Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6472 26 Jun 2026, 11:45

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 22:20.941 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:35.207
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 1:21.238
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.675
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.301
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.991
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.642
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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30.395
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 8.801
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 16.531
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.256
And persistence is disabled 0.106
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.698
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.114
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:42.195
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 8.731
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.369
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.073
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 19.656
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.052
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.953
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.087
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.215
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.054
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.574
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.010
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29.558
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 7.873
And the system is very low on memory 3.677
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.202
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.679
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 2.364
And I free up some memory 0.858
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.748
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.060
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.739
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:48.294
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 8.177
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.371
And all tps features are active 5.993
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.178
When I disable the first tps feature 2.688
Then all tps features but the first one are active 5.065
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.871
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.706
Then all tps features but the first one are active 5.241
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.992
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.010
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14.189
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 8.041
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.166
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.115
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.068
When I disable the first tps feature 3.155
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.057
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.038
When I enable the first tps feature 2.434
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.052
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.058
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.023
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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13.436
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 7.597
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.070
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.088
And I disable the first tps feature 2.742
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.891
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.045
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.863
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
44.083
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 7.116
And the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 12.532
And I take note of which tps features are available 4.010
When I write some files expected to persist 1.106
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.935
# 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" 12.365
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.198
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:50.746
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 7.187
And the network is plugged 0.031
And Tor is ready 10.755
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.164
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.309
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:9.889
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.020
And Tor is ready 12.850
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.369
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.053
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.109
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.658
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.057
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43.998
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 stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.837
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.102
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 15.514
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 18.544
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.216
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:59.754
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 8.663
When I enable persistence 19.021
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.861
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.828
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.315
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.277
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.516
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 25.617
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.182
When I cold reboot the computer 9.354
And the computer reboots Tails 37.995
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.266
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.222
Given I enable persistence 11.403
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.068
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 9.787
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.144
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.677
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.014
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2:18.663
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 8.572
# 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 31.248
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.643
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:10.870
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 18.328
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.065
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
40.946
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 8.513
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 16.419
Then persistence is disabled 0.097
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.582
And all notifications have disappeared 8.257
When I delete the persistent partition 2.721
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.354
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.810
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:27.205
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 7.988
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.065
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.978
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:8.942
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.229
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.588
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008
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52.636
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 8.637
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.055
When I try to enable persistence 1.234
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 10.905
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.385
And all notifications have disappeared 7.540
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.374
And all tps features are enabled 5.907
And all tps features but the first one are active 5.596
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.676
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:12.053
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 30.798
And I enable persistence 24.544
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.254
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.528
And persistence is enabled 5.926
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.146
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
26.725
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 7.201
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 19.010
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.512
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.987
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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33.954
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 8.580
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 8.470
When I enable persistence 10.932
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.049
And persistence is successfully enabled 5.920
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.834
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
28.609
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 7.781
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.336
When I try to enable persistence 1.239
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.519
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.185
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.433
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.047
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.168
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.897
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.644
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
44.596
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 8.031
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.056
When I try to enable persistence 1.175
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 8.803
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.233
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.024
When I log in to a new session 12.001
And all notifications have disappeared 9.157
# 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" 0.275
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.091
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.372
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.638
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.734
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.655
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
43.690
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 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.909
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.622
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.416
When I try to enable persistence 1.242
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.981
When I log in to a new session 10.739
And all notifications have disappeared 8.555
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.422
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.800
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.096
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000