Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6567 09 Aug 2026, 11:33

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 23:22.282 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:35.589
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 1:21.074
And I update the APT lists using apt 7.367
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.271
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.877
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.703
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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28.901
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.543
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.108
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.229
And persistence is disabled 0.078
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.940
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.021
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:36.036
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 8.711
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.309
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.097
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.842
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.043
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.441
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.352
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.188
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.049
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.654
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
31.627
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 8.107
And the system is very low on memory 4.772
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.161
When I try to create a persistent partition 5.745
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.200
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.358
And I free up some memory 0.677
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.561
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.041
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.649
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:54.098
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 8.784
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.376
And all tps features are active 9.455
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.775
When I disable the first tps feature 2.665
Then all tps features but the first one are active 9.664
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.553
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.516
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.306
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.616
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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13.484
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 8.020
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.059
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.050
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.130
When I disable the first tps feature 2.554
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.045
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.042
When I enable the first tps feature 2.490
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.043
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.047
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.688
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
13.619
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 7.916
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.109
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.064
And I disable the first tps feature 2.576
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.917
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.034
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.613
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
43.060
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 7.722
And the network is plugged 0.037
And Tor is ready 9.486
And I take note of which tps features are available 7.806
When I write some files expected to persist 1.087
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.334
# 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" 11.586
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.216
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:38.458
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 7.739
And the network is plugged 0.030
And Tor is ready 9.251
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.157
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.492
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.920
And I capture all network traffic 0.004
And the network is plugged 0.032
And Tor is ready 11.232
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.419
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.068
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.108
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.750
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.096
Tags: @product
38.972
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 8.343
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.073
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 13.070
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.484
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.733
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:52.360
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 8.509
When I enable persistence 22.895
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 14.123
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.128
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.256
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.306
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.551
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 21.815
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.102
When I cold reboot the computer 5.936
And the computer reboots Tails 33.659
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.319
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.138
Given I enable persistence 14.224
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.074
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.295
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.874
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.146
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.841
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
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2:5.380
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 8.839
# 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 28.013
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.438
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:3.282
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 19.806
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.102
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
40.302
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 8.535
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.484
Then persistence is disabled 0.106
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.076
And all notifications have disappeared 9.220
When I delete the persistent partition 2.628
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.251
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.961
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:21.198
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 8.577
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.063
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.794
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.568
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.193
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.520
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.057
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56.324
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 8.546
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.056
When I try to enable persistence 1.210
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 14.504
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.903
And all notifications have disappeared 7.486
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.286
And all tps features are enabled 7.810
And all tps features but the first one are active 7.517
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.811
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:41.710
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 1:59.064
And I enable persistence 27.059
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.587
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.547
And persistence is enabled 8.453
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.608
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
31.946
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 7.556
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 23.806
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.583
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.770
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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43.410
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 8.782
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 10.694
When I enable persistence 15.583
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.046
And persistence is successfully enabled 8.303
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.721
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
29.935
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.007
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.505
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 11.443
When I try to enable persistence 1.267
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.008
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.216
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.244
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.067
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.213
Then persistence is successfully enabled 2.967
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.767
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
41.286
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 8.003
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.066
When I try to enable persistence 1.168
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 11.470
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.262
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.027
When I log in to a new session 9.003
And all notifications have disappeared 6.863
# 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" 0.148
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.081
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.161
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.096
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.932
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.876
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
44.577
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 8.707
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.995
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.285
When I try to enable persistence 1.231
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.475
When I log in to a new session 8.403
And all notifications have disappeared 8.085
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.503
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.889
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.605
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000