Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6551 01 Aug 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 22:8.039 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:35.095
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 1:20.415
And I update the APT lists using apt 7.569
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.260
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.849
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.707
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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30.178
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 8.388
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.189
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.234
And persistence is disabled 0.092
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.272
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.881
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:42.095
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 8.367
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.287
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.096
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 20.306
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.046
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.052
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.730
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.155
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.052
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.686
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.022
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31.201
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 7.234
And the system is very low on memory 4.701
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.138
When I try to create a persistent partition 5.050
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.180
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.345
And I free up some memory 0.800
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 10.679
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.071
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.592
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:42.941
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 8.227
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.343
And all tps features are active 5.222
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.018
When I disable the first tps feature 2.641
Then all tps features but the first one are active 5.498
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.827
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.902
Then all tps features but the first one are active 5.260
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.838
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.014
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13.267
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 7.781
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.085
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.047
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.059
When I disable the first tps feature 2.508
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.051
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.042
When I enable the first tps feature 2.584
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.063
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.040
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.978
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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12.847
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 7.217
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.080
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.072
And I disable the first tps feature 2.506
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.932
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.037
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.909
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
50.654
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 7.280
And the network is plugged 0.014
And Tor is ready 18.014
And I take note of which tps features are available 4.691
When I write some files expected to persist 1.352
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.827
# 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" 12.474
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.113
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:46.073
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 7.378
And the network is plugged 0.020
And Tor is ready 9.940
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.175
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.804
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:9.390
And I capture all network traffic 0.004
And the network is plugged 0.018
And Tor is ready 11.783
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.392
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.057
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.107
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.809
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.065
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41.185
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 8.360
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.083
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 13.259
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 18.482
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.890
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:55.489
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 8.874
When I enable persistence 19.191
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.614
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.581
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.284
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.229
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.627
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 23.770
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.184
When I cold reboot the computer 6.237
And the computer reboots Tails 38.909
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.322
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.230
Given I enable persistence 11.387
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.098
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.269
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.509
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.166
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.872
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.048
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2:12.979
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 7.946
# 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 31.116
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.401
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:7.035
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 21.479
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.198
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.050
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40.635
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 8.338
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.230
Then persistence is disabled 0.090
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.540
And all notifications have disappeared 8.378
When I delete the persistent partition 2.663
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.393
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.875
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:25.924
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 8.065
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.066
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.031
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:10.552
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.207
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.843
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
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52.108
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 8.089
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.093
When I try to enable persistence 1.250
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 12.936
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.427
And all notifications have disappeared 7.794
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.250
And all tps features are enabled 5.155
And all tps features but the first one are active 5.110
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.649
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:14.670
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 33.022
And I enable persistence 25.897
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.325
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.542
And persistence is enabled 5.882
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.024
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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25.977
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 7.290
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 18.102
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.584
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.807
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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34.522
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 7.854
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.972
When I enable persistence 10.598
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.046
And persistence is successfully enabled 6.049
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.918
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
28.494
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 7.549
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.853
When I try to enable persistence 1.202
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.399
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.203
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.394
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.065
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.154
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.671
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.677
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
46.870
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 7.468
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.061
When I try to enable persistence 1.238
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 12.448
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 10.675
And all notifications have disappeared 9.873
# 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" 0.128
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.415
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.187
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.407
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.769
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.905
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
44.825
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 7.710
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.739
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.401
When I try to enable persistence 1.195
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.743
When I log in to a new session 10.171
And all notifications have disappeared 9.399
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.662
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.801
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.058
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000