Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6515 21 Jul 2026, 11:48

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 23:2.910 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:35.869
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 1:20.638
And I update the APT lists using apt 8.057
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.244
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.929
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.592
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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31.175
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 8.325
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.198
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.368
And persistence is disabled 0.107
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 7.174
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.853
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:44.379
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 8.928
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.316
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.101
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 20.280
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.047
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.583
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:8.890
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.168
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.063
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.999
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
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30.382
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 7.258
And the system is very low on memory 4.551
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.403
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.962
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.113
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.562
And I free up some memory 0.844
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.611
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.075
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.829
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:48.952
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 8.581
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.339
And all tps features are active 5.515
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.215
When I disable the first tps feature 2.577
Then all tps features but the first one are active 5.905
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.357
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:11.197
Then all tps features but the first one are active 5.261
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.797
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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13.124
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 7.496
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.090
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.057
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.057
When I disable the first tps feature 2.694
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.060
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.085
When I enable the first tps feature 2.479
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.051
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.050
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.750
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
13.204
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 7.379
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.089
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.064
And I disable the first tps feature 2.549
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.067
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.054
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.029
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
47.804
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 7.877
And the network is plugged 0.026
And Tor is ready 13.177
And I take note of which tps features are available 5.153
When I write some files expected to persist 1.558
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.182
# 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" 12.829
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.491
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:45.739
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
And the network is plugged 0.022
And Tor is ready 10.603
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.185
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.501
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:9.626
And I capture all network traffic 0.023
And the network is plugged 0.063
And Tor is ready 11.717
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.425
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.123
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.118
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.031
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.040
Tags: @product
42.968
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 8.556
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.103
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 14.520
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 18.787
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.062
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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3:2.120
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 8.760
When I enable persistence 23.416
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.025
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 39.150
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.378
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.284
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.640
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 25.274
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.194
When I cold reboot the computer 6.424
And the computer reboots Tails 37.932
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.317
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.213
Given I enable persistence 12.007
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.102
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.243
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.582
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.170
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.801
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.020
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2:28.017
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.029
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.959
# 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 29.673
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.438
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:21.439
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 20.506
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.278
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008
Tags: @product
42.390
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 8.268
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.728
Then persistence is disabled 0.115
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.901
And all notifications have disappeared 8.347
When I delete the persistent partition 2.652
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.375
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.884
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:29.164
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 8.167
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.058
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.926
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:13.676
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.335
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.836
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.023
Tags: @product
54.849
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 8.713
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.054
When I try to enable persistence 1.207
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 15.327
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.234
And all notifications have disappeared 8.218
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.364
And all tps features are enabled 5.356
And all tps features but the first one are active 5.373
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.208
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:18.782
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.005
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 34.719
And I enable persistence 27.605
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.007
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.577
And persistence is enabled 5.873
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.267
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
27.600
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 7.370
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 19.548
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.681
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.616
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
37.341
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 8.166
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 10.431
When I enable persistence 11.559
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.060
And persistence is successfully enabled 7.123
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.916
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
31.582
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 8.087
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.927
When I try to enable persistence 1.320
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.987
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.168
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.378
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.071
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.162
Then persistence is successfully enabled 4.478
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.614
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
49.761
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 8.350
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.059
When I try to enable persistence 1.166
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 11.932
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 0.027
When I log in to a new session 11.706
And all notifications have disappeared 10.368
# 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" 0.214
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.695
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.318
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.822
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.891
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.278
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
47.697
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.618
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.607
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.390
When I try to enable persistence 1.191
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.622
When I log in to a new session 12.055
And all notifications have disappeared 8.935
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.490
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.786
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.615
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000