Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6468 22 Jun 2026, 11:46

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 21:47.207 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:1.308
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:47.761
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.301
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.265
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.980
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.931
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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27.635
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 8.516
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.857
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.206
And persistence is disabled 0.088
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.965
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.560
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:37.649
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 8.303
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.340
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.127
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.353
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.050
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.823
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.400
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.188
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.061
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.571
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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28.709
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 7.335
And the system is very low on memory 3.930
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.160
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.502
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.114
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.333
And I free up some memory 0.796
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.483
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.051
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.065
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:40.342
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 enabled and logged in 8.180
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.292
And all tps features are active 4.811
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.122
When I disable the first tps feature 2.490
Then all tps features but the first one are active 4.812
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.679
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.011
Then all tps features but the first one are active 4.943
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.917
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009
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12.497
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.094
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.053
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.061
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.056
When I disable the first tps feature 2.462
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.047
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.087
When I enable the first tps feature 2.548
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.045
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.039
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.681
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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13.115
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 enabled and logged in 7.416
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.060
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.063
And I disable the first tps feature 2.531
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.998
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.046
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.644
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
42.610
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 enabled and logged in 7.150
And the network is plugged 0.020
And Tor is ready 9.420
And I take note of which tps features are available 3.767
When I write some files expected to persist 1.053
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.345
# 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" 11.850
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.143
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:42.590
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 enabled and logged in 7.184
And the network is plugged 0.020
And Tor is ready 10.357
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.102
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.382
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.057
And I capture all network traffic 0.002
And the network is plugged 0.019
And Tor is ready 11.946
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.328
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.081
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.107
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.780
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.036
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38.572
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.427
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.095
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 13.637
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 15.412
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.872
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:55.039
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 8.910
When I enable persistence 16.557
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.701
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.340
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.298
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.231
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.543
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 25.093
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.187
When I cold reboot the computer 10.137
And the computer reboots Tails 37.036
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.244
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.187
Given I enable persistence 10.875
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.110
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.217
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.192
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.172
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.808
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008
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2:17.730
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 8.095
# 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 28.682
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.527
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:6.752
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 24.672
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.870
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
39.469
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.136
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.172
Then persistence is disabled 0.099
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.753
And all notifications have disappeared 8.230
When I delete the persistent partition 2.692
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.384
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.755
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:20.357
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 8.140
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.068
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.781
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.143
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.223
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.876
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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49.116
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.891
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.054
When I try to enable persistence 1.148
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 10.539
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.095
And all notifications have disappeared 7.664
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.252
And all tps features are enabled 4.818
And all tps features but the first one are active 5.651
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.612
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:8.345
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 31.487
And I enable persistence 21.699
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.466
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.544
And persistence is enabled 5.146
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.241
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
26.423
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 7.110
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 18.777
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.535
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.862
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
33.218
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 8.220
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 8.918
When I enable persistence 10.853
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.051
And persistence is successfully enabled 5.174
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.023
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
27.114
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 7.713
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.826
When I try to enable persistence 1.288
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.428
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.188
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.429
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.066
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.137
Then persistence is successfully enabled 4.036
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.947
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
41.323
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 7.381
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.055
When I try to enable persistence 1.153
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 8.035
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.173
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.024
When I log in to a new session 11.339
And all notifications have disappeared 8.721
# 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" 0.161
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.106
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.181
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.280
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 0.998
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
44.037
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 7.569
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.155
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.327
When I try to enable persistence 1.206
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.103
When I log in to a new session 10.742
And all notifications have disappeared 8.903
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.328
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.699
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.732
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000