Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6448 16 Jun 2026, 13:19

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 24:3.536 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:41.658
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.017
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:26.442
And I update the APT lists using apt 7.839
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.364
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.011
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.914
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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31.477
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 9.844
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.884
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.386
And persistence is disabled 0.168
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.193
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.882
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:54.968
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 9.874
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.361
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.106
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 21.037
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.063
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.560
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:13.695
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.207
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.061
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.845
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.024
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30.523
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 8.788
And the system is very low on memory 3.642
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.179
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.585
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.339
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.655
And I free up some memory 0.981
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.296
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.053
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.802
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:0.766
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 9.106
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.289
And all tps features are active 7.335
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.099
When I disable the first tps feature 2.649
Then all tps features but the first one are active 6.307
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.471
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:17.407
Then all tps features but the first one are active 5.100
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.650
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.051
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14.542
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.072
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.393
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.065
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.096
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.105
When I disable the first tps feature 3.069
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.071
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.049
When I enable the first tps feature 2.591
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.043
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.056
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.763
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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14.329
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 7.830
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.072
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.059
And I disable the first tps feature 3.271
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.047
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.047
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.009
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
51.943
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 8.156
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 12.980
And I take note of which tps features are available 4.857
When I write some files expected to persist 2.157
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.647
# 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" 13.124
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.366
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:53.734
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 8.285
And the network is plugged 0.031
And Tor is ready 10.050
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.135
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.352
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:11.209
And I capture all network traffic 0.018
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 13.106
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.364
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.056
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.105
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.644
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.063
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42.861
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 without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.457
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.096
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 15.143
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 17.164
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.988
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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3:10.612
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 9.762
When I enable persistence 19.314
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.885
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.829
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.422
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.268
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.611
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 27.446
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.181
When I cold reboot the computer 6.741
And the computer reboots Tails 41.700
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.302
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.194
Given I enable persistence 15.135
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.077
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.333
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 12.261
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.144
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.821
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.017
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2:20.430
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 9.057
# 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 26.481
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.973
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:15.696
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 20.222
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.307
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.014
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40.990
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 8.166
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 16.011
Then persistence is disabled 0.101
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.757
And all notifications have disappeared 8.205
When I delete the persistent partition 3.344
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.405
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.808
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:31.524
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 7.802
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.101
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.791
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:15.528
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.300
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.835
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.032
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53.293
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 8.588
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.056
When I try to enable persistence 1.148
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 12.063
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.001
And all notifications have disappeared 8.036
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.281
And all tps features are enabled 5.795
And all tps features but the first one are active 5.322
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.002
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:25.457
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 36.112
And I enable persistence 29.397
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.587
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.781
And persistence is enabled 7.579
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.146
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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32.217
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.068
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 8.182
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 23.393
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.640
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.138
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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36.759
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 9.360
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 8.733
When I enable persistence 12.469
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.063
And persistence is successfully enabled 6.132
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.576
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
30.865
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 8.718
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.207
When I try to enable persistence 1.328
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 4.270
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.184
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 1.065
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.104
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.196
Then persistence is successfully enabled 4.788
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.994
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
53.093
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.329
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.067
When I try to enable persistence 1.168
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 12.688
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.177
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.033
When I log in to a new session 14.421
And all notifications have disappeared 9.390
# 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" 0.364
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.656
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.448
Then the Tor Browser starts 2.397
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.950
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 2.081
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
51.485
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 9.146
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.925
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.573
When I try to enable persistence 1.217
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.552
When I log in to a new session 13.518
And all notifications have disappeared 9.394
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.995
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.161
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.138
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000