Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6517 21 Jul 2026, 17:30

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 23:28.250 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:41.961
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 1:26.640
And I update the APT lists using apt 8.026
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.337
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.956
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.958
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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32.810
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 8.967
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.875
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.273
And persistence is disabled 0.107
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 7.586
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.433
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:52.618
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 9.555
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.401
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.119
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 22.540
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.057
When 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 1:12.658
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.215
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.059
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.740
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.022
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35.322
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 8.362
And the system is very low on memory 6.202
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.301
When I try to create a persistent partition 5.569
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.121
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.440
And I free up some memory 0.901
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 11.363
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.059
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.124
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:55.874
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 8.326
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.322
And all tps features are active 6.624
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.298
When I disable the first tps feature 2.681
Then all tps features but the first one are active 5.664
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.074
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:15.863
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.018
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.965
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.066
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14.951
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 enabled and logged in 8.162
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.119
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.074
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.064
When I disable the first tps feature 3.035
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.054
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.036
When I enable the first tps feature 3.191
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.114
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.098
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.831
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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13.709
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 7.842
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.079
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.064
And I disable the first tps feature 2.612
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.968
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.142
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.197
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
48.597
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 8.084
And the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 14.260
And I take note of which tps features are available 5.467
When I write some files expected to persist 1.409
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.705
# 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" 13.653
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.229
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:52.653
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 7.796
And the network is plugged 0.020
And Tor is ready 10.547
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.130
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.140
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:14.458
And I capture all network traffic 0.009
And the network is plugged 0.020
And Tor is ready 11.854
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.395
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.069
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.208
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.062
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.062
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43.526
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 8.883
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.088
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 13.432
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 20.122
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.062
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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3:0.101
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 8.630
When I enable persistence 20.863
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.303
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.927
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.452
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.272
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.588
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 24.758
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.185
When I cold reboot the computer 6.501
And the computer reboots Tails 39.371
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.336
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.253
Given I enable persistence 11.519
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.082
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.236
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.646
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.171
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.788
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.030
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2:22.324
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 8.623
# 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 35.633
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.444
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:13.791
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 18.831
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.415
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
Tags: @product
42.396
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 7.706
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.960
Then persistence is disabled 0.110
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.682
And all notifications have disappeared 8.693
When I delete the persistent partition 2.793
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.448
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.913
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:27.844
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 8.026
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.119
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.087
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:12.351
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.259
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.134
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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53.670
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 7.860
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.051
When I try to enable persistence 1.168
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 13.483
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.223
And all notifications have disappeared 8.081
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.380
And all tps features are enabled 5.772
And all tps features but the first one are active 5.646
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.912
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:19.901
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 33.166
And I enable persistence 28.282
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.939
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.560
And persistence is enabled 5.953
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.133
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
29.233
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 7.485
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 21.145
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.602
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.009
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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37.120
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 8.271
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 10.913
When I enable persistence 11.199
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.039
And persistence is successfully enabled 6.697
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.713
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
31.153
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 7.731
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.925
When I try to enable persistence 1.342
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.618
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.185
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.509
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.058
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.167
Then persistence is successfully enabled 4.614
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.588
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
46.268
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 8.480
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.070
When I try to enable persistence 1.244
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 11.030
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.186
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.037
When I log in to a new session 10.058
And all notifications have disappeared 9.767
# 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" 0.189
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.580
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.331
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.568
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.721
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.206
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
46.208
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 7.834
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.395
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.389
When I try to enable persistence 1.223
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.096
When I log in to a new session 11.003
And all notifications have disappeared 9.782
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.759
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.723
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.096
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000