Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6502 13 Jul 2026, 20:23

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 22:16.110 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:32.665
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 1:18.782
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.538
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.347
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.997
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.664
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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29.280
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 8.704
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.435
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.294
And persistence is disabled 0.103
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.743
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.107
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:44.656
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 8.656
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.503
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.137
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 18.783
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 9.469
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.810
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.188
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.052
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.605
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
28.729
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 7.746
And the system is very low on memory 3.590
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.196
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.742
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.092
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.495
And I free up some memory 0.886
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.932
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.046
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.098
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:47.887
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 8.153
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.294
And all tps features are active 5.696
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.019
When I disable the first tps feature 2.492
Then all tps features but the first one are active 5.201
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.945
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:11.333
Then all tps features but the first one are active 5.750
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.912
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.016
Tags: @product
13.112
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 7.635
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.066
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.074
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.056
When I disable the first tps feature 2.584
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.076
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.037
When I enable the first tps feature 2.463
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.059
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.056
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.618
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
13.741
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 7.547
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.084
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.092
And I disable the first tps feature 3.108
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.868
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.040
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.978
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
48.169
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 7.126
And the network is plugged 0.030
And Tor is ready 13.494
And I take note of which tps features are available 4.168
When I write some files expected to persist 1.161
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.700
# 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" 12.488
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.165
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:50.317
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 7.582
And the network is plugged 0.024
And Tor is ready 9.691
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.156
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.631
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:9.648
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 12.931
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.425
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.078
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.126
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.944
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.059
Tags: @product
40.878
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 8.467
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.098
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 14.211
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 17.100
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.123
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:58.086
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 8.038
When I enable persistence 18.143
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.760
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.573
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.341
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.269
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.519
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 25.466
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.215
When I cold reboot the computer 9.179
And the computer reboots Tails 37.533
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.288
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.198
Given I enable persistence 11.998
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.062
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.278
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.072
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.146
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.687
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
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2:13.594
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 7.942
# 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 28.712
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.494
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:8.212
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 23.231
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.103
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
40.656
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 8.123
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 16.423
Then persistence is disabled 0.118
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.583
And all notifications have disappeared 8.297
When I delete the persistent partition 2.690
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.419
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.541
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:27.037
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 7.378
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.047
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.669
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:9.669
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.272
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.666
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008
Tags: @product
51.974
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 8.015
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.051
When I try to enable persistence 1.190
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 10.507
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.822
And all notifications have disappeared 7.817
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.342
And all tps features are enabled 5.564
And all tps features but the first one are active 5.663
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.741
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:14.268
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 30.945
And I enable persistence 25.580
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.175
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.551
And persistence is enabled 6.014
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.369
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
27.124
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 7.322
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 19.217
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.584
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.643
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
34.150
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 8.162
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 8.402
When I enable persistence 11.181
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.050
And persistence is successfully enabled 6.352
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.603
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
28.056
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 7.736
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.535
When I try to enable persistence 1.292
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.541
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.189
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.446
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.065
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.167
Then persistence is successfully enabled 4.082
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.751
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
46.620
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 7.958
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.056
When I try to enable persistence 1.254
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 9.372
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.216
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.032
When I log in to a new session 13.214
And all notifications have disappeared 9.367
# 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 0.481
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.166
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.465
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.838
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.718
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
45.101
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 7.789
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.367
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.442
When I try to enable persistence 1.203
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.421
When I log in to a new session 11.955
And all notifications have disappeared 9.122
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.931
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.866
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.732
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000