Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6451 16 Jun 2026, 19:31

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 22:5.593 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:35.547
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.013
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:21.809
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.360
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.248
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.130
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.720
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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29.741
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 9.353
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.263
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.269
And persistence is disabled 0.096
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.758
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.011
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:43.477
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 9.022
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.353
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.103
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 18.368
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.048
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.660
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.689
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.186
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.858
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.016
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28.915
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.010
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 7.521
And the system is very low on memory 3.739
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.202
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.942
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.090
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.433
And I free up some memory 0.819
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.068
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.098
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.963
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:48.754
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.012
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.731
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.309
And all tps features are active 5.006
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.155
When I disable the first tps feature 2.583
Then all tps features but the first one are active 5.729
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.709
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:9.473
Then all tps features but the first one are active 5.053
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.006
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.033
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13.009
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.011
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.482
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.066
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.077
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.112
When I disable the first tps feature 2.569
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.067
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.039
When I enable the first tps feature 2.459
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.061
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.073
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.760
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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13.332
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.012
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.741
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.070
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.070
And I disable the first tps feature 2.513
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.876
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.059
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.898
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
48.380
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.011
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.922
And the network is plugged 0.025
And Tor is ready 12.400
And I take note of which tps features are available 4.787
When I write some files expected to persist 1.322
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.565
# 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" 12.356
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.444
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:46.453
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.035
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.473
And the network is plugged 0.019
And Tor is ready 10.271
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.123
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.901
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.364
And I capture all network traffic 0.042
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 11.641
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.451
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.057
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.089
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.916
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.066
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39.796
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 stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.740
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.119
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 14.491
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 15.444
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.089
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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3:1.112
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.012
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.974
When I enable persistence 18.372
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.744
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.504
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.365
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.262
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.569
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 25.647
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.168
When I cold reboot the computer 9.205
And the computer reboots Tails 38.962
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.241
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.175
Given I enable persistence 12.178
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.095
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.296
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.105
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.241
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.879
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.029
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2:14.843
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 8.589
# 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 28.080
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.677
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:8.374
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 21.120
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.330
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.015
Tags: @product
38.065
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.010
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.756
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.062
Then persistence is disabled 0.119
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.836
And all notifications have disappeared 8.172
When I delete the persistent partition 2.754
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.363
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.635
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:27.624
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.011
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.856
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.085
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.024
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:9.347
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.310
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.721
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.016
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49.454
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 8.009
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.052
When I try to enable persistence 1.157
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 9.288
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.335
And all notifications have disappeared 7.616
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.323
And all tps features are enabled 5.476
And all tps features but the first one are active 5.194
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.820
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:12.912
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 29.872
And I enable persistence 25.451
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.386
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.623
And persistence is enabled 6.579
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.059
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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27.085
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.012
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 7.476
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 19.070
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.538
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.667
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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32.724
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 7.537
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 8.229
When I enable persistence 10.525
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.078
And persistence is successfully enabled 6.353
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.723
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
27.273
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.012
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.515
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.370
When I try to enable persistence 1.328
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.445
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.147
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.454
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.052
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.168
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.789
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.952
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
42.969
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 7.653
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.061
When I try to enable persistence 1.196
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 8.767
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.261
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.031
When I log in to a new session 12.135
And all notifications have disappeared 8.008
# 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" 0.271
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.131
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.302
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.405
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.743
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.790
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
44.116
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.012
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.105
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.573
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.375
When I try to enable persistence 1.170
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.047
When I log in to a new session 11.671
And all notifications have disappeared 8.532
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.885
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.755
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.731
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000