Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6452 17 Jun 2026, 07:48

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 23:22.402 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:39.081
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.019
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:23.926
And I update the APT lists using apt 7.819
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.322
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.012
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.729
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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31.136
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 8.935
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 16.136
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.322
And persistence is disabled 0.111
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.630
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.795
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:47.179
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 logged in 9.673
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.365
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.101
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 19.515
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.050
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.068
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:11.130
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.211
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.060
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.560
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.068
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30.441
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 7.908
And the system is very low on memory 4.214
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.196
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.922
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.139
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.413
And I free up some memory 0.928
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.601
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.114
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.928
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:55.321
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 enabled and logged in 9.453
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.307
And all tps features are active 5.854
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.417
When I disable the first tps feature 3.067
Then all tps features but the first one are active 6.310
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.092
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:12.484
Then all tps features but the first one are active 5.332
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.995
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.029
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15.175
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 9.129
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.104
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.104
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.060
When I disable the first tps feature 3.081
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.064
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.043
When I enable the first tps feature 2.452
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.061
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.072
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.619
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
14.627
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.053
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.326
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.073
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.075
And I disable the first tps feature 3.147
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.913
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.090
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.632
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
49.150
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 7.771
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 13.033
And I take note of which tps features are available 3.941
When I write some files expected to persist 1.367
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.399
# 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" 12.621
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.141
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:54.576
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 8.458
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 10.103
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.160
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.396
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:13.238
And I capture all network traffic 0.124
And the network is plugged 0.021
And Tor is ready 12.536
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.366
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.066
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.084
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.732
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.087
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42.353
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 9.372
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.082
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 13.995
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 17.902
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.167
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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3:4.804
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 10.164
When I enable persistence 19.704
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.732
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.623
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.412
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.410
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.587
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 27.031
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.152
When I cold reboot the computer 6.468
And the computer reboots Tails 39.750
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.253
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.162
Given I enable persistence 12.765
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.079
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.236
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.115
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.154
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.230
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.034
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2:24.133
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 8.969
# 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 31.950
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.596
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:14.189
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 18.427
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.148
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.024
Tags: @product
42.975
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.270
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 17.723
Then persistence is disabled 0.097
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.990
And all notifications have disappeared 8.724
When I delete the persistent partition 2.821
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.347
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.872
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:29.877
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 enabled and logged in 8.113
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.062
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.183
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:11.153
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.364
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.929
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.028
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54.351
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 8.659
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.049
When I try to enable persistence 1.163
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 12.606
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.085
And all notifications have disappeared 8.076
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.360
And all tps features are enabled 5.662
And all tps features but the first one are active 5.685
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.247
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:17.152
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 33.433
And I enable persistence 25.917
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.680
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.588
And persistence is enabled 5.533
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.993
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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29.398
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.057
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 8.231
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 20.606
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.560
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.884
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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36.014
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 9.288
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 8.864
When I enable persistence 11.312
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.053
And persistence is successfully enabled 6.496
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.983
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
30.125
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 8.845
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.698
When I try to enable persistence 1.262
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.814
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.213
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.710
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.053
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.161
Then persistence is successfully enabled 4.365
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.731
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
46.520
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.043
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.721
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.053
When I try to enable persistence 1.183
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 9.005
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.263
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.040
When I log in to a new session 12.648
And all notifications have disappeared 9.306
# 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" 0.194
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.120
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.213
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.799
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.970
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.124
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
48.006
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 8.685
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.432
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.360
When I try to enable persistence 1.173
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.844
When I log in to a new session 11.476
And all notifications have disappeared 9.792
Then the Tor Browser starts 2.373
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.866
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.819
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000