Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6509 17 Jul 2026, 11:35

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 20:58.607 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:31.890
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 1:18.286
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.548
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.223
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.832
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.864
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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28.454
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 8.150
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.813
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.245
And persistence is disabled 0.088
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.157
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.980
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:38.648
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 8.214
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.261
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.081
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 19.013
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.049
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.336
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.472
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.163
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.055
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.591
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.029
Tags: @product
28.558
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 7.286
And the system is very low on memory 4.270
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.172
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.405
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.091
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.372
And I free up some memory 0.927
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.992
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.039
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.722
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:40.897
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 7.825
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.238
And all tps features are active 4.736
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.912
When I disable the first tps feature 2.526
Then all tps features but the first one are active 4.934
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.595
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.862
Then all tps features but the first one are active 5.265
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.880
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008
Tags: @product
12.549
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 7.213
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.067
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.061
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.062
When I disable the first tps feature 2.508
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.054
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.046
When I enable the first tps feature 2.435
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.049
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.050
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.643
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
12.908
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 7.362
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.058
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.060
And I disable the first tps feature 2.508
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.854
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.064
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.872
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
43.576
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 6.930
And the network is plugged 0.042
And Tor is ready 10.140
And I take note of which tps features are available 3.994
When I write some files expected to persist 1.119
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.423
# 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" 11.925
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.165
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:41.532
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 7.028
And the network is plugged 0.018
And Tor is ready 10.149
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.131
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.407
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.371
And I capture all network traffic 0.002
And the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 10.798
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.408
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.063
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.135
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.764
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.066
Tags: @product
37.748
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 8.095
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.084
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 13.192
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 15.376
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.975
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:51.823
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 enable persistence 18.052
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.567
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.143
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.338
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.223
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.484
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 23.662
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.184
When I cold reboot the computer 9.962
And the computer reboots Tails 36.315
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.243
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.198
Given I enable persistence 9.509
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.162
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.329
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.141
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.109
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.935
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.032
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2:5.646
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 7.621
# 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 27.486
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.428
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:2.450
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 22.658
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.919
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
37.904
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 7.859
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.248
Then persistence is disabled 0.091
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.050
And all notifications have disappeared 7.676
When I delete the persistent partition 2.667
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.310
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.831
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:17.814
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 7.327
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.060
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.482
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.718
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.225
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.854
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.023
Tags: @product
48.123
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 7.768
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.048
When I try to enable persistence 1.144
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 11.825
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.034
And all notifications have disappeared 7.529
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.299
And all tps features are enabled 4.496
And all tps features but the first one are active 4.975
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.596
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:10.225
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 31.493
And I enable persistence 23.649
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.245
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.628
And persistence is enabled 5.208
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.095
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
25.394
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 with a LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 6.679
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 18.169
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.545
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.853
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
32.767
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 7.882
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.499
When I enable persistence 10.288
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.044
And persistence is successfully enabled 5.052
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.954
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
27.638
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 7.582
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.788
When I try to enable persistence 1.267
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.441
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.195
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.305
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.052
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.148
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.855
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.550
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
42.179
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 7.332
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.052
When I try to enable persistence 1.161
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 10.273
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.143
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.024
When I log in to a new session 9.615
And all notifications have disappeared 9.108
# 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" 0.160
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.074
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.166
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.305
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.759
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.576
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
42.322
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 7.261
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.290
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.385
When I try to enable persistence 1.182
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.589
When I log in to a new session 9.911
And all notifications have disappeared 8.675
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.303
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.722
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.309
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000