Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6565 07 Aug 2026, 11:32

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 23:30.968 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:34.543
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 1:20.199
And I update the APT lists using apt 7.488
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.195
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.660
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.636
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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29.787
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 8.688
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.982
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.287
And persistence is disabled 0.092
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.736
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.229
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:34.240
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.016
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 8.684
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.237
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.085
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.342
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 5.493
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.086
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.192
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.061
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.525
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
29.697
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 8.601
And the system is very low on memory 4.506
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.211
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.364
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.093
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.371
And I free up some memory 0.626
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.882
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.039
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.034
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:46.284
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 8.276
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.340
And all tps features are active 8.309
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.935
When I disable the first tps feature 2.674
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.773
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.759
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.312
Then all tps features but the first one are active 6.903
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.910
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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12.989
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 7.728
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.055
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.055
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.042
When I disable the first tps feature 2.480
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.059
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.041
When I enable the first tps feature 2.442
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.041
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.041
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.697
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
13.140
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 7.478
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.061
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.069
And I disable the first tps feature 2.576
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.912
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.042
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.599
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
41.860
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 7.915
And the network is plugged 0.037
And Tor is ready 8.376
And I take note of which tps features are available 7.584
When I write some files expected to persist 1.232
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.286
# 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" 11.428
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.413
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:47.399
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 7.814
And the network is plugged 0.032
And Tor is ready 13.271
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.136
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.355
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.924
And I capture all network traffic 0.004
And the network is plugged 0.045
And Tor is ready 15.201
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.417
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.081
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.114
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.839
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.052
Tags: @product
41.543
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 8.864
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.108
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 13.923
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 17.647
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.677
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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3:6.059
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 21.745
When I enable persistence 23.346
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.991
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 37.904
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.262
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.186
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.574
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 23.223
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.118
When I cold reboot the computer 4.602
And the computer reboots Tails 32.956
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.351
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.262
Given I enable persistence 14.283
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.068
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.300
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.765
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.117
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.716
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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2:8.847
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 8.526
# 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 28.847
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.276
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:5.093
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 21.102
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.070
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
38.331
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 8.132
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.964
Then persistence is disabled 0.073
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.737
And all notifications have disappeared 7.534
When I delete the persistent partition 2.628
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.259
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.830
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:17.812
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 8.181
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.059
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.436
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.889
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.244
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.816
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.022
Tags: @product
58.244
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 7.954
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.056
When I try to enable persistence 1.193
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 14.346
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.171
And all notifications have disappeared 8.533
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.325
And all tps features are enabled 8.126
And all tps features but the first one are active 8.536
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.923
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:46.701
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 2:1.668
And I enable persistence 27.587
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.872
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.578
And persistence is enabled 8.993
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.951
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
30.582
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 8.060
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 22.043
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.477
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.633
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
39.976
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 8.226
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 10.151
When I enable persistence 12.980
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.043
And persistence is successfully enabled 8.574
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.750
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
29.524
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 8.168
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.927
When I try to enable persistence 1.193
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.543
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.089
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.241
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.071
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.263
Then persistence is successfully enabled 4.024
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.675
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
43.171
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.468
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.073
When I try to enable persistence 1.193
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 11.547
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.223
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.034
When I log in to a new session 9.124
And all notifications have disappeared 8.031
# 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" 0.172
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.073
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.170
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.172
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.886
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.058
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
40.229
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 8.268
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.566
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.318
When I try to enable persistence 1.132
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.088
When I log in to a new session 8.113
And all notifications have disappeared 6.565
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.224
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.950
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.943
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000