Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6570 10 Aug 2026, 12:47

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 24:26.702 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:37.138
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 1:22.778
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.814
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.361
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.183
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.569
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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30.398
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 8.908
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.949
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.336
And persistence is disabled 0.093
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.110
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.946
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:39.766
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 9.116
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.345
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.149
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 19.181
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.052
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.698
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.022
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.154
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.046
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.941
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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31.247
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 8.296
And the system is very low on memory 5.088
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.191
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.708
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.112
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.390
And I free up some memory 0.617
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.797
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.952
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:59.894
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 9.148
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.297
And all tps features are active 11.355
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.146
When I disable the first tps feature 2.602
Then all tps features but the first one are active 9.212
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.874
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:9.441
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.815
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.831
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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14.106
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 8.627
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.071
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.049
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.059
When I disable the first tps feature 2.588
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.059
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.045
When I enable the first tps feature 2.460
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.050
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.095
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.675
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
13.957
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 8.345
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.077
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.046
And I disable the first tps feature 2.650
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.781
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.055
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.779
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
47.168
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 8.132
And the network is plugged 0.045
And Tor is ready 12.182
And I take note of which tps features are available 8.055
When I write some files expected to persist 1.126
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.527
# 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" 12.097
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.097
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:44.902
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 8.427
And the network is plugged 0.027
And Tor is ready 9.465
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.128
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 1:8.190
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.028
And Tor is ready 11.166
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.405
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.045
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.109
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.884
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.081
Tags: @product
42.531
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 without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.479
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.101
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 15.217
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 17.732
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.759
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:58.015
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 8.843
When I enable persistence 22.537
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.860
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.388
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.426
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.334
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.634
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 23.150
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.133
When I cold reboot the computer 6.253
And the computer reboots Tails 35.150
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.249
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.133
Given I enable persistence 15.214
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.078
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.410
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.087
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.128
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.679
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.024
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2:12.467
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 8.818
# 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 32.012
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.257
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:6.468
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 19.910
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.157
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
Tags: @product
42.708
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 8.998
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.931
Then persistence is disabled 0.080
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.250
And all notifications have disappeared 9.397
When I delete the persistent partition 2.755
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.294
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.055
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:22.040
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 8.502
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.054
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.422
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.804
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.255
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.632
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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1:6.374
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 9.052
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.058
When I try to enable persistence 1.304
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 17.455
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.701
And all notifications have disappeared 8.891
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.344
And all tps features are enabled 9.767
And all tps features but the first one are active 8.798
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.914
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:48.691
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 2:3.764
And I enable persistence 27.322
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.139
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.558
And persistence is enabled 8.905
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.706
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
32.752
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.571
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 24.375
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.806
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.953
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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43.356
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 9.333
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 10.357
When I enable persistence 14.347
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.043
And persistence is successfully enabled 9.273
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.924
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
30.058
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 8.698
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 11.391
When I try to enable persistence 1.277
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.611
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.157
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.156
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.056
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.226
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.483
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.918
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
43.648
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 8.344
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.061
When I try to enable persistence 1.287
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 12.005
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.247
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.027
When I log in to a new session 9.122
And all notifications have disappeared 7.662
# 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" 0.164
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.091
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.212
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.484
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.937
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.552
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
45.475
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 8.922
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 12.159
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.322
When I try to enable persistence 1.216
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.862
When I log in to a new session 8.997
And all notifications have disappeared 7.695
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.357
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.941
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.000
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000