Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6475 29 Jun 2026, 11:38

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 22:14.042 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:35.644
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 1:21.699
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.677
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.279
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.987
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.933
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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29.816
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.011
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.870
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.831
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.279
And persistence is disabled 0.136
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.698
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.142
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:44.421
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 8.837
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.285
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.122
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 18.993
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.062
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.735
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.069
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.186
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.127
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.929
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
Tags: @product
30.660
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 8.065
And the system is very low on memory 3.602
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.212
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.704
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.135
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.542
And I free up some memory 1.080
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 10.268
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.049
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.720
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:52.682
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 8.153
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.349
And all tps features are active 5.727
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.037
When I disable the first tps feature 2.623
Then all tps features but the first one are active 5.580
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.139
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:12.138
Then all tps features but the first one are active 5.933
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.711
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008
Tags: @product
12.969
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 7.488
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.061
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.065
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.071
When I disable the first tps feature 2.583
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.052
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.056
When I enable the first tps feature 2.462
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.048
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.079
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.808
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
13.241
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 7.591
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.072
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.059
And I disable the first tps feature 2.614
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.858
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.045
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.969
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
47.949
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 7.234
And the network is plugged 0.024
And Tor is ready 13.454
And I take note of which tps features are available 4.078
When I write some files expected to persist 1.280
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.713
# 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" 12.162
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.348
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:45.573
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 7.268
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 9.829
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.142
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.669
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.218
And I capture all network traffic 0.002
And the network is plugged 0.036
And Tor is ready 11.794
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.375
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.063
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.154
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.778
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.042
Tags: @product
40.482
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 8.397
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.071
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 13.696
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 17.316
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.779
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:52.928
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 8.416
When I enable persistence 17.294
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.064
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.628
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.348
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.236
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.518
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 25.156
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.199
When I cold reboot the computer 6.595
And the computer reboots Tails 36.904
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.323
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.201
Given I enable persistence 10.905
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.077
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.202
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.684
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.169
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.833
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.010
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2:17.052
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 8.436
# 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 29.941
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.780
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:6.678
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 22.215
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.237
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.018
Tags: @product
38.925
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.007
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.162
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.545
Then persistence is disabled 0.090
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.207
And all notifications have disappeared 7.841
When I delete the persistent partition 2.695
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.382
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.006
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:24.694
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 8.067
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.073
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.798
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:9.524
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.231
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.580
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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50.955
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 7.968
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.047
When I try to enable persistence 1.155
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 11.546
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.997
And all notifications have disappeared 7.739
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.267
And all tps features are enabled 5.110
And all tps features but the first one are active 5.122
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.783
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:14.524
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 31.214
And I enable persistence 25.687
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.751
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.671
And persistence is enabled 5.199
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.817
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
29.190
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 7.184
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 21.444
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.562
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.186
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
35.392
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.009
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.372
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 10.788
When I enable persistence 10.560
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.057
And persistence is successfully enabled 5.613
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.918
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
27.417
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 7.800
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.064
When I try to enable persistence 1.255
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.405
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.162
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.552
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.048
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.147
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.981
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.886
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
45.324
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 7.503
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.050
When I try to enable persistence 1.184
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 10.219
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.197
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.024
When I log in to a new session 11.249
And all notifications have disappeared 10.011
# 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" 0.234
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.480
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.158
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.241
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.768
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.024
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
44.194
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 7.666
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.064
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.311
When I try to enable persistence 1.163
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.840
When I log in to a new session 11.927
And all notifications have disappeared 8.174
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.293
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.751
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.911
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000