Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6534 27 Jul 2026, 13:51

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 23:6.696 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:37.635
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 1:22.442
And I update the APT lists using apt 8.069
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.270
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.854
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.648
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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32.233
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 8.690
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.732
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.239
And persistence is disabled 0.092
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 7.479
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.280
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:48.796
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 8.914
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.273
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.100
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 21.517
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.063
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.078
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:10.558
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.231
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.057
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.570
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
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33.346
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 8.206
And the system is very low on memory 5.241
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.222
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.759
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.130
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.466
And I free up some memory 0.876
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 11.385
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.057
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.960
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:51.149
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 8.439
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.455
And all tps features are active 6.381
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.278
When I disable the first tps feature 3.018
Then all tps features but the first one are active 5.212
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.051
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:12.208
Then all tps features but the first one are active 6.104
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.664
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009
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13.373
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.010
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.952
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.065
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.069
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.053
When I disable the first tps feature 2.553
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.062
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.043
When I enable the first tps feature 2.461
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.068
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.043
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.836
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
13.959
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 7.764
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.106
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.073
And I disable the first tps feature 3.062
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.899
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.052
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.790
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
46.340
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 7.260
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 12.807
And I take note of which tps features are available 4.499
When I write some files expected to persist 1.335
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.255
# 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" 13.166
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.490
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:50.250
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 8.027
And the network is plugged 0.022
And Tor is ready 9.913
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.171
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.956
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:12.514
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 11.877
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.389
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.072
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.285
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.701
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.040
Tags: @product
43.827
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 stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.314
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 15.596
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 18.832
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.147
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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3:0.760
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 8.532
When I enable persistence 22.878
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.860
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.985
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.335
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.263
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.634
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 25.279
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.220
When I cold reboot the computer 6.283
And the computer reboots Tails 38.842
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.276
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.200
Given I enable persistence 11.738
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.074
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.261
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.920
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.172
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.607
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008
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2:17.441
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 8.281
# 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 29.654
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.469
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:10.726
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 23.309
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.288
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.026
Tags: @product
42.842
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 8.165
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.865
Then persistence is disabled 0.103
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.915
And all notifications have disappeared 8.626
When I delete the persistent partition 2.796
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.370
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.899
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:31.769
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 8.345
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.072
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.058
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:16.037
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.255
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.511
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.019
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56.750
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 8.141
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.051
When I try to enable persistence 1.198
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 14.218
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.641
And all notifications have disappeared 8.463
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.578
And all tps features are enabled 6.144
And all tps features but the first one are active 6.312
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.174
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:20.983
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 35.526
And I enable persistence 27.322
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.340
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.615
And persistence is enabled 6.178
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.886
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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27.445
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 7.128
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 19.782
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.535
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.820
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
36.094
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 8.396
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 10.145
When I enable persistence 11.594
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.077
And persistence is successfully enabled 5.880
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.833
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
30.220
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 7.930
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.860
When I try to enable persistence 1.200
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.678
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.209
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.705
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.058
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.220
Then persistence is successfully enabled 4.356
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.193
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
46.501
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 7.752
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.054
When I try to enable persistence 1.214
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 11.818
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.191
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.044
When I log in to a new session 10.796
And all notifications have disappeared 9.786
# 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" 0.180
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.493
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.243
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.221
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.704
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.098
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
44.973
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 7.873
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.154
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.351
When I try to enable persistence 1.196
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.798
When I log in to a new session 10.648
And all notifications have disappeared 8.765
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.315
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.869
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.927
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000