Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6473 27 Jun 2026, 11:33

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 21:27.789 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:29.943
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:16.826
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.005
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.235
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.876
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.844
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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27.910
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 8.445
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.477
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.242
And persistence is disabled 0.093
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.651
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.125
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:36.263
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 8.264
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.337
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.112
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 18.248
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.051
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.600
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.416
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.176
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.056
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.004
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
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29.775
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 7.644
And the system is very low on memory 4.365
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.149
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.789
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.081
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.424
And I free up some memory 0.786
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.491
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.089
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:43.753
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 8.288
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.281
And all tps features are active 4.743
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.858
When I disable the first tps feature 2.504
Then all tps features but the first one are active 4.970
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.636
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.532
Then all tps features but the first one are active 4.938
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.435
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.024
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12.671
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 7.302
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.076
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.084
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.054
When I disable the first tps feature 2.493
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.057
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.062
When I enable the first tps feature 2.407
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.085
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.046
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.570
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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12.840
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 7.204
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.097
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.074
And I disable the first tps feature 2.536
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.886
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.042
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.991
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
43.204
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 7.317
And the network is plugged 0.022
And Tor is ready 10.038
And I take note of which tps features are available 3.810
When I write some files expected to persist 1.146
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.359
# 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" 11.510
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.626
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:45.706
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 7.188
And the network is plugged 0.023
And Tor is ready 9.782
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.100
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.392
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.936
And I capture all network traffic 0.004
And the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 11.622
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.424
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.056
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.159
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.625
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.038
Tags: @product
38.919
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 8.675
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.082
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 14.032
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 15.128
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.521
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:53.660
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 8.555
When I enable persistence 16.646
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.672
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.459
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.349
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.263
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.555
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 24.424
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.164
When I cold reboot the computer 10.230
And the computer reboots Tails 35.407
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.307
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.240
Given I enable persistence 11.176
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.073
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.249
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.738
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.143
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.617
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.014
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2:16.108
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 8.056
# 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 30.323
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.601
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:4.321
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 23.804
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.135
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
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36.644
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 7.869
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.661
Then persistence is disabled 0.107
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.138
And all notifications have disappeared 7.876
When I delete the persistent partition 2.629
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.362
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.579
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:24.046
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 7.466
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.071
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.340
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.940
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.226
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.695
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
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49.978
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 7.723
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.056
When I try to enable persistence 1.158
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 10.407
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.339
And all notifications have disappeared 7.569
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.292
And all tps features are enabled 4.865
And all tps features but the first one are active 5.565
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.800
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:8.962
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 29.857
And I enable persistence 22.728
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.570
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.478
And persistence is enabled 5.327
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.851
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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27.277
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 7.366
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 19.275
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.635
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.978
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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34.142
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 7.957
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.343
When I enable persistence 10.666
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.046
And persistence is successfully enabled 6.128
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.602
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
28.221
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 7.607
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.589
When I try to enable persistence 1.246
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.755
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.191
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.398
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.077
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.189
Then persistence is successfully enabled 4.165
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.033
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
43.498
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 7.365
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.091
When I try to enable persistence 1.160
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 9.506
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.170
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.030
When I log in to a new session 10.861
And all notifications have disappeared 9.388
# 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" 0.298
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.436
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.171
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.242
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.775
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.103
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
44.260
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 7.409
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.034
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.341
When I try to enable persistence 1.164
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.104
When I log in to a new session 11.344
And all notifications have disappeared 8.701
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.357
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.803
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.026
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000