Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6469 23 Jun 2026, 11:29

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 20:57.116 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:30.274
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 1:16.646
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.435
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.266
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.925
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.991
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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27.839
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 8.571
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.341
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.272
And persistence is disabled 0.086
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.568
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.973
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:36.918
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 8.103
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.298
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.075
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.066
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.033
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.326
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.777
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.183
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.052
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.815
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.021
Tags: @product
27.628
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 7.179
And the system is very low on memory 3.359
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.190
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.830
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.096
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.400
And I free up some memory 0.743
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.783
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.045
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.630
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:43.177
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 8.098
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.317
And all tps features are active 4.920
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.041
When I disable the first tps feature 2.467
Then all tps features but the first one are active 4.528
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.989
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.009
Then all tps features but the first one are active 4.802
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.541
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.029
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12.514
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 7.217
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.064
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.081
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.055
When I disable the first tps feature 2.506
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.046
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.036
When I enable the first tps feature 2.415
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.050
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.040
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.701
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
12.478
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 6.972
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.077
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.056
And I disable the first tps feature 2.475
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.858
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.038
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.796
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
42.619
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 7.141
And the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 9.339
And I take note of which tps features are available 4.027
When I write some files expected to persist 1.136
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.237
# 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" 11.720
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.136
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:40.255
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 7.067
And the network is plugged 0.019
And Tor is ready 9.332
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.130
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.356
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.321
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.018
And Tor is ready 11.463
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.372
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.053
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.116
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.997
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.080
Tags: @product
39.859
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 stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.174
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.056
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 13.611
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 17.017
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.151
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:52.868
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 8.334
When I enable persistence 17.716
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.697
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.365
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.350
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.229
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.523
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 24.768
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.137
When I cold reboot the computer 10.298
And the computer reboots Tails 35.759
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.242
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.246
Given I enable persistence 10.175
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.070
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.194
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.611
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.147
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.964
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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2:7.576
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 7.672
# 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 25.942
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.093
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:3.390
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 22.477
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.000
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.021
Tags: @product
36.420
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 7.435
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.578
Then persistence is disabled 0.088
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 3.811
And all notifications have disappeared 7.491
When I delete the persistent partition 3.664
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.351
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.777
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:21.831
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 7.455
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.044
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.748
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.383
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.200
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.904
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
47.345
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 7.474
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.072
When I try to enable persistence 1.222
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 10.914
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.605
And all notifications have disappeared 7.621
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.237
And all tps features are enabled 4.438
And all tps features but the first one are active 4.757
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.933
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:7.658
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 29.418
And I enable persistence 22.770
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.664
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.522
And persistence is enabled 5.281
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.688
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
25.911
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 6.909
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 18.530
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.470
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.850
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
32.563
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 8.034
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 8.816
When I enable persistence 10.211
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.045
And persistence is successfully enabled 5.455
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.838
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
26.089
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 7.733
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.543
When I try to enable persistence 1.184
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.201
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.151
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.366
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.092
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.207
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.608
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.652
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
43.386
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 7.712
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.051
When I try to enable persistence 1.212
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 9.549
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.163
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.026
When I log in to a new session 11.026
And all notifications have disappeared 9.056
# 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" 0.285
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.106
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.203
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.295
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.694
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.211
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
41.897
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 7.830
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.147
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.378
When I try to enable persistence 1.183
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.918
When I log in to a new session 10.415
And all notifications have disappeared 7.745
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.536
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.742
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.923
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000