Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6547 30 Jul 2026, 00:32

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 21:56.159 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:30.114
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 1:16.111
And I update the APT lists using apt 7.128
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.226
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.648
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.588
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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28.130
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 8.562
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.559
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.162
And persistence is disabled 0.070
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.776
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.605
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:31.379
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 8.615
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.271
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.074
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 18.286
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.037
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.158
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 58.775
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.124
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.033
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.777
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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29.261
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 7.863
And the system is very low on memory 4.657
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.158
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.448
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.100
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.396
And I free up some memory 0.485
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.109
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.041
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.923
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:44.463
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.006
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.141
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.284
And all tps features are active 7.383
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.729
When I disable the first tps feature 2.471
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.278
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.487
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.057
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.628
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.695
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.021
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12.966
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 7.675
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.055
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.066
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.047
When I disable the first tps feature 2.500
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.039
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.044
When I enable the first tps feature 2.398
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.091
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.046
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.693
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
12.974
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 7.561
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.054
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.049
And I disable the first tps feature 2.432
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.837
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.038
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.706
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
39.490
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 7.476
And the network is plugged 0.051
And Tor is ready 7.987
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.492
When I write some files expected to persist 1.103
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.427
# 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" 10.950
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.243
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:34.385
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 7.602
And the network is plugged 0.032
And Tor is ready 8.002
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.113
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.370
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.235
And I capture all network traffic 0.002
And the network is plugged 0.030
And Tor is ready 10.484
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.354
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.061
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.095
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.790
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.048
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37.002
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 without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.175
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.102
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 11.649
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.075
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.685
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:46.645
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 8.021
When I enable persistence 22.086
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.330
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 37.870
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.247
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.277
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.527
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 22.103
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.088
When I cold reboot the computer 7.251
And the computer reboots Tails 31.832
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.229
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.254
Given I enable persistence 12.129
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.060
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.130
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.104
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.098
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.544
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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2:2.743
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 7.930
# 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 27.052
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.278
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:1.315
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 21.166
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.235
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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36.220
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 7.857
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.020
Then persistence is disabled 0.090
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.281
And all notifications have disappeared 8.152
When I delete the persistent partition 2.596
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.221
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.971
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:14.489
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 7.967
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.053
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.225
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.071
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.172
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.661
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.047
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53.356
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 7.904
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.044
When I try to enable persistence 1.216
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 11.913
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.636
And all notifications have disappeared 8.411
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.228
And all tps features are enabled 7.346
And all tps features but the first one are active 7.653
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.826
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:32.234
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 1:52.035
And I enable persistence 25.184
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.034
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.448
And persistence is enabled 7.530
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.035
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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29.330
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 7.459
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 21.460
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.410
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.793
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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36.508
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 7.894
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.316
When I enable persistence 11.909
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.036
And persistence is successfully enabled 7.350
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.588
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
27.009
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 7.663
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.671
When I try to enable persistence 1.296
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.761
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.209
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.182
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.044
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.204
Then persistence is successfully enabled 2.975
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.683
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
39.051
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 7.613
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.071
When I try to enable persistence 1.107
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 11.100
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.214
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.021
When I log in to a new session 7.401
And all notifications have disappeared 7.195
# 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" 0.146
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.074
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.182
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.022
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.898
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.611
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
38.400
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 7.906
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.367
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.246
When I try to enable persistence 1.132
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.251
When I log in to a new session 7.462
And all notifications have disappeared 8.207
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.036
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.790
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.069
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000