Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6460 18 Jun 2026, 07:34

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 21:20.044 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:32.914
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 1:19.094
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.706
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.244
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.868
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.829
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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27.298
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 8.506
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.161
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.247
And persistence is disabled 0.124
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.258
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.912
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:36.429
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 8.677
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.342
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.099
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 16.828
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.042
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.654
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.538
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.182
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.063
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.876
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.020
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28.322
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 7.580
And the system is very low on memory 3.192
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.187
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.507
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.088
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.395
And I free up some memory 0.791
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.525
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.053
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.178
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:43.354
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 8.487
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.385
And all tps features are active 5.013
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.985
When I disable the first tps feature 2.593
Then all tps features but the first one are active 5.193
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.606
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.380
Then all tps features but the first one are active 4.709
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.857
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.017
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13.015
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 7.567
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.091
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.071
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.055
When I disable the first tps feature 2.547
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.047
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.063
When I enable the first tps feature 2.473
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.047
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.050
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.669
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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13.134
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 7.542
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.083
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.074
And I disable the first tps feature 2.541
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.821
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.070
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.611
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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44.316
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 7.364
And the network is plugged 0.019
And Tor is ready 10.308
And I take note of which tps features are available 4.004
When I write some files expected to persist 1.119
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.810
# 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" 11.689
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.488
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:42.514
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 7.561
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 8.324
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.113
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.591
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.249
And I capture all network traffic 0.020
And the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 11.072
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.406
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.061
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.078
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.913
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.085
Tags: @product
40.147
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 8.611
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.089
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 13.428
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 17.018
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.835
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:50.490
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 8.693
When I enable persistence 16.186
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.572
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.345
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.353
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.241
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.505
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 24.517
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.174
When I cold reboot the computer 8.922
And the computer reboots Tails 35.291
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.307
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.178
Given I enable persistence 10.748
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.072
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.277
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.960
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.139
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.893
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.017
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2:12.443
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 8.594
# 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 29.554
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.631
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:2.964
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 21.697
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.068
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.024
Tags: @product
38.233
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 8.533
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.261
Then persistence is disabled 0.108
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.624
And all notifications have disappeared 7.681
When I delete the persistent partition 2.680
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.344
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.946
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:24.329
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 8.253
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.082
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.757
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.016
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.220
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.927
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.017
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50.343
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 8.506
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.055
When I try to enable persistence 1.127
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 11.403
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.791
And all notifications have disappeared 7.590
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.253
And all tps features are enabled 4.684
And all tps features but the first one are active 4.930
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.976
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:10.131
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 31.459
And I enable persistence 23.158
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.912
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.562
And persistence is enabled 5.038
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.692
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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26.441
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 7.337
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 18.587
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.517
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.767
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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33.463
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 8.607
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.336
When I enable persistence 10.328
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.042
And persistence is successfully enabled 5.147
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.741
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
27.267
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 8.372
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.754
When I try to enable persistence 1.283
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.216
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.188
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.481
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.058
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.218
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.694
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.958
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
43.470
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 7.798
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.062
When I try to enable persistence 1.168
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 8.501
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.195
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.029
When I log in to a new session 11.387
And all notifications have disappeared 9.404
# 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" 0.141
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.475
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.194
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.423
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.686
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.886
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
41.980
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 7.613
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.605
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.331
When I try to enable persistence 1.237
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.879
When I log in to a new session 10.581
And all notifications have disappeared 7.624
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.357
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.749
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.809
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000