Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6536 27 Jul 2026, 18:54

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 21:57.259 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:34.386
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.010
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:20.043
And I update the APT lists using apt 7.147
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.238
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.958
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.225
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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30.643
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 8.536
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.135
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.266
And persistence is disabled 0.086
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.617
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.536
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:39.943
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 logged in 8.250
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.295
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.089
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 19.948
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.053
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.224
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.872
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.159
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.049
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.810
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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29.443
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 logged in 7.234
And the system is very low on memory 4.459
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.315
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.781
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.151
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.432
And I free up some memory 0.788
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.228
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.052
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.871
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:44.610
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 8.192
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.260
And all tps features are active 4.975
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.945
When I disable the first tps feature 2.584
Then all tps features but the first one are active 5.435
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.750
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:9.166
Then all tps features but the first one are active 5.300
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.614
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009
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13.136
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 7.694
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.073
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.055
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.055
When I disable the first tps feature 2.526
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.043
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.035
When I enable the first tps feature 2.552
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.047
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.051
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.646
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
12.846
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 7.283
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.115
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.050
And I disable the first tps feature 2.514
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.826
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.055
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.897
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
52.198
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 7.239
And the network is plugged 0.019
And Tor is ready 21.788
And I take note of which tps features are available 4.356
When I write some files expected to persist 1.152
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.375
# 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" 12.266
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.126
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:44.813
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.017
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.146
And the network is plugged 0.024
And Tor is ready 9.514
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.134
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.959
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:9.085
And I capture all network traffic 0.004
And the network is plugged 0.032
And Tor is ready 11.311
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.397
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.094
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.109
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.989
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.130
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42.863
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.009
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.184
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.089
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 13.065
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 20.523
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.874
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:55.302
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 8.700
When I enable persistence 21.555
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.685
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.395
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.447
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.284
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.718
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 23.896
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.179
When I cold reboot the computer 6.082
And the computer reboots Tails 37.786
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.238
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.180
Given I enable persistence 11.297
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.069
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.212
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.414
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.156
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.940
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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2:11.971
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 enabled and logged in 7.876
# 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 29.038
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.927
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:9.550
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 18.577
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.138
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
Tags: @product
39.812
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 7.485
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.734
Then persistence is disabled 0.111
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.989
And all notifications have disappeared 8.331
When I delete the persistent partition 2.761
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.398
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.935
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:20.769
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 7.541
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.053
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.599
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.339
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.235
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.014
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.016
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51.031
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.009
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.228
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.058
When I try to enable persistence 1.224
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 12.800
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.397
And all notifications have disappeared 8.021
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.258
And all tps features are enabled 4.808
And all tps features but the first one are active 5.235
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.691
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:13.810
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 32.067
And I enable persistence 25.415
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.361
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.671
And persistence is enabled 5.295
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.063
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
26.294
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 7.089
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 18.605
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.600
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.033
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
34.476
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 8.187
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.675
When I enable persistence 10.926
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.053
And persistence is successfully enabled 5.633
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.743
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
29.612
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 7.702
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.459
When I try to enable persistence 1.293
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.780
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.217
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.613
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.069
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.161
Then persistence is successfully enabled 4.314
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.005
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
44.057
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 7.247
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.060
When I try to enable persistence 1.186
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 11.165
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.192
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.027
When I log in to a new session 9.936
And all notifications have disappeared 9.652
# 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" 0.172
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.361
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.152
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.226
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.674
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.715
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
45.234
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 7.407
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.616
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.339
When I try to enable persistence 1.204
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.081
When I log in to a new session 11.209
And all notifications have disappeared 8.883
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.598
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.896
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.074
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000