Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6544 29 Jul 2026, 19:25

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 23:9.008 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:41.371
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.004
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:23.661
And I update the APT lists using apt 7.376
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 9.405
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.927
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.059
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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32.845
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 8.339
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 16.210
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.254
And persistence is disabled 0.095
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 7.945
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.255
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:49.804
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 9.118
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.361
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.104
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 21.955
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.059
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.225
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:10.734
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.194
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.051
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.024
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.015
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32.553
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 8.340
And the system is very low on memory 4.787
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.262
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.996
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.152
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.445
And I free up some memory 0.942
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 10.571
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.055
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.733
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:47.872
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.007
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.322
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.393
And all tps features are active 6.078
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.150
When I disable the first tps feature 3.075
Then all tps features but the first one are active 5.619
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.892
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:10.360
Then all tps features but the first one are active 4.978
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.882
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.028
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13.636
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 enabled and logged in 7.631
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.071
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.076
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.053
When I disable the first tps feature 3.053
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.058
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.041
When I enable the first tps feature 2.499
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.066
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.084
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.606
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
14.476
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 7.266
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.073
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.059
And I disable the first tps feature 2.934
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 4.049
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.094
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.889
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
45.269
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.007
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.433
And the network is plugged 0.019
And Tor is ready 13.260
And I take note of which tps features are available 4.512
When I write some files expected to persist 1.246
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.365
# 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" 13.431
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.558
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:54.119
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 7.356
And the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 10.815
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.149
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.913
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:16.118
And I capture all network traffic 0.005
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 12.085
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.437
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.077
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.128
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.759
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.101
Tags: @product
44.918
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 8.586
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.130
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 15.986
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 19.215
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.848
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:58.110
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 8.735
When I enable persistence 19.737
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.867
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.442
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.295
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.214
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.542
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 24.945
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.146
When I cold reboot the computer 6.392
And the computer reboots Tails 39.328
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.270
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.252
Given I enable persistence 11.479
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.073
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.283
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.965
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.137
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.680
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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2:18.847
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 7.910
# 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 32.770
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.246
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:11.057
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 19.863
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.332
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
44.052
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 7.932
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 16.729
Then persistence is disabled 0.097
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 7.608
And all notifications have disappeared 8.613
When I delete the persistent partition 2.695
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.375
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.688
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:29.142
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 7.884
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.052
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.917
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:13.975
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.312
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.667
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008
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55.231
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 8.009
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.049
When I try to enable persistence 1.139
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 14.537
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.267
And all notifications have disappeared 8.278
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.315
And all tps features are enabled 4.748
And all tps features but the first one are active 5.886
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.137
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:18.273
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.012
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 33.203
And I enable persistence 27.819
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.188
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.665
And persistence is enabled 6.395
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.388
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
28.178
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 7.801
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 19.792
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.584
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.603
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
35.947
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 8.026
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 10.339
When I enable persistence 11.291
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.070
And persistence is successfully enabled 6.219
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.984
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
31.232
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 8.276
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 11.351
When I try to enable persistence 1.299
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.349
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.174
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.377
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.051
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.160
Then persistence is successfully enabled 4.191
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.542
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
47.670
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 7.872
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.084
When I try to enable persistence 1.277
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 11.287
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.194
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.031
When I log in to a new session 11.326
And all notifications have disappeared 10.059
# 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" 0.213
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.519
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.355
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.584
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.863
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.727
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
45.452
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 8.291
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.479
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.341
When I try to enable persistence 1.289
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.067
When I log in to a new session 11.366
And all notifications have disappeared 8.513
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.300
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.803
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.072
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000