
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.092
When I enable the first tps feature 3.027
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.084
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.054
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.939
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
13.866
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.026
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.070
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.093
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.066
And I disable the first tps feature 2.632
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.956
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.046
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.924
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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53.906
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 9.193
And the network is plugged 0.024
And Tor is ready 13.716
And I take note of which tps features are available 5.892
When I write some files expected to persist 1.387
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.372
# 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" 13.318
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.389
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:58.013
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 8.501
And the network is plugged 0.023
And Tor is ready 10.301
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.133
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.007
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:15.777
And I capture all network traffic 0.036
And the network is plugged 0.024
And Tor is ready 12.652
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.374
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.087
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.093
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.958
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.067
Tags: @product
43.719
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.022
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.982
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.086
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 15.122
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 17.528
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.273
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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3:9.285
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 10.008
When I enable persistence 20.124
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.995
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.802
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.434
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.553
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.574
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 27.532
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.133
When I cold reboot the computer 9.447
And the computer reboots Tails 39.729
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.303
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.283
Given I enable persistence 12.449
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.136
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.298
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.288
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.189
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.631
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.022
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2:23.037
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 enabled and logged in 9.261
# 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 27.323
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.662
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:18.443
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 19.345
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.236
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.020
Tags: @product
41.426
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.006
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.788
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.511
Then persistence is disabled 0.138
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.232
And all notifications have disappeared 8.392
When I delete the persistent partition 2.959
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.403
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.152
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:34.378
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.037
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.784
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.092
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.456
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:17.763
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.281
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.988
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.052
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57.578
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.020
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.590
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.066
When I try to enable persistence 1.251
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 12.683
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.684
And all notifications have disappeared 7.941
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.267
And all tps features are enabled 6.546
And all tps features but the first one are active 6.546
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.003
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:22.437
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 34.633
And I enable persistence 28.430
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 12.780
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.588
And persistence is enabled 6.003
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.866
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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27.571
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 7.398
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 19.619
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.552
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.101
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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40.464
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.019
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.933
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 10.049
When I enable persistence 12.946
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.049
And persistence is successfully enabled 7.485
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.167
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
31.995
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.052
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.628
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.039
When I try to enable persistence 1.347
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 4.713
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.207
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.604
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.066
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.149
Then persistence is successfully enabled 4.237
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.032
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
50.242
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.022
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.871
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.060
When I try to enable persistence 1.160
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 9.672
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.178
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.041
When I log in to a new session 14.936
And all notifications have disappeared 9.709
# 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" 0.197
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.527
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.212
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.745
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.928
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.255
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
49.884
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.023
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.127
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.588
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.369
When I try to enable persistence 1.202
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.851
When I log in to a new session 12.436
And all notifications have disappeared 9.592
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.983
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.734
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.993
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000