Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6535 27 Jul 2026, 18:14

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 21:56.314 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:35.656
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 1:21.816
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.613
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.274
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.951
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.855
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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30.819
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 8.510
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.768
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.243
And persistence is disabled 0.125
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.171
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.150
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:41.190
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 8.391
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.355
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.093
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 20.150
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.050
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.010
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.881
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.199
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.058
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.618
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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29.959
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 7.297
And the system is very low on memory 4.575
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.211
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.793
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.195
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.409
And I free up some memory 0.800
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.602
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.073
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.853
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:46.546
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 8.017
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.331
And all tps features are active 6.119
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.257
When I disable the first tps feature 2.622
Then all tps features but the first one are active 5.019
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.703
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:10.573
Then all tps features but the first one are active 4.900
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.778
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.052
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12.759
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 7.297
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.063
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.068
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.094
When I disable the first tps feature 2.610
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.053
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.039
When I enable the first tps feature 2.439
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.055
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.037
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.997
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
12.725
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 7.078
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.080
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.063
And I disable the first tps feature 2.531
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.926
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.013
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
43.789
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 7.341
And the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 13.428
And I take note of which tps features are available 4.168
When I write some files expected to persist 1.138
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.354
# 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" 12.341
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.505
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:43.082
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 7.288
And the network is plugged 0.014
And Tor is ready 10.173
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.145
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.061
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.991
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.024
And Tor is ready 11.792
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.346
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.055
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.185
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.849
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.042
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41.373
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 8.053
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 13.476
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 18.776
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.185
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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3:1.410
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 8.380
When I enable persistence 20.571
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.731
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.628
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.311
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.248
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 7.359
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 29.083
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.125
When I cold reboot the computer 6.201
And the computer reboots Tails 36.927
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.241
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.251
Given I enable persistence 11.519
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.101
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.239
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.339
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.148
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.876
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008
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2:10.177
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 7.447
# 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 29.067
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.424
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:8.051
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 20.186
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.112
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.017
Tags: @product
40.043
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 7.783
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.286
Then persistence is disabled 0.106
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.266
And all notifications have disappeared 8.326
When I delete the persistent partition 2.842
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.431
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.013
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:19.889
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 7.149
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.056
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.637
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.795
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.250
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.849
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
52.250
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 7.343
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.078
When I try to enable persistence 1.196
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 13.772
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.972
And all notifications have disappeared 8.181
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.312
And all tps features are enabled 4.773
And all tps features but the first one are active 5.618
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.987
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:13.792
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 32.758
And I enable persistence 25.025
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.162
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.592
And persistence is enabled 5.254
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.099
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
27.213
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 7.016
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 19.546
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.650
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.035
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
34.327
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 7.465
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 10.121
When I enable persistence 10.846
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.052
And persistence is successfully enabled 5.841
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.008
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
28.843
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 7.643
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.653
When I try to enable persistence 1.262
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.572
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.149
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.441
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.064
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.178
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.877
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.884
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
45.896
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 7.131
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.054
When I try to enable persistence 1.173
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 11.725
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.153
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.025
When I log in to a new session 10.661
And all notifications have disappeared 10.042
# 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" 0.177
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.508
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.160
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.340
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 1.131
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
44.566
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 7.391
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.528
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.367
When I try to enable persistence 1.198
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.301
When I log in to a new session 10.300
And all notifications have disappeared 8.753
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.968
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.756
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.724
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000