Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6545 29 Jul 2026, 21:34

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 21:58.675 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:33.975
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 1:18.858
And I update the APT lists using apt 7.843
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.281
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.992
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.757
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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30.876
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 8.719
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.000
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.303
And persistence is disabled 0.102
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 7.751
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.059
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:41.036
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 8.243
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.328
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.132
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 19.086
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.058
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.868
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.098
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.175
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.723
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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32.050
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 7.740
And the system is very low on memory 4.720
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.200
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.884
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.114
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.424
And I free up some memory 0.757
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 11.147
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.058
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.786
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:44.922
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 8.058
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.421
And all tps features are active 5.498
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.057
When I disable the first tps feature 2.607
Then all tps features but the first one are active 5.245
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.835
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:9.066
Then all tps features but the first one are active 5.131
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.817
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.022
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13.241
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 7.661
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.161
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.062
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.068
When I disable the first tps feature 2.514
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.052
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.041
When I enable the first tps feature 2.499
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.080
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.097
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.983
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
12.987
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.015
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.207
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.050
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.062
And I disable the first tps feature 2.688
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.904
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.072
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.960
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
46.228
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 7.167
And the network is plugged 0.028
And Tor is ready 14.023
And I take note of which tps features are available 4.533
When I write some files expected to persist 1.148
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.033
# 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" 12.294
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.586
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:47.759
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 7.335
And the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 10.587
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.226
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.710
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:9.850
And I capture all network traffic 0.020
And the network is plugged 0.038
And Tor is ready 12.322
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.442
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.100
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.109
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.008
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.041
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40.751
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 8.328
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.098
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 13.608
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 17.715
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.190
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:52.669
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 8.746
When I enable persistence 19.333
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.667
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.746
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.307
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.243
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.571
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 24.240
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.199
When I cold reboot the computer 6.074
And the computer reboots Tails 36.274
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.253
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.221
Given I enable persistence 11.119
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.099
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.245
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.172
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.151
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.672
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.011
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2:12.806
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 7.931
# 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 27.627
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.516
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:8.000
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 23.731
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.472
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
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40.092
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 8.142
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.129
Then persistence is disabled 0.103
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.094
And all notifications have disappeared 8.437
When I delete the persistent partition 2.837
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.348
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.763
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:24.447
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 7.804
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.110
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.896
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:9.407
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.228
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.795
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.016
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51.307
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 7.765
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.120
When I try to enable persistence 1.285
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 12.304
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.210
And all notifications have disappeared 8.057
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.257
And all tps features are enabled 4.819
And all tps features but the first one are active 5.486
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.977
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:12.460
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 33.236
And I enable persistence 24.464
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.977
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.608
And persistence is enabled 5.172
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.112
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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26.807
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 7.374
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 18.895
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.537
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.966
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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34.663
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 7.962
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 10.745
When I enable persistence 10.432
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.048
And persistence is successfully enabled 5.475
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.781
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
29.895
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 7.899
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.573
When I try to enable persistence 1.283
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.862
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.160
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.538
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.088
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.160
Then persistence is successfully enabled 4.329
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.038
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
45.026
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 7.322
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.093
When I try to enable persistence 1.185
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 11.544
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.165
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.025
When I log in to a new session 10.900
And all notifications have disappeared 8.893
# 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" 0.207
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.444
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.214
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.292
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.738
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.713
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
44.667
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 7.689
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.344
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.343
When I try to enable persistence 1.166
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.753
When I log in to a new session 10.872
And all notifications have disappeared 8.915
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.889
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.693
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.599
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000