Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6572 11 Aug 2026, 11:36

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 23:27.624 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:33.361
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 1:18.839
And I update the APT lists using apt 7.456
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.256
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.809
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.101
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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28.418
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 8.379
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.191
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.223
And persistence is disabled 0.080
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.543
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.015
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:35.074
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 8.888
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.314
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.096
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 19.295
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.094
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.212
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.910
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.198
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.062
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.642
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008
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30.360
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 8.103
And the system is very low on memory 5.140
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.242
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.690
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.118
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.486
And I free up some memory 0.497
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.027
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.054
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.889
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
2:1.462
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 21.805
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.355
And all tps features are active 7.747
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.673
When I disable the first tps feature 2.640
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.136
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.621
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.314
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.167
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.736
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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13.720
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 8.322
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.073
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.059
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.046
When I disable the first tps feature 2.494
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.091
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.061
When I enable the first tps feature 2.466
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.055
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.049
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.969
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
13.271
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.014
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 0.062
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.057
And I disable the first tps feature 2.424
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.862
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.040
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.938
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
45.440
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 7.958
And the network is plugged 0.039
And Tor is ready 12.258
And I take note of which tps features are available 7.063
When I write some files expected to persist 0.954
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.374
# 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" 11.792
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.366
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:43.764
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 7.940
And the network is plugged 0.033
And Tor is ready 13.983
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.141
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.226
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.194
And I capture all network traffic 0.002
And the network is plugged 0.025
And Tor is ready 11.587
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.419
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.085
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.123
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.965
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.062
Tags: @product
40.800
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 8.553
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.086
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 12.576
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 18.584
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.022
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:49.554
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 8.143
When I enable persistence 21.290
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.763
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.759
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.289
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.277
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.529
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 22.092
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.136
When I cold reboot the computer 6.162
And the computer reboots Tails 33.274
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.321
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.247
Given I enable persistence 13.475
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.065
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.150
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.424
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.148
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.713
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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2:12.573
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 8.520
# 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 29.809
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 1:6.327
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 22.640
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.971
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.022
Tags: @product
39.156
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 8.310
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.555
Then persistence is disabled 0.080
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.403
And all notifications have disappeared 7.960
When I delete the persistent partition 2.612
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.234
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.521
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:18.000
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 7.883
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.052
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.289
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.587
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.187
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.653
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
56.342
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.036
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.054
When I try to enable persistence 1.166
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 13.622
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.548
And all notifications have disappeared 7.859
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.204
And all tps features are enabled 7.838
And all tps features but the first one are active 8.010
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.871
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:42.171
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 1:58.270
And I enable persistence 27.308
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.888
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.592
And persistence is enabled 8.112
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.713
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
30.303
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 7.499
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 22.269
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.534
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.910
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
40.196
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 8.798
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 10.261
When I enable persistence 13.250
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.048
And persistence is successfully enabled 7.838
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.983
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
28.895
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 10.231
When I try to enable persistence 1.339
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.769
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.268
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.391
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.049
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.269
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.383
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.855
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
41.220
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 7.988
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.061
When I try to enable persistence 1.197
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 11.111
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.100
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.031
When I log in to a new session 8.726
And all notifications have disappeared 7.833
# 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" 0.106
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.061
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.160
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.086
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.754
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.003
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
43.533
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 8.281
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.294
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.297
When I try to enable persistence 1.184
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.614
When I log in to a new session 8.979
And all notifications have disappeared 8.064
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.467
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.349
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.695
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000