Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6449 16 Jun 2026, 14:09

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 24:23.351 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:38.379
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.022
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:24.415
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.441
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.326
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.195
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.143
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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31.634
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.038
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.526
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 16.602
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.241
And persistence is disabled 0.091
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.171
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.864
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:54.448
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 10.809
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.376
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.110
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 20.048
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.057
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.335
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:12.463
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.188
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.057
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.888
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.024
Tags: @product
31.161
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 logged in 8.314
And the system is very low on memory 3.662
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.173
When I try to create a persistent partition 5.019
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.120
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.376
And I free up some memory 0.825
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 10.611
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.057
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.728
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
2:0.645
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 9.390
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.353
And all tps features are active 6.641
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.438
When I disable the first tps feature 3.083
Then all tps features but the first one are active 5.735
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.687
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:15.185
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.128
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.727
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.030
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14.906
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.024
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.781
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.090
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.072
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.083
When I disable the first tps feature 3.058
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.055
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.048
When I enable the first tps feature 2.591
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.073
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.051
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.892
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
13.948
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.046
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.242
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.071
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.065
And I disable the first tps feature 2.597
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.921
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.049
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.882
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
51.894
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 8.047
And the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 13.682
And I take note of which tps features are available 4.911
When I write some files expected to persist 1.232
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.255
# 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" 13.750
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.404
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:54.947
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 8.119
And the network is plugged 0.018
And Tor is ready 11.512
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.151
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.339
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:14.537
And I capture all network traffic 0.030
And the network is plugged 0.021
And Tor is ready 12.630
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.419
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.081
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.085
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.102
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.062
Tags: @product
45.745
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.114
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.867
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.095
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 14.998
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 19.783
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.658
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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3:4.465
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.024
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.742
When I enable persistence 17.312
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.092
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.959
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.357
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.315
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.513
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 27.433
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.227
When I cold reboot the computer 6.884
And the computer reboots Tails 41.867
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.278
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.187
Given I enable persistence 12.316
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.103
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.351
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.299
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.222
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.130
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.032
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2:41.531
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 10.139
# 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 28.711
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.574
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:22.596
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 29.509
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.505
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.040
Tags: @product
43.259
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 9.624
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 16.635
Then persistence is disabled 0.104
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.493
And all notifications have disappeared 8.554
When I delete the persistent partition 3.350
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.496
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.161
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:34.975
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 8.800
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.053
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.486
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:15.213
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.420
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.848
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.025
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59.462
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 9.546
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.043
When I try to enable persistence 1.163
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 15.466
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 12.254
And all notifications have disappeared 8.270
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.333
And all tps features are enabled 5.370
And all tps features but the first one are active 6.014
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.238
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:26.750
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 35.555
And I enable persistence 30.669
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 12.854
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.732
And persistence is enabled 6.937
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.765
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
27.846
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 7.381
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 19.868
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.597
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.005
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
40.348
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 11.326
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 10.709
When I enable persistence 11.545
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.052
And persistence is successfully enabled 6.715
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.084
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
30.924
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 9.436
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.817
When I try to enable persistence 1.232
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 4.033
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.185
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.757
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.045
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.177
Then persistence is successfully enabled 4.238
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.407
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
47.817
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 8.460
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.092
When I try to enable persistence 1.287
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 10.408
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.145
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.026
When I log in to a new session 12.608
And all notifications have disappeared 9.622
# 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" 0.149
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.445
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.226
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.453
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.888
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.382
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
48.259
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 9.292
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.146
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.533
When I try to enable persistence 1.186
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.729
When I log in to a new session 11.272
And all notifications have disappeared 9.516
Then the Tor Browser starts 2.560
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.020
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.084
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000