Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6447 16 Jun 2026, 11:48

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 23:37.367 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:39.277
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 1:24.940
And I update the APT lists using apt 7.065
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.293
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.977
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.308
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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32.212
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 9.916
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 16.781
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.307
And persistence is disabled 0.119
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.087
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.051
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:53.721
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 9.767
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.359
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.088
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 20.477
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.049
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.278
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:12.381
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.261
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.056
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.651
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.024
Tags: @product
32.208
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 8.049
And the system is very low on memory 3.915
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.298
When I try to create a persistent partition 5.436
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.130
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.478
And I free up some memory 0.988
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 10.834
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.074
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.207
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:56.928
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 enabled and logged in 9.371
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.341
And all tps features are active 5.820
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.271
When I disable the first tps feature 2.845
Then all tps features but the first one are active 6.382
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.749
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:12.441
Then all tps features but the first one are active 5.704
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.972
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.021
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15.201
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.008
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 9.246
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.131
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.066
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.063
When I disable the first tps feature 3.035
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.051
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.049
When I enable the first tps feature 2.434
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.064
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.058
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.035
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
14.183
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 enabled and logged in 7.859
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.086
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.056
And I disable the first tps feature 3.138
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.985
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.057
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.085
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
50.563
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 enabled and logged in 7.795
And the network is plugged 0.018
And Tor is ready 13.288
And I take note of which tps features are available 5.432
When I write some files expected to persist 1.186
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.709
# 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" 13.133
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.255
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:54.217
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 7.962
And the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 10.359
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.148
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.198
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:11.983
And I capture all network traffic 0.026
And the network is plugged 0.019
And Tor is ready 12.870
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.365
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.138
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.129
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.701
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.081
Tags: @product
40.751
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 stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.719
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.076
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 14.007
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 15.948
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.054
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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3:0.060
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 9.729
When I enable persistence 18.960
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.000
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.628
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.473
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.351
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.547
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 26.375
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.167
When I cold reboot the computer 6.523
And the computer reboots Tails 38.166
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.267
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.220
Given I enable persistence 12.633
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.071
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.257
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.523
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.160
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.894
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.026
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2:34.665
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 enabled and logged in 9.104
# 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 32.676
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.174
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:20.384
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 22.325
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.229
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.025
Tags: @product
42.126
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 9.639
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 16.076
Then persistence is disabled 0.118
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.692
And all notifications have disappeared 8.400
When I delete the persistent partition 2.850
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.348
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.827
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:33.275
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 8.839
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.090
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.283
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:13.818
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.243
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.512
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.020
Tags: @product
57.877
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 9.084
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.052
When I try to enable persistence 1.222
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 10.891
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 12.911
And all notifications have disappeared 8.085
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.824
And all tps features are enabled 7.077
And all tps features but the first one are active 6.728
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.816
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:14.824
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 32.446
And I enable persistence 24.560
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.040
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.652
And persistence is enabled 6.124
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.004
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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27.357
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.507
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 19.286
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.563
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.896
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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35.394
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 9.077
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 8.173
When I enable persistence 11.845
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.061
And persistence is successfully enabled 6.235
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.857
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
27.554
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 7.812
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.562
When I try to enable persistence 1.276
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.034
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.196
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.381
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.062
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.135
Then persistence is successfully enabled 4.091
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.911
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
47.672
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 8.425
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.063
When I try to enable persistence 1.179
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 9.254
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.248
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.037
When I log in to a new session 12.765
And all notifications have disappeared 9.871
# 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 0.596
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.329
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.790
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.895
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.907
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
47.292
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 8.203
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.258
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.304
When I try to enable persistence 1.216
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.038
When I log in to a new session 13.197
And all notifications have disappeared 8.743
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.566
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.762
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.054
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000