Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6461 18 Jun 2026, 07:55

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 22:17.436 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:34.752
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.016
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:20.683
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.775
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.294
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.999
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.593
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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31.636
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 8.912
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 17.169
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.228
And persistence is disabled 0.087
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.238
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.804
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:47.510
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 9.528
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.285
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.103
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 19.881
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.053
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.625
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.786
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.185
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.061
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.864
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.021
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29.393
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 logged in 7.539
And the system is very low on memory 3.752
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.249
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.749
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.131
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.535
And I free up some memory 0.846
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.532
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.057
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.065
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:47.648
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 8.769
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.316
And all tps features are active 5.141
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.100
When I disable the first tps feature 2.563
Then all tps features but the first one are active 5.506
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.905
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.866
Then all tps features but the first one are active 5.478
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.597
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.021
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13.202
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 7.507
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.055
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.073
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.050
When I disable the first tps feature 2.582
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.069
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.038
When I enable the first tps feature 2.677
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.093
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.054
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.065
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
13.210
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 7.640
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.082
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.072
And I disable the first tps feature 2.497
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.876
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.040
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.069
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
46.849
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 8.004
And the network is plugged 0.019
And Tor is ready 12.838
And I take note of which tps features are available 4.683
When I write some files expected to persist 1.276
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.473
# 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" 12.552
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.483
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:46.173
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 7.462
And the network is plugged 0.030
And Tor is ready 10.512
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.185
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.155
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:8.764
And I capture all network traffic 0.054
And the network is plugged 0.041
And Tor is ready 11.399
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.409
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.075
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.080
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.624
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.084
Tags: @product
40.970
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 stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.887
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 2.061
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 12.548
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 17.473
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.776
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:57.041
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 9.128
When I enable persistence 18.366
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.641
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.603
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.287
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.222
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.572
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 26.345
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.154
When I cold reboot the computer 6.390
And the computer reboots Tails 37.646
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.296
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.187
Given I enable persistence 11.411
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.091
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.283
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.251
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.162
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.817
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.022
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2:18.217
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 8.491
# 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 29.325
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.318
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:8.939
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 23.141
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.855
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.022
Tags: @product
38.742
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.045
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.055
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.960
Then persistence is disabled 0.109
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.124
And all notifications have disappeared 7.901
When I delete the persistent partition 3.261
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.330
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.981
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:25.610
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 enabled and logged in 7.672
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.066
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.970
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:8.652
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.247
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.644
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.031
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51.780
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 8.246
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.054
When I try to enable persistence 1.155
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 10.229
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.144
And all notifications have disappeared 7.659
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.309
And all tps features are enabled 6.105
And all tps features but the first one are active 5.874
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.035
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:14.537
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 32.319
And I enable persistence 24.005
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.383
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.549
And persistence is enabled 6.280
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.836
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
26.848
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.185
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 19.085
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.577
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.903
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
36.548
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 8.940
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.704
When I enable persistence 11.963
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.043
And persistence is successfully enabled 5.894
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.686
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
27.740
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 7.621
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.042
When I try to enable persistence 1.282
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.664
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.186
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.393
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.054
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.151
Then persistence is successfully enabled 4.344
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.353
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
46.438
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 8.127
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.058
When I try to enable persistence 1.195
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 8.770
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.176
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.058
When I log in to a new session 12.528
And all notifications have disappeared 10.517
# 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 0.441
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.202
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.449
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.717
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.075
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
42.580
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 7.727
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.272
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.351
When I try to enable persistence 1.215
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.656
When I log in to a new session 10.991
And all notifications have disappeared 8.900
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.700
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.764
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.691
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000