Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6563 06 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 24:52.563 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:35.368
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 1:20.259
And I update the APT lists using apt 7.791
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.285
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.032
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.116
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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31.203
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 9.132
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.101
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.307
And persistence is disabled 0.141
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 7.520
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.540
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:40.257
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 9.029
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.344
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.095
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 21.599
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.055
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.362
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.560
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.181
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.028
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.939
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
44.725
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 21.576
And the system is very low on memory 5.168
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.176
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.759
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.168
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.412
And I free up some memory 0.503
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.913
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.045
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.008
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:53.561
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 8.645
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.382
And all tps features are active 8.417
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.679
When I disable the first tps feature 2.991
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.462
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.587
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:8.708
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.687
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.611
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.052
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13.455
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 7.824
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.136
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.075
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.073
When I disable the first tps feature 2.593
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.085
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.049
When I enable the first tps feature 2.491
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.052
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.072
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.698
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
40.574
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 34.493
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.081
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.057
And I disable the first tps feature 2.980
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.910
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.052
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.687
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
43.924
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 7.555
And the network is plugged 0.038
And Tor is ready 11.769
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.368
When I write some files expected to persist 1.073
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.515
# 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" 11.603
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.350
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:7.306
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 34.808
And the network is plugged 0.034
And Tor is ready 8.314
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.161
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.903
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.423
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.037
And Tor is ready 10.881
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.417
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.089
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.231
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.085
Tags: @product
41.307
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 8.989
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 12.347
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 18.876
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.131
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:57.049
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 9.905
When I enable persistence 24.132
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 14.325
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.580
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.398
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.296
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.561
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 22.396
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.163
When I cold reboot the computer 6.061
And the computer reboots Tails 34.407
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.342
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.249
Given I enable persistence 13.409
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.066
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 7.209
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.145
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.671
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.014
Tags: @product
2:9.640
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 8.524
# 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 28.832
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.322
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:6.056
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 20.905
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.842
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
40.266
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 8.793
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.382
Then persistence is disabled 0.100
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.283
And all notifications have disappeared 8.886
When I delete the persistent partition 2.572
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.246
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.973
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:19.508
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 8.822
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.063
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.824
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.623
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.174
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.705
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.010
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58.302
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 8.674
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.065
When I try to enable persistence 1.175
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 14.211
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.952
And all notifications have disappeared 7.999
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.235
And all tps features are enabled 7.779
And all tps features but the first one are active 8.208
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.897
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:48.396
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 2:0.834
And I enable persistence 29.473
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.209
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.542
And persistence is enabled 9.336
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.934
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
30.899
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 7.692
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 22.738
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.467
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.861
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
39.951
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 8.723
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.950
When I enable persistence 13.355
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.069
And persistence is successfully enabled 7.852
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.787
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
30.139
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 8.351
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 11.111
When I try to enable persistence 1.255
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.685
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.175
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.515
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.050
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.265
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.728
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.770
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
44.561
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 7.866
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.065
When I try to enable persistence 1.175
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 13.707
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.278
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.023
When I log in to a new session 8.705
And all notifications have disappeared 8.455
# 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" 0.150
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.082
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.195
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.122
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.733
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.601
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
42.160
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 8.208
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.480
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.303
When I try to enable persistence 1.212
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.587
When I log in to a new session 8.828
And all notifications have disappeared 7.726
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.054
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.758
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.608
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000