Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6531 26 Jul 2026, 11:39

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 22:13.851 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:35.882
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 1:21.556
And I update the APT lists using apt 7.079
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.300
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.945
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.979
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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31.033
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 8.657
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.652
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.242
And persistence is disabled 0.111
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.369
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.962
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:43.384
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 8.530
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.288
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.092
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 20.497
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.062
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.985
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.551
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.264
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.112
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.867
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
Tags: @product
31.140
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 7.716
And the system is very low on memory 4.403
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.203
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.593
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.099
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.448
And I free up some memory 0.859
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 10.753
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.061
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.883
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:47.911
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 8.281
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.344
And all tps features are active 5.756
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.336
When I disable the first tps feature 2.565
Then all tps features but the first one are active 5.669
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.951
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:10.426
Then all tps features but the first one are active 5.579
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.845
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.036
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13.315
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 7.936
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.052
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.050
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.058
When I disable the first tps feature 2.548
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.047
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.044
When I enable the first tps feature 2.471
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.050
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.053
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.927
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
13.117
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 7.311
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.081
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.092
And I disable the first tps feature 2.646
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.941
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.644
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
44.805
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 7.033
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 12.940
And I take note of which tps features are available 4.234
When I write some files expected to persist 1.109
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.248
# 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" 12.222
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.485
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:47.646
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 7.421
And the network is plugged 0.020
And Tor is ready 10.249
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.126
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.775
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:10.448
And I capture all network traffic 0.005
And the network is plugged 0.032
And Tor is ready 11.933
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.413
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.096
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.122
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.618
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.103
Tags: @product
42.787
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 8.454
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.065
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 13.806
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 19.460
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.212
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:57.460
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 8.657
When I enable persistence 20.953
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.680
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.747
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.354
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.217
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.523
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 24.445
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.136
When I cold reboot the computer 6.582
And the computer reboots Tails 38.490
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.308
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.229
Given I enable persistence 11.033
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.090
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.214
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.583
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.210
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.899
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
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2:15.370
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 8.221
# 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 33.276
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.480
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:7.079
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 21.312
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.415
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
Tags: @product
40.518
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 7.724
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.749
Then persistence is disabled 0.110
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.566
And all notifications have disappeared 8.278
When I delete the persistent partition 2.743
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.346
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.963
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:18.883
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.006
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.406
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.056
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.469
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.708
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.242
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.910
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.017
Tags: @product
54.232
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 7.689
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.055
When I try to enable persistence 1.196
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 14.315
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.511
And all notifications have disappeared 8.510
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.290
And all tps features are enabled 5.501
And all tps features but the first one are active 5.160
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.726
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:13.008
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 32.538
And I enable persistence 24.136
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.300
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.519
And persistence is enabled 5.512
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.778
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
26.944
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 6.941
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 19.347
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.655
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.948
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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35.636
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 8.574
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 10.495
When I enable persistence 11.243
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.061
And persistence is successfully enabled 5.261
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.823
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
29.621
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 7.526
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.925
When I try to enable persistence 1.252
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.474
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.186
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.803
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.095
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.175
Then persistence is successfully enabled 4.181
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.648
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
46.865
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 7.629
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.048
When I try to enable persistence 1.161
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 11.669
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.151
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.063
When I log in to a new session 11.331
And all notifications have disappeared 9.978
# 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 0.396
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.153
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.352
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.780
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.922
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
44.282
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 7.841
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.327
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.330
When I try to enable persistence 1.204
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.815
When I log in to a new session 10.952
And all notifications have disappeared 8.540
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.419
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.851
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.396
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000