Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6529 24 Jul 2026, 11:36

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 21:26.980 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:35.635
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 1:21.458
And I update the APT lists using apt 7.071
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.311
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.792
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.897
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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29.372
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 8.146
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.460
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.223
And persistence is disabled 0.090
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.452
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.874
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:38.820
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 8.612
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.365
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.090
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 19.290
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.071
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.911
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.256
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.175
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.045
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.944
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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29.051
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 7.422
And the system is very low on memory 4.532
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.185
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.539
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.096
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.424
And I free up some memory 0.782
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.017
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.049
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.953
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:44.426
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.015
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.988
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.329
And all tps features are active 5.077
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.215
When I disable the first tps feature 2.538
Then all tps features but the first one are active 5.092
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.783
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:9.516
Then all tps features but the first one are active 4.884
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.816
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
12.866
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 7.470
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.055
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.077
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.065
When I disable the first tps feature 2.498
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.094
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.043
When I enable the first tps feature 2.445
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.054
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.061
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.901
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
12.519
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 6.947
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.101
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.043
And I disable the first tps feature 2.573
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.807
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.045
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.691
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
43.016
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 7.259
And the network is plugged 0.018
And Tor is ready 12.538
And I take note of which tps features are available 4.405
When I write some files expected to persist 1.141
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.510
# 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" 12.142
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.273
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:37.013
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 7.285
And the network is plugged 0.021
And Tor is ready 8.430
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.112
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.360
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.594
And I capture all network traffic 0.009
And the network is plugged 0.018
And Tor is ready 11.610
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.366
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.057
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.144
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.764
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.093
Tags: @product
40.688
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 8.280
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.083
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 14.155
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 17.168
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.881
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:52.376
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 8.264
When I enable persistence 18.593
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.586
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.571
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.365
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.307
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.590
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 24.639
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.152
When I cold reboot the computer 6.169
And the computer reboots Tails 37.979
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.280
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.192
Given I enable persistence 10.921
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.098
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.220
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.302
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.138
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.911
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.055
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2:9.295
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 8.051
# 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 27.928
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.607
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:6.512
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 21.194
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.338
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
Tags: @product
39.215
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 8.091
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.814
Then persistence is disabled 0.117
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.012
And all notifications have disappeared 8.052
When I delete the persistent partition 2.680
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.447
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.078
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:19.911
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 7.560
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.074
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.507
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.440
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.328
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.887
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.061
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50.405
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 7.694
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.054
When I try to enable persistence 1.196
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 12.913
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.565
And all notifications have disappeared 8.073
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.324
And all tps features are enabled 4.754
And all tps features but the first one are active 4.828
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.984
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:11.660
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 32.292
And I enable persistence 23.672
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.771
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.548
And persistence is enabled 5.375
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.727
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
26.523
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 6.924
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 19.045
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.552
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.752
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
34.224
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 8.104
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.982
When I enable persistence 10.767
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.073
And persistence is successfully enabled 5.296
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.188
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
28.143
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 7.347
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.502
When I try to enable persistence 1.242
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.116
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.156
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.420
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.060
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.157
Then persistence is successfully enabled 4.138
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.870
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
45.676
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 7.236
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.056
When I try to enable persistence 1.210
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 10.773
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.208
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.026
When I log in to a new session 10.993
And all notifications have disappeared 9.951
# 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 0.516
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.229
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.359
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.923
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.838
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
46.139
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 7.891
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.523
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.384
When I try to enable persistence 1.180
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.599
When I log in to a new session 10.314
And all notifications have disappeared 9.831
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.692
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.722
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.933
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000