Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6497 12 Jul 2026, 11:31

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 20:54.596 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:29.610
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 1:16.332
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.282
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.250
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.744
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.643
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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29.212
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 8.495
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.547
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.316
And persistence is disabled 0.083
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.768
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.181
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:39.675
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 8.374
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.282
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.107
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.027
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.054
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.248
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.316
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.192
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.071
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.563
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.011
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27.770
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 7.233
And the system is very low on memory 3.396
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.149
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.642
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.097
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.380
And I free up some memory 0.808
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.015
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.047
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:39.600
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 8.060
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.303
And all tps features are active 5.057
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.064
When I disable the first tps feature 2.467
Then all tps features but the first one are active 4.360
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.676
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.048
Then all tps features but the first one are active 4.560
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.625
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
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12.418
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 7.190
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.080
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.058
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.055
When I disable the first tps feature 2.448
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.044
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.047
When I enable the first tps feature 2.409
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.045
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.037
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.985
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
12.742
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 7.097
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.061
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.057
And I disable the first tps feature 2.467
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.002
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.055
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.029
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
38.178
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 7.226
And the network is plugged 0.020
And Tor is ready 8.319
And I take note of which tps features are available 4.045
When I write some files expected to persist 1.214
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.403
# 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" 11.949
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.113
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:42.428
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 7.250
And the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 10.192
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.115
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.550
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.494
And I capture all network traffic 0.002
And the network is plugged 0.019
And Tor is ready 12.172
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.395
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.113
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.105
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.823
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.052
Tags: @product
41.394
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 8.529
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.092
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 15.167
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.605
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.884
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:53.332
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 8.669
When I enable persistence 16.932
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.610
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.212
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.312
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.258
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.526
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 24.913
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.118
When I cold reboot the computer 10.288
And the computer reboots Tails 34.993
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.301
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.175
Given I enable persistence 10.998
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.071
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.226
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.573
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.150
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.038
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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2:9.229
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 8.212
# 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 27.068
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.683
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:3.481
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 20.784
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.023
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
35.892
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 7.292
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.246
Then persistence is disabled 0.087
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 3.659
And all notifications have disappeared 7.578
When I delete the persistent partition 2.704
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.323
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.877
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:21.818
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 7.583
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.072
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.443
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.500
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.218
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.925
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.032
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46.609
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 7.225
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.056
When I try to enable persistence 1.178
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 9.748
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.727
And all notifications have disappeared 7.705
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.340
And all tps features are enabled 4.681
And all tps features but the first one are active 4.946
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.688
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:8.167
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 29.496
And I enable persistence 22.962
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.021
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.620
And persistence is enabled 5.067
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.671
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
25.973
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.021
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 18.425
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.526
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.846
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
32.206
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 7.880
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 8.030
When I enable persistence 10.530
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.035
And persistence is successfully enabled 5.730
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.033
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
26.520
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 7.248
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.363
When I try to enable persistence 1.276
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.361
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.170
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.318
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.050
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.148
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.584
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.708
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
40.590
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 7.233
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.093
When I try to enable persistence 1.200
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 8.484
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.158
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.025
When I log in to a new session 10.715
And all notifications have disappeared 8.293
# 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" 0.195
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.069
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.161
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.247
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.712
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.922
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
41.222
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 7.427
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.669
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.329
When I try to enable persistence 1.151
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.014
When I log in to a new session 10.348
And all notifications have disappeared 8.175
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.299
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.806
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.609
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000