Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6556 04 Aug 2026, 13:55

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 25:20.915 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:45.032
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 1:30.677
And I update the APT lists using apt 7.440
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.243
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.670
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.649
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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42.192
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 22.032
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.260
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.200
And persistence is disabled 0.091
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.607
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.512
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:33.709
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 8.996
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.232
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.083
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 18.082
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.042
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.451
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.608
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.169
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.043
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.533
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
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31.547
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 8.464
And the system is very low on memory 5.222
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.222
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.614
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.158
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.384
And I free up some memory 0.887
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.543
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.049
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.928
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:52.220
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 8.499
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.293
And all tps features are active 8.688
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.985
When I disable the first tps feature 2.495
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.709
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.678
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.752
Then all tps features but the first one are active 9.117
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.525
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
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14.523
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.019
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.429
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.082
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.098
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.074
When I disable the first tps feature 3.142
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.077
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.041
When I enable the first tps feature 2.461
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.055
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.058
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.633
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
13.208
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 7.541
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.069
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.053
And I disable the first tps feature 2.573
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.935
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.034
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.097
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
43.191
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.010
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.801
And the network is plugged 0.038
And Tor is ready 9.839
And I take note of which tps features are available 7.304
When I write some files expected to persist 0.963
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.295
# 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" 11.949
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.109
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:39.145
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 7.536
And the network is plugged 0.037
And Tor is ready 9.659
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.200
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.431
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.437
And I capture all network traffic 0.004
And the network is plugged 0.035
And Tor is ready 12.177
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.398
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.094
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.132
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.627
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.052
Tags: @product
39.937
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 8.219
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.069
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 12.287
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 18.360
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.028
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:52.920
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 8.424
When I enable persistence 23.218
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.737
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.052
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.270
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.294
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.446
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 22.888
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.210
When I cold reboot the computer 6.003
And the computer reboots Tails 33.665
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.244
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.126
Given I enable persistence 13.666
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.071
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.313
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.152
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.133
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.917
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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2:8.802
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 8.415
# 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 27.149
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.592
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:5.264
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 22.380
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.133
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
39.309
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 8.409
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.020
Then persistence is disabled 0.077
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.658
And all notifications have disappeared 8.320
When I delete the persistent partition 2.584
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.236
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.838
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:19.466
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.010
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.320
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.081
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.816
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.057
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.190
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.715
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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1:10.372
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 22.104
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.055
When I try to enable persistence 1.183
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 14.012
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.156
And all notifications have disappeared 8.948
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.234
And all tps features are enabled 7.763
And all tps features but the first one are active 7.913
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.010
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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4:1.394
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 3:10.547
And I enable persistence 31.941
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.743
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.598
And persistence is enabled 10.562
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.030
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
34.153
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 7.847
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 25.802
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.503
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.555
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
45.607
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 8.589
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 10.803
When I enable persistence 15.620
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.052
And persistence is successfully enabled 10.541
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.557
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
29.627
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 8.322
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 11.119
When I try to enable persistence 1.254
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.703
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.209
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.192
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.049
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.089
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.686
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.570
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
42.169
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.507
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.072
When I try to enable persistence 1.211
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 11.516
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.082
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.023
When I log in to a new session 8.089
And all notifications have disappeared 8.027
# 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" 0.184
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.103
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.187
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.411
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.752
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.730
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
42.382
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.009
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.534
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.299
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.299
When I try to enable persistence 1.161
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.766
When I log in to a new session 8.018
And all notifications have disappeared 7.578
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.640
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.083
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.872
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000