Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6568 10 Aug 2026, 11:42

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 25:31.918 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:37.455
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 1:22.058
And I update the APT lists using apt 8.453
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.205
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.737
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.769
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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32.360
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 10.175
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.111
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.280
And persistence is disabled 0.098
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 7.693
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.106
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:43.708
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 9.551
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.414
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.102
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 21.737
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.071
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.390
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.232
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.160
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.048
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.516
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.010
Tags: @product
31.758
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 8.580
And the system is very low on memory 5.085
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.171
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.698
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.266
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.417
And I free up some memory 0.549
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.943
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.046
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.001
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
2:1.753
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 8.175
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.293
And all tps features are active 8.658
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.920
When I disable the first tps feature 2.548
Then all tps features but the first one are active 10.584
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.915
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:11.900
Then all tps features but the first one are active 10.755
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.977
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.010
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13.594
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 8.123
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.096
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.065
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.069
When I disable the first tps feature 2.512
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.060
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.036
When I enable the first tps feature 2.470
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.072
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.086
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.676
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
13.988
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 8.146
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.055
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.073
And I disable the first tps feature 2.592
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.998
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.121
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.779
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
47.549
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 8.753
And the network is plugged 0.039
And Tor is ready 13.410
And I take note of which tps features are available 7.133
When I write some files expected to persist 0.934
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.285
# 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" 11.993
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.206
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:40.700
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 7.818
And the network is plugged 0.048
And Tor is ready 9.571
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.162
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.346
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.010
And I capture all network traffic 0.011
And the network is plugged 0.030
And Tor is ready 11.129
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.386
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.093
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.093
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.622
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.059
Tags: @product
43.609
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 8.432
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.092
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 14.120
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 19.964
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.611
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:58.661
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 9.163
When I enable persistence 25.583
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.476
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.970
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.247
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.168
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.573
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 22.992
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.124
When I cold reboot the computer 5.862
And the computer reboots Tails 35.370
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.187
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.166
Given I enable persistence 13.709
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.096
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.325
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.523
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.119
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.583
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.020
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2:9.575
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 8.450
# 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 28.870
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.272
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:6.642
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 20.341
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.917
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
40.903
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 8.670
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.145
Then persistence is disabled 0.082
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.196
And all notifications have disappeared 8.870
When I delete the persistent partition 2.677
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.260
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.785
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:24.734
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 8.420
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.047
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.149
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:8.889
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.226
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.927
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.019
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59.183
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 8.035
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.121
When I try to enable persistence 1.344
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 14.052
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.639
And all notifications have disappeared 8.116
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.299
And all tps features are enabled 8.705
And all tps features but the first one are active 8.867
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.518
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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3:49.413
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 2:59.711
And I enable persistence 30.955
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.514
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.548
And persistence is enabled 8.682
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.940
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
33.710
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 7.830
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 25.350
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.529
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.014
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
51.668
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 9.873
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.983
When I enable persistence 20.627
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.069
And persistence is successfully enabled 11.116
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.537
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
30.742
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 8.192
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 11.117
When I try to enable persistence 1.264
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.530
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.142
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.224
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.056
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.106
Then persistence is successfully enabled 5.106
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.937
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
43.324
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 8.428
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.059
When I try to enable persistence 1.346
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 11.970
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.249
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.021
When I log in to a new session 8.427
And all notifications have disappeared 7.936
# 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" 0.348
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.114
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.340
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.231
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.849
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.192
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
43.523
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 8.071
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 11.631
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.385
When I try to enable persistence 1.222
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.605
When I log in to a new session 8.624
And all notifications have disappeared 7.966
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.292
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.722
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.058
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000