Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6533 27 Jul 2026, 13:33

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 22:47.865 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:37.749
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:22.651
And I update the APT lists using apt 7.765
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.313
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.018
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.278
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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30.408
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 8.691
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.539
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.272
And persistence is disabled 0.102
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.803
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.023
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:45.740
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 8.947
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.377
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.105
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 20.684
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.073
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.548
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:9.621
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.282
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.099
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.064
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
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31.746
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 7.739
And the system is very low on memory 4.498
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.128
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.988
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.223
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.464
And I free up some memory 0.877
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 10.772
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.053
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.101
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:53.374
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.008
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 9.052
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.382
And all tps features are active 5.588
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.367
When I disable the first tps feature 2.607
Then all tps features but the first one are active 6.485
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.622
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:12.766
Then all tps features but the first one are active 5.501
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.945
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.047
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13.551
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 7.497
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.071
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.101
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.084
When I disable the first tps feature 3.057
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.064
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.041
When I enable the first tps feature 2.513
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.067
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.052
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.744
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
13.977
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 7.597
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.081
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.066
And I disable the first tps feature 3.150
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.039
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.043
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.831
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
46.744
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 7.721
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 12.623
And I take note of which tps features are available 4.782
When I write some files expected to persist 1.261
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.859
# 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" 13.480
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.559
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:47.989
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 7.675
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 9.023
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.118
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.881
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:10.366
And I capture all network traffic 0.007
And the network is plugged 0.031
And Tor is ready 13.242
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.359
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.134
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.131
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.843
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.043
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43.675
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 9.383
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.104
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 14.014
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 19.172
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.817
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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3:0.712
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 8.933
When I enable persistence 20.622
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.966
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 39.380
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.479
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.253
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.635
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 24.480
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.168
When I cold reboot the computer 6.515
And the computer reboots Tails 39.635
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.293
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.186
Given I enable persistence 11.718
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.085
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.248
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.968
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.139
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.727
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008
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2:13.562
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 8.293
# 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 29.917
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.109
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:8.865
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 19.376
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.275
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.020
Tags: @product
40.270
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 7.809
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.186
Then persistence is disabled 0.145
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.453
And all notifications have disappeared 8.285
When I delete the persistent partition 2.803
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.584
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.211
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:25.385
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 7.921
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.060
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.822
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:10.312
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.268
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.862
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.037
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51.250
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 7.622
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.059
When I try to enable persistence 1.223
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 12.944
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.716
And all notifications have disappeared 8.117
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.293
And all tps features are enabled 5.129
And all tps features but the first one are active 5.144
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.036
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:18.313
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 33.952
And I enable persistence 26.306
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.428
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.564
And persistence is enabled 6.062
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.151
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
28.612
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 7.931
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 20.039
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.641
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.629
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
37.130
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 7.657
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 10.603
When I enable persistence 11.857
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.045
And persistence is successfully enabled 6.967
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.606
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
31.261
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 8.005
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 11.218
When I try to enable persistence 1.282
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.493
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.180
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.344
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.052
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.156
Then persistence is successfully enabled 4.527
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.179
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
49.471
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 8.103
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.092
When I try to enable persistence 1.203
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 11.953
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.212
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.029
When I log in to a new session 11.290
And all notifications have disappeared 11.232
# 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" 0.229
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.631
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.186
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.540
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.764
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.086
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
46.938
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 7.544
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.737
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.362
When I try to enable persistence 1.201
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.710
When I log in to a new session 11.767
And all notifications have disappeared 9.232
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.590
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.790
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 2.041
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000