Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6528 23 Jul 2026, 22:32

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 20:45.184 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:30.378
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 1:16.549
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.839
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.240
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.748
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.877
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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29.205
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 8.487
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.095
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.267
And persistence is disabled 0.132
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.222
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.236
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:35.794
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 8.183
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.280
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.081
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 18.373
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.096
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.604
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.915
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.213
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.046
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.911
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
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28.708
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 7.146
And the system is very low on memory 4.296
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.194
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.784
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.174
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.507
And I free up some memory 0.742
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.809
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.052
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.045
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:38.945
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 8.088
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.326
And all tps features are active 4.667
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.786
When I disable the first tps feature 2.493
Then all tps features but the first one are active 4.882
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.692
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.381
Then all tps features but the first one are active 4.625
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.989
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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12.721
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 7.429
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.058
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.069
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.063
When I disable the first tps feature 2.482
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.067
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.034
When I enable the first tps feature 2.416
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.055
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.043
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.021
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
12.560
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 6.937
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.051
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.042
And I disable the first tps feature 2.623
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.863
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.041
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.709
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
39.598
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 7.081
And the network is plugged 0.014
And Tor is ready 10.166
And I take note of which tps features are available 3.995
When I write some files expected to persist 1.168
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.287
# 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" 11.884
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.248
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:35.695
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 7.078
And the network is plugged 0.014
And Tor is ready 9.535
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.098
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.466
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.936
And I capture all network traffic 0.004
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 10.991
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.348
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.065
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.139
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.636
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.058
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40.245
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 stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.293
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.068
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 14.154
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.729
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.217
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:47.945
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 8.291
When I enable persistence 18.172
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.484
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.142
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.316
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.213
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.518
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 24.372
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.128
When I cold reboot the computer 6.086
And the computer reboots Tails 36.000
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.244
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.160
Given I enable persistence 10.254
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.079
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.287
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.051
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.138
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.870
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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2:6.028
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 7.725
# 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 28.820
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.330
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:3.406
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 20.746
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.061
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
38.582
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 8.010
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.445
Then persistence is disabled 0.084
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.107
And all notifications have disappeared 7.945
When I delete the persistent partition 2.611
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.377
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.652
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:19.200
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 7.833
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.078
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.659
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.427
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.201
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.557
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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48.932
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 7.949
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.055
When I try to enable persistence 1.171
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 11.893
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.424
And all notifications have disappeared 7.674
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.252
And all tps features are enabled 4.860
And all tps features but the first one are active 4.650
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.004
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:10.194
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 30.941
And I enable persistence 24.268
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.450
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.505
And persistence is enabled 5.028
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.623
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
25.862
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 7.066
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 18.289
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.506
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.912
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
32.463
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 7.586
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.688
When I enable persistence 9.935
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.053
And persistence is successfully enabled 5.199
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.928
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
28.259
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 7.421
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.885
When I try to enable persistence 1.211
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.205
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.160
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.310
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.054
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.149
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.860
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.959
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
42.366
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 7.238
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.051
When I try to enable persistence 1.200
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 10.786
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.204
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.027
When I log in to a new session 9.519
And all notifications have disappeared 8.999
# 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" 0.123
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.102
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.152
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.268
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.691
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.092
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
41.495
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 7.297
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.367
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.245
When I try to enable persistence 1.161
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.206
When I log in to a new session 9.891
And all notifications have disappeared 8.483
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.180
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.661
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.708
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000