Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6512 20 Jul 2026, 17:16

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 23:4.284 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:35.987
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 1:21.217
And I update the APT lists using apt 7.704
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.297
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.768
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.227
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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32.227
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 8.916
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 17.090
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.316
And persistence is disabled 0.105
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.798
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.034
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:47.675
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 8.872
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.343
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.120
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 21.043
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.072
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.813
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:11.121
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.237
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.052
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.610
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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31.628
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 7.871
And the system is very low on memory 4.471
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.227
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.982
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.183
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.496
And I free up some memory 0.902
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 10.449
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.043
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.647
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:54.082
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 8.295
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.416
And all tps features are active 6.289
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.142
When I disable the first tps feature 2.595
Then all tps features but the first one are active 6.465
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.376
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:14.897
Then all tps features but the first one are active 5.605
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.665
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.038
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13.679
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 7.479
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.086
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.078
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.067
When I disable the first tps feature 2.619
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.072
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.033
When I enable the first tps feature 3.129
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.070
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.043
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.159
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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13.433
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 7.718
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.086
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.065
And I disable the first tps feature 2.587
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.925
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.051
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.798
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
47.079
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 enabled and logged in 8.024
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 12.836
And I take note of which tps features are available 4.865
When I write some files expected to persist 1.325
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.151
# 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" 12.857
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.243
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:45.515
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 7.341
And the network is plugged 0.014
And Tor is ready 10.223
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.183
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.730
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:9.503
And I capture all network traffic 0.004
And the network is plugged 0.024
And Tor is ready 11.916
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.387
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.062
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.122
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.770
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.043
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44.204
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 without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.720
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.129
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 14.825
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 19.528
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.302
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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3:1.870
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 8.879
When I enable persistence 21.482
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.883
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.974
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.484
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.445
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.583
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 25.412
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.170
When I cold reboot the computer 6.378
And the computer reboots Tails 39.482
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.314
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.256
Given I enable persistence 12.916
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.075
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.266
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.673
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.189
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.117
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008
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2:19.449
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 8.519
# 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 33.920
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.767
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:10.762
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 20.479
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.430
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
42.629
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 7.986
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.933
Then persistence is disabled 0.123
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.316
And all notifications have disappeared 8.328
When I delete the persistent partition 3.582
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.358
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.796
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:28.381
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 enabled and logged in 7.700
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.059
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.937
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:13.451
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.231
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.848
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.064
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53.840
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 7.761
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.068
When I try to enable persistence 1.257
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 12.553
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.155
And all notifications have disappeared 7.997
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.410
And all tps features are enabled 5.689
And all tps features but the first one are active 5.945
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.879
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:18.971
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 34.905
And I enable persistence 26.789
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.051
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.700
And persistence is enabled 6.524
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.003
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
26.748
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 7.150
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 18.968
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.628
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.063
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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39.297
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 8.156
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 10.348
When I enable persistence 14.837
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.064
And persistence is successfully enabled 5.890
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.149
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
30.665
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 8.002
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.186
When I try to enable persistence 1.277
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.396
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.259
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.585
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.071
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.188
Then persistence is successfully enabled 4.695
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.568
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
49.450
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.403
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.059
When I try to enable persistence 1.242
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 12.316
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.206
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.028
When I log in to a new session 11.513
And all notifications have disappeared 11.781
# 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" 0.149
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.399
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.165
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.435
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.747
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.860
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
47.466
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.007
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.263
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.173
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.348
When I try to enable persistence 1.222
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.782
When I log in to a new session 10.018
And all notifications have disappeared 9.752
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.969
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.936
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.927
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000