Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6513 20 Jul 2026, 17:34

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 22:13.540 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:35.600
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:21.069
And I update the APT lists using apt 7.336
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.282
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.911
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.644
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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29.555
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 8.417
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.020
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.269
And persistence is disabled 0.098
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.749
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.735
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:43.543
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 8.529
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.302
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.130
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 20.430
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 7.056
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.761
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.217
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.064
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.698
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009
Tags: @product
29.060
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 7.232
And the system is very low on memory 4.322
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.241
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.796
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.123
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.421
And I free up some memory 0.791
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.030
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.100
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.790
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:48.226
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 8.312
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.399
And all tps features are active 5.298
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.135
When I disable the first tps feature 2.529
Then all tps features but the first one are active 5.733
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.334
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:10.317
Then all tps features but the first one are active 5.166
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.531
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.032
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13.362
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.011
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.413
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.072
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.057
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.058
When I disable the first tps feature 3.055
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.061
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.045
When I enable the first tps feature 2.501
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.049
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.048
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.785
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
13.093
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 7.388
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.071
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.065
And I disable the first tps feature 2.569
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.943
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.053
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.663
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
44.906
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 7.295
And the network is plugged 0.026
And Tor is ready 13.432
And I take note of which tps features are available 4.819
When I write some files expected to persist 1.250
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.481
# 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" 12.599
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.392
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:45.991
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 7.363
And the network is plugged 0.018
And Tor is ready 8.545
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.116
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.979
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:10.421
And I capture all network traffic 0.004
And the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 11.912
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.435
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.058
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.119
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.880
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.118
Tags: @product
42.603
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 stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.043
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 13.436
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 20.039
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.910
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:57.908
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.210
When I enable persistence 21.805
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.827
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.533
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.344
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.222
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.496
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 25.510
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.121
When I cold reboot the computer 6.232
And the computer reboots Tails 38.026
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.247
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.163
Given I enable persistence 11.474
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.058
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.257
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.236
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.138
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.971
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
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2:12.839
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 8.071
# 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 31.088
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.492
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:5.579
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 22.608
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.399
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.064
Tags: @product
40.470
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 8.224
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.341
Then persistence is disabled 0.101
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.129
And all notifications have disappeared 8.535
When I delete the persistent partition 2.750
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.387
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.719
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:25.844
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 7.950
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.063
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.758
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:11.859
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.213
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.148
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
51.826
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 7.772
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.053
When I try to enable persistence 1.162
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 10.217
And all notifications have disappeared 7.915
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.359
And all tps features are enabled 5.437
And all tps features but the first one are active 5.353
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.902
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:16.037
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 33.492
And I enable persistence 26.319
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.321
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.617
And persistence is enabled 6.285
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.862
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
26.915
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 7.444
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 18.973
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.497
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.819
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
36.024
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 7.750
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 10.029
When I enable persistence 11.955
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.057
And persistence is successfully enabled 6.231
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.703
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
29.066
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 7.671
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.915
When I try to enable persistence 1.279
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.305
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.220
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.365
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.062
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.164
Then persistence is successfully enabled 4.082
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.876
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
46.893
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 7.782
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.065
When I try to enable persistence 1.169
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 10.839
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.169
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.081
When I log in to a new session 11.513
And all notifications have disappeared 10.059
# 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" 0.198
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.458
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.178
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.426
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.951
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.879
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
43.772
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 7.471
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.083
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.373
When I try to enable persistence 1.193
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.777
When I log in to a new session 9.253
And all notifications have disappeared 8.924
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.910
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.782
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.001
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000