Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6467 22 Jun 2026, 11:36

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 23:29.540 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:49.088
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.009
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:34.834
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.903
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.317
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.032
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.988
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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31.379
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.458
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 16.255
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.239
And persistence is disabled 0.089
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.335
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.125
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:46.856
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 8.794
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.395
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.125
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 20.481
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.064
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.187
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:9.532
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.218
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.056
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.015
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
Tags: @product
31.174
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.004
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 8.115
And the system is very low on memory 3.538
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.263
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.603
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.159
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.541
And I free up some memory 1.187
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 10.704
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.060
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.580
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:56.470
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.010
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.483
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.386
And all tps features are active 6.734
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.314
When I disable the first tps feature 2.616
Then all tps features but the first one are active 5.660
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.235
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:13.797
Then all tps features but the first one are active 6.241
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.850
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
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14.524
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.848
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.089
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.076
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.057
When I disable the first tps feature 3.108
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.059
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.055
When I enable the first tps feature 3.086
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.054
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.087
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.732
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
13.448
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.004
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.551
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.073
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.064
And I disable the first tps feature 2.634
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.083
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.040
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.814
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
51.129
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.217
And the network is plugged 0.050
And Tor is ready 13.116
And I take note of which tps features are available 4.912
When I write some files expected to persist 1.392
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.658
# 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" 13.780
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.160
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:54.753
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.228
And the network is plugged 0.025
And Tor is ready 11.399
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.181
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.657
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:12.397
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.023
And Tor is ready 13.086
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.495
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.093
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.161
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.164
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.036
Tags: @product
45.199
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.269
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.109
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 16.782
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 18.038
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.907
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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3:6.527
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.509
When I enable persistence 19.717
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.001
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.905
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.332
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.205
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.515
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 26.694
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.253
When I cold reboot the computer 8.929
And the computer reboots Tails 40.118
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.311
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.187
Given I enable persistence 13.559
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.094
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.284
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.739
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.166
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.317
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.014
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2:17.240
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.009
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.787
# 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 25.532
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.752
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:14.125
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 19.042
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.033
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
Tags: @product
39.794
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.786
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.307
Then persistence is disabled 0.105
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.585
And all notifications have disappeared 7.853
When I delete the persistent partition 2.788
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.367
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.936
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:31.311
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.004
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.786
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.052
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.936
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:15.283
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.252
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.919
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
53.215
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.784
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.056
When I try to enable persistence 1.205
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 11.597
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.384
And all notifications have disappeared 8.070
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.255
And all tps features are enabled 5.516
And all tps features but the first one are active 6.343
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.073
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:16.844
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
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 31.689
And I enable persistence 26.079
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.597
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.616
And persistence is enabled 6.861
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.105
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
29.690
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
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 7.774
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 21.328
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.587
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.586
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
37.016
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.528
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 8.451
When I enable persistence 12.782
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.057
And persistence is successfully enabled 7.195
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.743
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
29.128
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.194
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.770
When I try to enable persistence 1.257
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.140
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.204
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.381
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.076
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.172
Then persistence is successfully enabled 4.929
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.711
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
49.058
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.212
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.063
When I try to enable persistence 1.200
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 10.646
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.220
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.108
When I log in to a new session 12.993
And all notifications have disappeared 9.987
# 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" 0.274
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.669
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.349
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.600
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.733
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.824
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
45.687
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.004
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.499
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.811
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.365
When I try to enable persistence 1.189
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.761
When I log in to a new session 12.428
And all notifications have disappeared 8.233
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.612
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.786
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.157
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000