Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6549 30 Jul 2026, 19:38

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 21:39.431 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:36.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.005
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:21.133
And I update the APT lists using apt 7.745
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.264
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.860
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.735
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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30.487
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 8.566
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.173
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.298
And persistence is disabled 0.104
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.345
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.936
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:42.081
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 8.572
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.361
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.106
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 20.229
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.044
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.511
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.982
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.195
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.075
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.667
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.012
Tags: @product
30.835
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 7.426
And the system is very low on memory 4.953
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.285
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.931
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.144
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.579
And I free up some memory 0.875
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.585
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.053
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.953
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:46.132
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 8.260
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.295
And all tps features are active 5.137
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.882
When I disable the first tps feature 2.513
Then all tps features but the first one are active 5.370
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.764
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:10.347
Then all tps features but the first one are active 5.561
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.676
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.065
Tags: @product
12.812
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 7.383
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.083
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.079
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.048
When I disable the first tps feature 2.516
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.051
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.041
When I enable the first tps feature 2.500
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.055
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.052
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.940
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
13.019
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 7.367
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.071
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.081
And I disable the first tps feature 2.508
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.956
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.033
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.751
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
42.556
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 7.296
And the network is plugged 0.022
And Tor is ready 12.413
And I take note of which tps features are available 3.913
When I write some files expected to persist 1.141
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.691
# 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" 12.079
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.228
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:42.593
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 7.225
And the network is plugged 0.022
And Tor is ready 10.741
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.128
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.417
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.055
And I capture all network traffic 0.005
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 11.391
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.374
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.098
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.113
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.724
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.053
Tags: @product
42.276
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 8.489
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.092
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 14.521
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 18.173
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.320
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:54.578
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 8.878
When I enable persistence 19.795
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.735
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.517
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.384
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" 4.490
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 24.694
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.126
When I cold reboot the computer 6.141
And the computer reboots Tails 37.561
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.319
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.184
Given I enable persistence 11.322
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.076
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 8.692
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.161
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.743
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
Tags: @product
2:9.326
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 7.749
# 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 28.730
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.378
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:6.426
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 21.041
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.278
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.023
Tags: @product
38.043
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 7.276
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.560
Then persistence is disabled 0.108
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.076
And all notifications have disappeared 7.929
When I delete the persistent partition 2.692
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.399
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.680
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:18.832
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 7.541
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.053
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.566
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.443
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.227
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.976
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.011
Tags: @product
48.862
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 7.227
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.052
When I try to enable persistence 1.198
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 11.578
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.538
And all notifications have disappeared 8.077
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.272
And all tps features are enabled 5.061
And all tps features but the first one are active 4.854
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.933
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:12.839
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 32.429
And I enable persistence 24.913
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.464
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.533
And persistence is enabled 5.498
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.414
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
25.837
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 6.987
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 18.267
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.582
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.905
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
33.822
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 7.544
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.545
When I enable persistence 11.074
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.054
And persistence is successfully enabled 5.603
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.938
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
28.523
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 7.203
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.944
When I try to enable persistence 1.278
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.151
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.159
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.400
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.052
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.165
Then persistence is successfully enabled 4.169
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.283
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
45.451
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 7.292
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.058
When I try to enable persistence 1.204
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 11.200
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.162
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.031
When I log in to a new session 10.305
And all notifications have disappeared 10.051
# 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" 0.265
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.483
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.214
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.420
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.760
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.887
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
44.512
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 7.239
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.817
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.336
When I try to enable persistence 1.219
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.320
When I log in to a new session 10.069
And all notifications have disappeared 9.348
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 0.820
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.838
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000