Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6550 31 Jul 2026, 11:49

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 22:21.772 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:28.739
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 1:14.901
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.864
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.276
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.696
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.929
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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28.454
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 8.512
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.807
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.228
And persistence is disabled 0.094
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.812
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.638
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:30.502
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 8.383
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.233
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.093
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 16.745
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.054
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.136
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 59.663
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.153
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.039
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.685
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
29.116
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 8.103
And the system is very low on memory 4.630
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.156
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.450
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.134
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.397
And I free up some memory 0.510
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.693
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.039
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.623
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:44.011
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 8.338
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.271
And all tps features are active 7.778
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.669
When I disable the first tps feature 2.466
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.352
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.274
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.107
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.751
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.606
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.034
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12.618
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 7.650
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.068
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.057
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.048
When I disable the first tps feature 2.590
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.056
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.044
When I enable the first tps feature 1.984
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.064
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.053
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.570
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
12.965
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 7.585
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.069
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.046
And I disable the first tps feature 2.464
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.760
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.039
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.719
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
40.897
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 7.730
And the network is plugged 0.053
And Tor is ready 8.396
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.985
When I write some files expected to persist 0.981
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.296
# 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" 11.453
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.378
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:53.836
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 7.846
And the network is plugged 0.040
And Tor is ready 11.071
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.110
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.316
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.681
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.027
And Tor is ready 24.286
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.296
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.067
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.090
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.898
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.073
Tags: @product
39.817
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 8.343
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.096
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 12.137
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 18.239
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.915
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:45.435
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 8.548
When I enable persistence 21.479
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.876
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 37.904
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.365
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.298
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.545
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 21.280
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.126
When I cold reboot the computer 5.768
And the computer reboots Tails 31.768
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.305
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.248
Given I enable persistence 12.082
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.060
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.150
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.490
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.135
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.780
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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2:2.185
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 7.965
# 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 27.612
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.128
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:0.647
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 20.831
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.738
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.040
Tags: @product
37.572
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.828
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.014
Then persistence is disabled 0.073
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.157
And all notifications have disappeared 8.533
When I delete the persistent partition 2.600
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.363
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.596
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:13.717
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 7.775
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.049
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.160
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.534
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.197
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.432
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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52.334
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 7.718
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.054
When I try to enable persistence 1.217
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 12.753
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.197
And all notifications have disappeared 6.985
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.215
And all tps features are enabled 7.657
And all tps features but the first one are active 7.533
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.765
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:38.068
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 1:57.663
And I enable persistence 25.577
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.340
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.555
And persistence is enabled 7.931
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.769
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
28.980
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 7.343
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 21.155
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.482
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.696
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
37.546
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 8.261
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.404
When I enable persistence 12.499
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.057
And persistence is successfully enabled 7.323
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.619
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
27.212
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 7.727
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.820
When I try to enable persistence 1.237
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.626
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.079
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.108
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.061
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.230
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.319
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.093
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
40.979
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 7.722
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.052
When I try to enable persistence 1.154
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 11.742
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.272
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.025
When I log in to a new session 7.863
And all notifications have disappeared 7.998
# 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" 0.102
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.066
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.139
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.033
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.804
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.687
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
36.776
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 7.713
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.868
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.231
When I try to enable persistence 1.139
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 1.983
When I log in to a new session 6.434
And all notifications have disappeared 7.327
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.133
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.944
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.938
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000