Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6465 20 Jun 2026, 11:44

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 22:27.073 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:35.672
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.029
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:21.332
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.945
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.334
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.060
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.626
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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29.879
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 8.882
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.643
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.282
And persistence is disabled 0.131
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.939
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.872
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:49.326
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 logged in 8.971
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.333
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.142
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 18.592
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.057
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.560
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:10.291
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.323
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.054
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.630
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.033
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30.404
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 7.881
And the system is very low on memory 4.346
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.219
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.854
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 2.401
And I free up some memory 0.887
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.633
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.040
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.923
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:49.649
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 8.912
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.349
And all tps features are active 5.799
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.826
When I disable the first tps feature 2.510
Then all tps features but the first one are active 5.535
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.589
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.436
Then all tps features but the first one are active 5.688
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.625
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.018
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13.222
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 7.887
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.060
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.057
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.052
When I disable the first tps feature 2.542
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.051
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.036
When I enable the first tps feature 2.440
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.052
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.041
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.320
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
13.548
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 7.956
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.071
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.068
And I disable the first tps feature 2.515
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 0.719
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
44.598
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 7.678
And the network is plugged 0.035
And Tor is ready 13.228
And I take note of which tps features are available 4.372
When I write some files expected to persist 1.328
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.964
# 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" 11.990
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.207
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:47.576
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 7.859
And the network is plugged 0.020
And Tor is ready 9.844
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.214
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.501
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:9.891
And I capture all network traffic 0.015
And the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 11.707
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.371
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.049
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.086
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.942
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.069
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43.411
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 stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.000
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.143
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 16.055
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 17.212
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.105
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:58.168
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 9.030
When I enable persistence 16.902
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.869
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.725
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.318
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.248
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.503
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 25.866
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.228
When I cold reboot the computer 9.287
And the computer reboots Tails 37.877
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.278
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.194
Given I enable persistence 11.461
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.154
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.240
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.818
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.160
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.681
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.017
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2:21.774
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 8.433
# 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 29.608
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.032
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:10.964
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 22.734
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.941
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.018
Tags: @product
39.173
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.706
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.119
Then persistence is disabled 0.097
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.139
And all notifications have disappeared 8.090
When I delete the persistent partition 2.694
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.326
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.558
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:26.173
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 7.951
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.044
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 1:7.712
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.367
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.669
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.018
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50.930
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 8.575
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.077
When I try to enable persistence 1.234
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 9.892
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.742
And all notifications have disappeared 7.572
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.963
And all tps features are enabled 5.460
And all tps features but the first one are active 5.411
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.821
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:13.657
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 32.874
And I enable persistence 24.181
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.062
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.731
And persistence is enabled 5.806
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.700
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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27.250
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 7.421
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 19.288
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.540
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.983
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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34.067
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 8.614
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 7.909
When I enable persistence 11.203
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.040
And persistence is successfully enabled 6.299
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.721
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
30.007
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 7.847
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.923
When I try to enable persistence 1.174
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.727
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.179
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.433
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.051
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.141
Then persistence is successfully enabled 4.528
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.845
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
44.414
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 8.279
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.075
When I try to enable persistence 1.189
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 8.330
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.156
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.063
When I log in to a new session 12.242
And all notifications have disappeared 8.861
# 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" 0.221
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.478
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.215
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.464
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.836
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.105
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
44.162
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.026
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.191
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.986
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.359
When I try to enable persistence 1.254
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.429
When I log in to a new session 10.608
And all notifications have disappeared 9.121
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.503
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.708
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.595
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000