Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6466 21 Jun 2026, 11:39

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 21:11.654 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:32.044
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 1:18.743
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.282
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.223
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.795
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.647
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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28.387
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 8.526
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.507
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.241
And persistence is disabled 0.088
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.023
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.090
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:37.633
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 8.745
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.343
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.095
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.942
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.063
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.027
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.176
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.186
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.052
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.564
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.020
Tags: @product
28.547
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 7.957
And the system is very low on memory 3.348
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.165
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.537
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.143
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.372
And I free up some memory 0.862
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.086
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.072
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.679
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:42.186
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 8.415
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.306
And all tps features are active 5.298
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.121
When I disable the first tps feature 2.457
Then all tps features but the first one are active 4.934
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.824
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.020
Then all tps features but the first one are active 4.808
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.576
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.021
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13.311
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 7.597
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.084
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.084
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.113
When I disable the first tps feature 2.616
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.073
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.045
When I enable the first tps feature 2.574
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.077
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.042
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.907
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
12.966
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 7.490
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.061
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.061
And I disable the first tps feature 2.491
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.821
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.039
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.042
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
44.149
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 7.484
And the network is plugged 0.014
And Tor is ready 9.842
And I take note of which tps features are available 4.123
When I write some files expected to persist 1.182
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.512
# 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 0.141
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:42.320
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 7.376
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 9.492
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.115
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.867
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.593
And I capture all network traffic 0.023
And the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 12.299
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.359
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.064
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.093
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.993
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.067
Tags: @product
40.731
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 without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.636
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.085
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 13.657
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 17.351
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.054
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:53.942
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 8.648
When I enable persistence 17.488
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.863
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.207
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.334
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.202
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.465
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 24.184
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.171
When I cold reboot the computer 10.552
And the computer reboots Tails 36.301
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.275
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.184
Given I enable persistence 10.800
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.069
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.222
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.837
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.133
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.839
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.020
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2:12.461
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 8.321
# 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 28.887
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.348
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:4.849
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 22.054
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.215
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.021
Tags: @product
36.191
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 7.722
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.435
Then persistence is disabled 0.099
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.362
And all notifications have disappeared 7.642
When I delete the persistent partition 2.636
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.291
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.581
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:18.609
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 with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.402
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.046
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.600
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.352
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.208
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.677
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.020
Tags: @product
48.339
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 7.781
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.048
When I try to enable persistence 1.168
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 9.676
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.623
And all notifications have disappeared 7.819
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.269
And all tps features are enabled 4.689
And all tps features but the first one are active 5.260
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.943
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:11.001
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.032
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 30.366
And I enable persistence 23.923
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.650
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.669
And persistence is enabled 5.392
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.896
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
26.257
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 7.317
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 18.395
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.543
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.000
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
30.778
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 7.781
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 7.473
When I enable persistence 10.341
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.074
And persistence is successfully enabled 5.106
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.987
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
26.493
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 7.599
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.956
When I try to enable persistence 1.256
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.962
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.163
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.449
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.056
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.138
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.910
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.700
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
42.129
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.665
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.056
When I try to enable persistence 1.226
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 8.569
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.247
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.032
When I log in to a new session 10.832
And all notifications have disappeared 8.727
# 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" 0.247
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.087
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.203
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.483
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.748
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.674
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
43.171
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 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.667
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.805
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.406
When I try to enable persistence 1.200
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.914
When I log in to a new session 10.157
And all notifications have disappeared 8.672
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.620
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.727
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.621
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000