Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6488 05 Jul 2026, 11:39

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 22:8.714 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:31.957
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 1:18.689
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.012
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.259
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.995
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.047
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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28.295
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 8.772
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.600
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.314
And persistence is disabled 0.082
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.525
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.926
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:41.875
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 8.587
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.283
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.088
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.782
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.048
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.320
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:8.448
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.243
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.073
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.055
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.016
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33.236
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 8.360
And the system is very low on memory 4.186
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.214
When I try to create a persistent partition 5.271
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.119
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.430
And I free up some memory 1.070
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 11.523
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.058
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.238
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:49.844
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 8.186
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.303
And all tps features are active 5.943
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.108
When I disable the first tps feature 2.569
Then all tps features but the first one are active 5.162
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.806
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:10.295
Then all tps features but the first one are active 5.468
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.060
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
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13.494
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 7.566
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.055
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.056
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.059
When I disable the first tps feature 3.013
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.053
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.047
When I enable the first tps feature 2.496
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.080
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.065
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.747
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
13.226
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 7.366
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.082
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.062
And I disable the first tps feature 2.732
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.936
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.046
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.115
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
47.620
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 7.115
And the network is plugged 0.020
And Tor is ready 13.413
And I take note of which tps features are available 3.776
When I write some files expected to persist 1.249
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.746
# 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" 12.298
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.224
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:49.602
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.008
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.531
And the network is plugged 0.026
And Tor is ready 9.641
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.122
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.612
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:10.341
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 11.654
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.433
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.091
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.127
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.749
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.045
Tags: @product
41.015
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 8.617
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.070
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 13.987
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 17.339
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.776
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:55.048
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 8.471
When I enable persistence 16.715
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.608
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.631
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.402
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.272
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.693
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 24.637
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.149
When I cold reboot the computer 9.149
And the computer reboots Tails 37.361
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.303
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.180
Given I enable persistence 11.304
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.057
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.225
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.749
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.133
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.804
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.015
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2:13.372
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 8.246
# 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 27.041
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.702
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:7.965
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 20.415
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.688
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
38.196
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 8.132
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.727
Then persistence is disabled 0.117
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.425
And all notifications have disappeared 7.673
When I delete the persistent partition 2.756
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.362
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.858
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:28.133
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 8.023
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.048
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.563
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:10.190
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.308
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.669
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.011
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48.890
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 7.855
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.078
When I try to enable persistence 1.237
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 10.680
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.665
And all notifications have disappeared 8.043
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.333
And all tps features are enabled 4.744
And all tps features but the first one are active 5.250
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.952
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:13.408
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 31.318
And I enable persistence 24.878
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.305
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.638
And persistence is enabled 5.267
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.924
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
27.304
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 7.094
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 19.414
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.795
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.998
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
34.978
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.006
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.730
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.172
When I enable persistence 11.303
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.055
And persistence is successfully enabled 5.716
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.017
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
29.745
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 7.992
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.212
When I try to enable persistence 1.270
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.706
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.190
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.616
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.061
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.146
Then persistence is successfully enabled 4.548
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.062
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
45.903
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 7.905
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.081
When I try to enable persistence 1.232
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 10.269
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.220
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.028
When I log in to a new session 12.737
And all notifications have disappeared 9.131
# 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" 0.128
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.079
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.206
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.238
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.642
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.875
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
43.563
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 8.041
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.323
When I try to enable persistence 1.212
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.755
When I log in to a new session 11.216
And all notifications have disappeared 8.927
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.401
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.823
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.716
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000