Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6516 21 Jul 2026, 17:27

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 24:8.484 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:40.737
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.004
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:24.807
And I update the APT lists using apt 7.625
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.406
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.897
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.692
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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31.691
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 9.042
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.356
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.342
And persistence is disabled 0.137
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.813
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.353
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:51.931
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 9.876
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.380
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.100
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 22.175
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.053
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.519
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:13.541
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.226
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.058
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.932
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.012
Tags: @product
33.784
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 7.645
And the system is very low on memory 6.236
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.170
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.950
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.098
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.426
And I free up some memory 0.848
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 11.357
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.049
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.247
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
2:0.783
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 9.398
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.527
And all tps features are active 7.956
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.550
When I disable the first tps feature 3.207
Then all tps features but the first one are active 5.621
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.722
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:16.518
Then all tps features but the first one are active 6.280
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.697
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.020
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14.477
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 8.450
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.073
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.057
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.061
When I disable the first tps feature 3.035
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.049
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.032
When I enable the first tps feature 2.591
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.056
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.070
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.793
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
13.869
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 7.695
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.069
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.087
And I disable the first tps feature 3.093
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.877
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.045
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.949
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
46.810
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 7.634
And the network is plugged 0.022
And Tor is ready 12.897
And I take note of which tps features are available 4.843
When I write some files expected to persist 1.317
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.977
# 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" 13.116
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.505
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:56.583
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 7.809
And the network is plugged 0.019
And Tor is ready 10.592
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.210
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.229
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:16.345
And I capture all network traffic 0.004
And the network is plugged 0.038
And Tor is ready 13.624
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.446
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.145
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.117
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.908
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.052
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45.924
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 8.901
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.065
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 14.912
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 21.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.303
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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3:4.504
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 8.575
When I enable persistence 22.367
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.262
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.982
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.336
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.258
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.570
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 25.289
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.210
When I cold reboot the computer 6.478
And the computer reboots Tails 40.582
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.296
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.207
Given I enable persistence 13.151
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.147
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.303
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.332
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.150
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.949
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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2:36.049
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 8.612
# 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 33.140
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.292
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:24.531
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 23.473
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.282
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.015
Tags: @product
42.579
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 8.208
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.233
Then persistence is disabled 0.141
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 7.774
And all notifications have disappeared 9.132
When I delete the persistent partition 2.714
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.374
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.017
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:30.081
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 8.169
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.062
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.010
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:14.563
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.275
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.687
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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57.257
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 7.895
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.054
When I try to enable persistence 1.242
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 14.623
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.426
And all notifications have disappeared 8.576
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.420
And all tps features are enabled 6.137
And all tps features but the first one are active 6.879
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.279
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:21.419
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 36.169
And I enable persistence 27.585
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.944
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.620
And persistence is enabled 7.098
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.274
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
29.609
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 7.599
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 21.407
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.602
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.659
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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38.806
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 8.482
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.632
When I enable persistence 14.451
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.040
And persistence is successfully enabled 6.199
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.177
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
33.088
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 8.237
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.635
When I try to enable persistence 1.324
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 4.706
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.230
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.854
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.060
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.262
Then persistence is successfully enabled 4.777
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.623
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
48.908
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 7.631
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.095
When I try to enable persistence 1.249
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 12.086
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.194
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.035
When I log in to a new session 11.661
And all notifications have disappeared 10.041
# 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" 0.211
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.720
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.234
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.603
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.144
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.170
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
49.585
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 8.922
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 11.439
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.387
When I try to enable persistence 1.181
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.085
When I log in to a new session 11.238
And all notifications have disappeared 9.424
Then the Tor Browser starts 2.027
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.877
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.013
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000