Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6555 04 Aug 2026, 11:41

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 24:2.630 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:35.365
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 1:20.757
And I update the APT lists using apt 7.019
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.690
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.897
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.834
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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29.788
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 8.985
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.128
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.268
And persistence is disabled 0.091
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.315
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.875
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:37.862
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 9.049
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.287
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.116
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.772
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.048
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.660
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.738
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.143
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.842
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008
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32.279
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 8.309
And the system is very low on memory 5.232
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.238
When I try to create a persistent partition 5.731
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.103
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.431
And I free up some memory 0.489
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.674
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.069
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.946
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:55.554
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.008
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 10.073
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.313
And all tps features are active 8.408
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.736
When I disable the first tps feature 2.522
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.339
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.990
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:8.473
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.696
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.696
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.029
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13.487
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 enabled and logged in 8.120
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.079
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.055
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.059
When I disable the first tps feature 2.542
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.048
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.050
When I enable the first tps feature 2.413
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.063
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.054
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.700
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
13.583
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 7.972
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.084
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.052
And I disable the first tps feature 2.552
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.878
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.042
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.618
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
41.876
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 enabled and logged in 7.888
And the network is plugged 0.035
And Tor is ready 8.557
And I take note of which tps features are available 7.254
When I write some files expected to persist 1.031
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.349
# 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" 11.759
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.394
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:42.901
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 7.732
And the network is plugged 0.034
And Tor is ready 10.062
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.174
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.279
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.907
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.029
And Tor is ready 11.107
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.376
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.073
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.118
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.804
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.037
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39.567
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 without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.597
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.065
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 12.141
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 17.762
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.895
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:54.634
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 9.008
When I enable persistence 24.282
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.921
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.261
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.222
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.158
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.525
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 22.623
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.187
When I cold reboot the computer 6.083
And the computer reboots Tails 33.667
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.350
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.280
Given I enable persistence 13.331
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.079
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.396
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.126
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.127
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.673
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
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2:11.018
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 8.319
# 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 29.331
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.549
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:6.778
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 21.039
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.043
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.068
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41.020
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 8.410
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.905
Then persistence is disabled 0.103
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.663
And all notifications have disappeared 8.989
When I delete the persistent partition 2.676
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.271
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.872
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:20.820
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 8.274
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.056
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.339
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.913
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.236
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.087
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.013
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1:5.049
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 8.248
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.066
When I try to enable persistence 1.268
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 15.301
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.762
And all notifications have disappeared 9.309
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.296
And all tps features are enabled 10.007
And all tps features but the first one are active 10.789
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.845
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:57.976
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 2:7.884
And I enable persistence 29.305
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.141
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.503
And persistence is enabled 12.141
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.881
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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32.050
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.069
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 22.452
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.528
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.640
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
45.669
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 8.434
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 10.238
When I enable persistence 18.180
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.043
And persistence is successfully enabled 8.772
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.469
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
28.370
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 7.980
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.492
When I try to enable persistence 1.305
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.674
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.221
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.247
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.051
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.092
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.305
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.927
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
42.624
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 8.457
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.063
When I try to enable persistence 1.188
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 12.148
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.244
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.038
When I log in to a new session 8.356
And all notifications have disappeared 7.386
# 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" 0.133
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.103
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.410
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.175
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.914
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.608
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
41.131
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 8.468
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.676
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.361
When I try to enable persistence 1.121
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.395
When I log in to a new session 8.162
And all notifications have disappeared 6.696
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.197
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.050
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.631
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000