Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6477 30 Jun 2026, 11:40

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 22:27.714 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:34.667
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 1:20.985
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.158
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.534
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.988
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.676
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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29.367
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 8.753
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.359
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.267
And persistence is disabled 0.096
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.889
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.007
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:41.419
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 8.786
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.319
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.123
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.866
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.065
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.548
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:8.463
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.191
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.054
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.844
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
Tags: @product
31.975
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 8.014
And the system is very low on memory 4.456
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.320
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.706
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.129
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.400
And I free up some memory 0.975
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 10.916
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.054
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.826
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:53.808
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 8.422
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.363
And all tps features are active 6.057
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.233
When I disable the first tps feature 2.607
Then all tps features but the first one are active 5.215
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.100
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:12.497
Then all tps features but the first one are active 5.311
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.006
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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13.467
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 7.974
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.079
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.084
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.060
When I disable the first tps feature 2.548
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.070
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.085
When I enable the first tps feature 2.454
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.055
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.054
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.801
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
13.546
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 7.730
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.078
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.060
And I disable the first tps feature 2.677
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.953
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.046
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.691
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
43.573
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 persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.403
And the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 10.590
And I take note of which tps features are available 4.254
When I write some files expected to persist 1.348
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.010
# 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" 12.950
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.214
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:54.927
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 7.526
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 10.618
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.138
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.127
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:14.005
And I capture all network traffic 0.008
And the network is plugged 0.032
And Tor is ready 11.836
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.405
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.064
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.146
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.033
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.077
Tags: @product
40.749
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 8.717
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.101
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 13.802
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 17.127
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.159
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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3:1.040
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 8.831
When I enable persistence 18.523
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.791
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.822
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.295
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.205
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.513
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 25.823
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.184
When I cold reboot the computer 9.029
And the computer reboots Tails 38.958
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.270
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.202
Given I enable persistence 11.973
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.081
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.254
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.074
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.204
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.922
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.078
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2:16.444
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 8.809
# 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 27.902
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.694
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:11.720
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 18.318
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.252
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009
Tags: @product
39.864
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 8.034
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.985
Then persistence is disabled 0.153
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.255
And all notifications have disappeared 8.212
When I delete the persistent partition 2.863
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.360
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.869
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:28.187
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 7.738
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.061
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.624
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:10.467
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.295
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.563
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008
Tags: @product
51.775
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 with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.729
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.045
When I try to enable persistence 1.167
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 11.070
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.136
And all notifications have disappeared 8.007
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.368
And all tps features are enabled 5.165
And all tps features but the first one are active 6.084
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.222
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:15.062
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 31.451
And I enable persistence 25.000
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.852
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.638
And persistence is enabled 6.119
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.479
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
27.923
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 7.075
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 20.177
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.670
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.848
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
32.926
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 7.987
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 7.840
When I enable persistence 11.285
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.063
And persistence is successfully enabled 5.749
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.838
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
28.175
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 7.859
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.205
When I try to enable persistence 1.318
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.468
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.168
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.470
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.080
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.144
Then persistence is successfully enabled 4.458
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.565
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
43.511
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 7.571
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.053
When I try to enable persistence 1.165
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 9.049
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.206
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.027
When I log in to a new session 11.360
And all notifications have disappeared 9.277
# 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" 0.228
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.104
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.246
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.388
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.832
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.811
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
45.299
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 7.434
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.590
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.397
When I try to enable persistence 1.212
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.610
When I log in to a new session 11.508
And all notifications have disappeared 9.112
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.703
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.729
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.240
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000