Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6507 15 Jul 2026, 11:36

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 21:31.315 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:31.961
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 1:17.892
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.942
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.305
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.821
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.259
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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29.519
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 8.194
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.197
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.239
And persistence is disabled 0.100
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.787
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.518
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:34.677
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 8.292
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.283
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.097
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 18.483
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.051
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.387
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.857
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.181
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.043
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.662
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.012
Tags: @product
30.047
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 7.566
And the system is very low on memory 4.491
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.299
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.867
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.152
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.380
And I free up some memory 0.799
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.445
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.045
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.771
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:43.734
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 8.119
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.358
And all tps features are active 5.202
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.063
When I disable the first tps feature 2.575
Then all tps features but the first one are active 5.085
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.366
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:9.657
Then all tps features but the first one are active 5.305
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.045
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.033
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12.347
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 7.014
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.059
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.061
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.054
When I disable the first tps feature 2.462
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.069
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.040
When I enable the first tps feature 2.480
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.062
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.041
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.834
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
12.840
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 7.258
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.058
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.062
And I disable the first tps feature 2.521
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.899
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.040
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.946
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
42.317
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 7.108
And the network is plugged 0.019
And Tor is ready 8.221
And I take note of which tps features are available 4.026
When I write some files expected to persist 1.167
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.674
# 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" 12.100
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.558
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:43.615
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 7.257
And the network is plugged 0.019
And Tor is ready 9.880
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.117
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.030
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.612
And I capture all network traffic 0.002
And the network is plugged 0.014
And Tor is ready 11.138
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.343
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.067
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.130
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.731
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.046
Tags: @product
39.958
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 stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.121
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.060
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 12.941
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 17.836
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.021
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:52.038
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 8.480
When I enable persistence 19.712
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.765
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.310
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.347
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.255
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.538
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 24.135
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.169
When I cold reboot the computer 6.151
And the computer reboots Tails 36.884
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.241
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.157
Given I enable persistence 10.995
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.070
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.284
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.357
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.179
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.726
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
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2:12.772
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 7.859
# 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 28.634
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.105
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:5.639
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 22.534
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.273
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
38.207
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 7.319
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.585
Then persistence is disabled 0.102
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.340
And all notifications have disappeared 7.825
When I delete the persistent partition 2.662
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.370
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.054
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:25.010
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 7.449
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.095
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.535
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.679
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.250
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.687
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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50.404
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 7.514
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.049
When I try to enable persistence 1.136
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 11.937
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.192
And all notifications have disappeared 7.724
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.304
And all tps features are enabled 5.179
And all tps features but the first one are active 5.366
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.775
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:12.730
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 32.744
And I enable persistence 24.123
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.697
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.632
And persistence is enabled 5.532
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.324
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
26.523
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 7.128
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 18.842
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.553
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.740
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
34.159
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 7.933
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 10.472
When I enable persistence 9.546
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.054
And persistence is successfully enabled 6.153
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.562
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
29.185
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 7.616
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.242
When I try to enable persistence 1.224
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.048
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.181
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.382
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.053
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.167
Then persistence is successfully enabled 4.267
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.038
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
46.348
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 7.463
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.061
When I try to enable persistence 1.159
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 11.399
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.232
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.032
When I log in to a new session 10.038
And all notifications have disappeared 10.918
# 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" 0.158
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.459
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.217
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.386
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.820
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.024
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
42.913
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 7.753
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.157
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.293
When I try to enable persistence 1.170
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.811
When I log in to a new session 10.365
And all notifications have disappeared 8.293
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.384
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.684
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.875
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000