Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6562 05 Aug 2026, 23:10

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 24:4.505 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:34.919
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:21.029
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.842
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.215
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.832
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.829
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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29.606
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 8.948
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.237
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.229
And persistence is disabled 0.070
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.120
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.546
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:36.827
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 9.168
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.298
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.086
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 18.588
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.047
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.858
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.583
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.149
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.047
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.852
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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29.973
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 7.901
And the system is very low on memory 4.689
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.220
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.667
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.155
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.391
And I free up some memory 0.518
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.385
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.826
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:53.581
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 enabled and logged in 8.806
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.335
And all tps features are active 7.861
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.242
When I disable the first tps feature 2.579
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.537
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.772
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.967
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.478
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.619
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.014
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13.907
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 8.464
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.079
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.060
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.089
When I disable the first tps feature 2.563
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.055
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.051
When I enable the first tps feature 2.446
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.047
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.049
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.804
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
26.640
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 21.032
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.076
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.054
And I disable the first tps feature 2.496
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.931
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.049
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.536
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
42.738
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 8.370
And the network is plugged 0.040
And Tor is ready 9.135
And I take note of which tps features are available 7.134
When I write some files expected to persist 1.193
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.264
# 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" 11.600
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.537
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:55.861
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 21.178
And the network is plugged 0.044
And Tor is ready 9.518
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.123
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.800
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.047
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.030
And Tor is ready 12.570
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.369
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.068
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.104
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.987
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.072
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39.877
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 8.945
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.094
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 12.394
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 17.443
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.814
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:57.092
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 9.119
When I enable persistence 23.878
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 14.056
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.962
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.430
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.355
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.584
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 22.356
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.145
When I cold reboot the computer 5.829
And the computer reboots Tails 33.943
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.339
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.238
Given I enable persistence 15.118
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.112
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.170
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.319
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.128
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.690
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008
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2:9.606
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 8.851
# 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 28.950
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.741
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:2.860
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 22.202
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.958
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
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38.620
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 8.018
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.967
Then persistence is disabled 0.075
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.266
And all notifications have disappeared 8.358
When I delete the persistent partition 2.699
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.234
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.601
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:21.240
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 8.013
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.098
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.020
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.923
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.184
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.939
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.021
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56.472
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 7.992
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.089
When I try to enable persistence 1.160
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 13.785
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.862
And all notifications have disappeared 7.962
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.254
And all tps features are enabled 7.903
And all tps features but the first one are active 8.462
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.764
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:47.491
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 1:59.562
And I enable persistence 28.318
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.150
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.779
And persistence is enabled 9.680
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.910
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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30.787
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 7.885
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 22.346
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.555
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.997
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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42.417
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 8.466
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 10.866
When I enable persistence 14.319
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.056
And persistence is successfully enabled 8.708
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.812
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
30.127
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 7.823
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.876
When I try to enable persistence 1.304
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.833
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.202
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.388
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.083
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.109
Then persistence is successfully enabled 4.505
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.726
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
43.556
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.217
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.058
When I try to enable persistence 1.220
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 12.660
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.250
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.022
When I log in to a new session 8.985
And all notifications have disappeared 7.470
# 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" 0.241
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.098
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.180
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.314
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.835
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.706
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
43.157
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 8.372
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.824
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.344
When I try to enable persistence 1.181
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.003
When I log in to a new session 8.555
And all notifications have disappeared 7.640
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.166
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.068
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.569
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000