Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6484 01 Jul 2026, 07:32

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 21:0.804 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:29.478
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 1:16.034
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.437
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.248
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.757
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.751
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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28.455
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 8.358
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.108
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.213
And persistence is disabled 0.092
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.683
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.777
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:38.714
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 8.377
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.397
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.096
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.183
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.061
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.344
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.989
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.214
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.050
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.496
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.018
Tags: @product
28.087
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 7.393
And the system is very low on memory 3.812
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.102
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.627
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.107
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.368
And I free up some memory 0.836
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.796
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.040
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.826
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:39.200
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 8.082
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.268
And all tps features are active 5.003
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.224
When I disable the first tps feature 2.545
Then all tps features but the first one are active 4.860
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.604
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.781
Then all tps features but the first one are active 4.829
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.552
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
12.697
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 7.363
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.071
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.045
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.049
When I disable the first tps feature 2.508
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.056
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.060
When I enable the first tps feature 2.438
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.054
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.050
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.043
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
12.827
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 7.340
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.056
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.086
And I disable the first tps feature 2.464
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.827
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.052
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.964
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
38.175
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 6.912
And the network is plugged 0.062
And Tor is ready 9.499
And I take note of which tps features are available 3.592
When I write some files expected to persist 1.066
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.329
# 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" 11.712
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.110
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:44.120
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 6.960
And the network is plugged 0.018
And Tor is ready 11.068
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.151
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.282
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.804
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 11.273
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.356
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.069
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.114
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.781
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.153
Tags: @product
39.845
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 8.428
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.077
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 12.974
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 17.365
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.924
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:54.103
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 8.569
When I enable persistence 16.905
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.890
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.539
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.373
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.239
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.532
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 25.694
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.149
When I cold reboot the computer 9.962
And the computer reboots Tails 35.970
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.234
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.182
Given I enable persistence 10.561
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.085
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.239
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.830
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.141
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.697
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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2:10.959
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 7.897
# 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 27.549
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.389
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:3.557
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 22.565
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.200
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.010
Tags: @product
37.198
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 7.908
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.471
Then persistence is disabled 0.084
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.107
And all notifications have disappeared 7.499
When I delete the persistent partition 2.802
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.324
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.013
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:19.944
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 7.458
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.058
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.464
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.692
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.271
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.006
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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46.875
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 8.104
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.052
When I try to enable persistence 1.182
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 9.691
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.272
And all notifications have disappeared 7.518
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.235
And all tps features are enabled 4.779
And all tps features but the first one are active 5.039
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.857
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:7.964
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 30.278
And I enable persistence 22.661
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.522
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.503
And persistence is enabled 4.997
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.080
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
26.060
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 6.996
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 18.543
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.520
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.660
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
32.207
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 8.267
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 8.657
When I enable persistence 9.954
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.045
And persistence is successfully enabled 5.283
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.142
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
28.014
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 7.972
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.322
When I try to enable persistence 1.262
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.524
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.232
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.505
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.056
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.140
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.996
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.784
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
42.572
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 7.217
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.054
When I try to enable persistence 1.244
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 9.606
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.164
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.028
When I log in to a new session 10.921
And all notifications have disappeared 8.746
# 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" 0.283
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.104
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.172
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.288
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.740
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.918
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
43.301
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 7.542
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.348
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.341
When I try to enable persistence 1.178
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.718
When I log in to a new session 10.866
And all notifications have disappeared 8.079
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.381
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.844
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.197
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000