Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6471 25 Jun 2026, 11:30

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 21:12.276 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:32.681
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 1:18.692
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.900
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.282
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.806
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.598
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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27.638
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 8.623
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.867
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.275
And persistence is disabled 0.094
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.778
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.776
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:38.593
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 8.196
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.258
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.093
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 18.574
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.060
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.414
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.782
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.169
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.043
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.703
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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27.865
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 7.141
And the system is very low on memory 3.532
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.241
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.712
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.092
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.329
And I free up some memory 0.807
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.956
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.052
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.970
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:41.465
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 8.129
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.295
And all tps features are active 4.979
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.981
When I disable the first tps feature 2.486
Then all tps features but the first one are active 4.576
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.767
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.683
Then all tps features but the first one are active 4.565
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.739
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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12.712
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 7.452
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.058
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.049
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 0.041
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.053
When I enable the first tps feature 2.423
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.055
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.058
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.015
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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12.565
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 6.955
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.090
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.052
And I disable the first tps feature 2.534
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.890
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.042
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.688
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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42.679
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 7.145
And the network is plugged 0.019
And Tor is ready 9.287
And I take note of which tps features are available 4.013
When I write some files expected to persist 1.072
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.264
# 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" 11.875
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.138
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:43.435
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 7.095
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 9.308
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.129
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.300
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.398
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 11.573
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.417
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.071
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.105
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.848
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.044
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39.651
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 stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.238
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.133
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 13.014
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 17.265
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.579
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:51.879
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.001
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 8.471
When I enable persistence 18.640
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.741
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.362
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.328
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.222
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.512
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 24.784
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.216
When I cold reboot the computer 6.184
And the computer reboots Tails 36.066
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.312
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.212
Given I enable persistence 10.700
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.073
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.226
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.623
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.199
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.917
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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2:14.641
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 8.243
# 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 27.213
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.567
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:6.801
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 22.815
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.007
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.016
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37.444
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 8.399
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.223
Then persistence is disabled 0.108
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.069
And all notifications have disappeared 7.530
When I delete the persistent partition 2.777
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.335
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.800
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:23.002
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 7.910
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.067
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.267
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.512
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.244
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.768
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.015
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47.601
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 7.753
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.045
When I try to enable persistence 1.157
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 10.062
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.894
And all notifications have disappeared 7.486
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.283
And all tps features are enabled 5.104
And all tps features but the first one are active 4.813
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.571
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:8.079
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 29.926
And I enable persistence 22.599
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.751
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.608
And persistence is enabled 5.192
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.710
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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26.573
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 7.126
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 18.912
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.534
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.627
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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31.913
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 7.942
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 8.017
When I enable persistence 10.558
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.040
And persistence is successfully enabled 5.354
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.783
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
26.275
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 7.514
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.763
When I try to enable persistence 1.221
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.020
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.207
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.446
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.069
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.158
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.875
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.927
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
42.528
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 7.236
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.062
When I try to enable persistence 1.156
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 8.908
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.236
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.029
When I log in to a new session 10.413
And all notifications have disappeared 9.406
# 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" 0.290
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.448
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.156
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.406
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.776
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.823
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
43.045
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 7.434
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.235
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.358
When I try to enable persistence 1.177
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.110
When I log in to a new session 10.980
And all notifications have disappeared 8.777
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.246
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.724
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.701
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000