Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6462 18 Jun 2026, 11:48

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 22:43.105 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:36.652
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.024
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:22.153
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.901
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.426
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.170
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.645
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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30.895
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 9.192
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.644
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.308
And persistence is disabled 0.101
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.648
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.151
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:50.073
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.023
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 9.397
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.269
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.103
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 20.307
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 8.894
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:10.825
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.177
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.049
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.706
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.025
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30.648
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 8.032
And the system is very low on memory 3.576
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.192
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.714
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.134
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.386
And I free up some memory 0.818
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 10.752
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.040
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.952
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:50.683
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 9.468
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.405
And all tps features are active 5.391
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.333
When I disable the first tps feature 3.044
Then all tps features but the first one are active 5.768
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.116
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:11.781
Then all tps features but the first one are active 5.373
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.673
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.044
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14.120
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 8.047
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.068
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.070
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.084
When I disable the first tps feature 3.132
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.050
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.057
When I enable the first tps feature 2.467
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.072
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.068
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.734
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
14.265
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 7.750
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.090
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.060
And I disable the first tps feature 3.307
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.008
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.048
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.972
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
49.338
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.029
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.807
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 12.790
And I take note of which tps features are available 4.584
When I write some files expected to persist 1.154
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.053
# 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" 12.930
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.421
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:50.146
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 7.910
And the network is plugged 0.051
And Tor is ready 10.076
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 10.200
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:9.657
And I capture all network traffic 0.024
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 11.583
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.374
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.056
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.070
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.767
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.061
Tags: @product
42.827
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 9.114
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.081
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 15.121
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 17.510
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.012
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:57.261
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 8.716
When I enable persistence 17.268
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.832
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.460
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.343
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.215
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.522
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 25.119
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.138
When I cold reboot the computer 9.699
And the computer reboots Tails 37.530
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.291
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.213
Given I enable persistence 10.973
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.125
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.228
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.456
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.125
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.586
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.055
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2:20.127
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 enabled and logged in 8.768
# 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 28.470
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.414
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:12.016
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 22.458
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.261
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.028
Tags: @product
39.149
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 8.154
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.595
Then persistence is disabled 0.097
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 3.988
And all notifications have disappeared 8.151
When I delete the persistent partition 2.787
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.374
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.595
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:29.694
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 8.313
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.063
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.096
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:11.009
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.210
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.625
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.023
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51.882
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 8.865
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.061
When I try to enable persistence 1.240
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 10.658
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.674
And all notifications have disappeared 7.764
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.367
And all tps features are enabled 5.424
And all tps features but the first one are active 5.824
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.924
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:15.128
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 32.791
And I enable persistence 24.473
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.354
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.583
And persistence is enabled 5.925
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.693
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
26.341
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.306
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 18.504
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.530
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.863
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
34.098
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 8.371
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 8.041
When I enable persistence 11.214
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.057
And persistence is successfully enabled 6.412
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.660
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
28.476
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 8.089
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.602
When I try to enable persistence 1.266
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.686
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.165
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.371
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.043
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.154
Then persistence is successfully enabled 4.096
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.739
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
45.232
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 8.625
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.049
When I try to enable persistence 1.124
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 9.144
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.186
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.060
When I log in to a new session 12.128
And all notifications have disappeared 8.888
# 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" 0.309
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.119
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.209
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.580
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.807
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.218
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
46.061
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 8.359
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.274
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.357
When I try to enable persistence 1.220
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.166
When I log in to a new session 11.265
And all notifications have disappeared 8.793
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.948
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.676
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.740
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000