Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6530 25 Jul 2026, 11:41

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 22:24.373 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:34.631
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 1:20.061
And I update the APT lists using apt 7.294
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.320
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.955
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.684
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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30.903
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 8.669
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.189
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.232
And persistence is disabled 0.094
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.717
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.882
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:41.225
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 8.411
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.313
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.092
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 20.710
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.047
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.621
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.745
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.229
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.052
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.553
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
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31.853
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 7.688
And the system is very low on memory 4.863
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.174
When I try to create a persistent partition 5.681
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.162
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.515
And I free up some memory 0.827
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.843
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.094
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.939
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:46.207
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.016
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.054
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.387
And all tps features are active 6.223
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.245
When I disable the first tps feature 2.587
Then all tps features but the first one are active 5.001
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.972
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:9.766
Then all tps features but the first one are active 4.968
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.643
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009
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14.306
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 8.274
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.067
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.081
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.064
When I disable the first tps feature 3.101
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.070
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.052
When I enable the first tps feature 2.497
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.051
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.045
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.891
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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13.429
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 7.058
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.151
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.056
And I disable the first tps feature 3.068
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.024
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.069
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.815
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
45.997
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 7.280
And the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 12.480
And I take note of which tps features are available 4.721
When I write some files expected to persist 1.257
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.092
# 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" 13.149
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.301
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:48.986
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 7.383
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 10.148
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.123
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.450
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:11.477
And I capture all network traffic 0.004
And the network is plugged 0.020
And Tor is ready 13.805
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.367
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.060
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.128
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.823
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.109
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44.082
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 8.474
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.075
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 15.448
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 19.084
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.891
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:57.818
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 8.477
When I enable persistence 22.257
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.935
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.705
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.318
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.247
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.510
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 24.688
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.310
When I cold reboot the computer 6.529
And the computer reboots Tails 37.984
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.285
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.217
Given I enable persistence 10.589
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.099
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.226
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.265
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.168
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.043
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008
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2:8.694
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 8.032
# 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 29.208
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.572
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:7.509
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 18.370
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.019
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.012
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41.129
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 7.943
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.581
Then persistence is disabled 0.091
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 7.135
And all notifications have disappeared 8.304
When I delete the persistent partition 2.699
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.373
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.587
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:23.422
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 7.698
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.092
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.538
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:9.852
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.240
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.882
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
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54.808
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 7.800
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.053
When I try to enable persistence 1.146
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 12.925
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.459
And all notifications have disappeared 8.189
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.547
And all tps features are enabled 6.194
And all tps features but the first one are active 5.490
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.945
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:17.788
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 35.309
And I enable persistence 25.409
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.110
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.555
And persistence is enabled 5.403
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.173
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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27.672
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 7.142
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 19.841
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.688
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.553
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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37.381
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 8.329
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 11.666
When I enable persistence 11.233
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.050
And persistence is successfully enabled 6.101
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.091
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
29.807
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 7.957
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.993
When I try to enable persistence 1.324
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.690
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.214
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.497
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.074
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.157
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.897
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.117
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
47.109
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 7.933
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.063
When I try to enable persistence 1.140
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 11.545
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.219
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.029
When I log in to a new session 11.590
And all notifications have disappeared 9.382
# 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" 0.156
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.439
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.248
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.551
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.809
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.971
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
47.117
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 7.620
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.831
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.358
When I try to enable persistence 1.228
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.562
When I log in to a new session 10.996
And all notifications have disappeared 9.925
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.853
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.741
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.671
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000