Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6525 23 Jul 2026, 07:30

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 20:51.172 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:31.525
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 1:17.098
And I update the APT lists using apt 7.254
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.320
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.852
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.726
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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28.725
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 7.992
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.833
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.220
And persistence is disabled 0.086
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.593
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.056
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:35.778
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 8.175
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.306
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.126
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 19.520
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.052
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.415
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.943
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.182
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.055
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.878
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
29.706
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 7.109
And the system is very low on memory 5.450
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.175
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.768
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.107
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.331
And I free up some memory 0.834
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.849
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.080
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.029
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:38.907
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 8.001
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.321
And all tps features are active 4.996
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.147
When I disable the first tps feature 2.480
Then all tps features but the first one are active 4.933
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.589
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.556
Then all tps features but the first one are active 4.881
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.864
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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12.348
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 7.063
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.057
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.056
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.054
When I disable the first tps feature 2.468
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.051
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.030
When I enable the first tps feature 2.466
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.046
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.051
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.824
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
12.878
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 7.223
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.066
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.063
And I disable the first tps feature 2.562
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.897
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.064
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.840
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
46.941
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 6.921
And the network is plugged 0.018
And Tor is ready 17.886
And I take note of which tps features are available 4.049
When I write some files expected to persist 1.052
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.441
# 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" 11.571
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.347
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:40.143
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 7.098
And the network is plugged 0.046
And Tor is ready 9.735
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.101
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.995
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.147
And I capture all network traffic 0.004
And the network is plugged 0.019
And Tor is ready 11.441
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.352
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.096
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.102
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.784
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.061
Tags: @product
39.596
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 8.051
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.071
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 12.941
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 17.532
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.873
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:48.033
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 8.060
When I enable persistence 18.575
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.528
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.431
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.298
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.221
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.537
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 23.554
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.172
When I cold reboot the computer 6.090
And the computer reboots Tails 36.147
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.261
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.196
Given I enable persistence 9.460
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.069
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.208
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.079
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.140
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.753
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.032
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2:7.041
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 7.456
# 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 26.421
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.306
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:4.442
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 23.414
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.107
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.024
Tags: @product
38.002
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 7.586
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.140
Then persistence is disabled 0.103
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.137
And all notifications have disappeared 8.058
When I delete the persistent partition 2.630
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.345
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.738
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:15.335
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 7.138
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.055
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.295
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.638
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.207
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.915
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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46.658
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 7.081
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.055
When I try to enable persistence 1.144
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 11.802
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.522
And all notifications have disappeared 7.766
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.246
And all tps features are enabled 4.273
And all tps features but the first one are active 4.765
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.679
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:9.058
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 31.307
And I enable persistence 23.357
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.237
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.657
And persistence is enabled 5.499
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.770
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
25.412
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 6.777
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 18.141
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.493
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.800
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
32.191
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 7.467
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 8.934
When I enable persistence 10.287
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.078
And persistence is successfully enabled 5.422
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.035
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
26.777
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 7.053
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.265
When I try to enable persistence 1.293
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.843
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.137
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.296
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.065
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.137
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.685
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.943
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
43.247
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 7.055
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.054
When I try to enable persistence 1.199
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 10.664
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.147
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.025
When I log in to a new session 10.302
And all notifications have disappeared 9.106
# 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 0.388
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.160
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.266
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.725
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.981
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
42.860
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 7.395
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.413
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.335
When I try to enable persistence 1.255
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.347
When I log in to a new session 9.208
And all notifications have disappeared 8.854
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.306
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.743
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.929
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000