Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6573 11 Aug 2026, 11:57

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 24:24.737 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:35.889
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 1:21.620
And I update the APT lists using apt 7.134
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.329
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.804
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.817
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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29.728
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 9.089
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.927
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.266
And persistence is disabled 0.137
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.307
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.248
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:38.401
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 8.976
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.290
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.082
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 19.933
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.047
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.367
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.466
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.195
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.040
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.802
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.034
Tags: @product
30.578
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 8.175
And the system is very low on memory 4.969
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.250
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.808
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.198
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.409
And I free up some memory 0.557
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.161
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.047
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.717
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:51.806
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 8.997
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.440
And all tps features are active 8.213
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.590
When I disable the first tps feature 2.567
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.751
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.406
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.575
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.263
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.905
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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13.778
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 8.249
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.069
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.055
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.090
When I disable the first tps feature 2.590
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.088
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.067
When I enable the first tps feature 2.423
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.080
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.060
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.957
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
13.287
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 7.724
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.064
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.077
And I disable the first tps feature 2.484
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.878
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.059
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.897
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
44.512
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 7.817
And the network is plugged 0.045
And Tor is ready 10.437
And I take note of which tps features are available 7.665
When I write some files expected to persist 1.285
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.301
# 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" 11.960
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.237
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:41.498
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 7.749
And the network is plugged 0.045
And Tor is ready 10.220
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.117
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.382
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.222
And I capture all network traffic 0.002
And the network is plugged 0.040
And Tor is ready 12.101
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.377
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.108
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.129
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.701
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.077
Tags: @product
39.988
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 without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.588
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.091
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 12.315
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 17.993
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.762
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:54.906
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 8.420
When I enable persistence 23.270
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.202
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.494
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.276
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.178
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.469
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 23.006
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.131
When I cold reboot the computer 6.141
And the computer reboots Tails 34.204
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.276
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.251
Given I enable persistence 14.658
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.069
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 7.417
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.141
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.846
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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2:13.725
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 8.444
# 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 28.040
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.469
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:4.482
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 27.289
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.845
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.010
Tags: @product
40.008
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 8.517
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.642
Then persistence is disabled 0.099
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.067
And all notifications have disappeared 8.610
When I delete the persistent partition 2.745
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.324
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.735
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:23.163
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 8.734
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.128
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.217
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:8.842
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.241
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.568
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.016
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58.403
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 8.699
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.054
When I try to enable persistence 1.160
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 14.832
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.194
And all notifications have disappeared 8.524
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.265
And all tps features are enabled 7.744
And all tps features but the first one are active 7.927
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.873
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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3:16.216
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 2:24.986
And I enable persistence 31.058
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.045
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.552
And persistence is enabled 10.573
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.891
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
33.424
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 8.064
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 24.844
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.515
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.767
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
45.621
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 8.953
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 10.745
When I enable persistence 16.116
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.055
And persistence is successfully enabled 9.751
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.631
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
31.372
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 with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.656
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 11.277
When I try to enable persistence 1.359
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.387
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.252
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.359
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.079
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.208
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.789
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.874
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
44.096
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 8.177
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.070
When I try to enable persistence 1.287
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 12.381
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.231
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.038
When I log in to a new session 9.261
And all notifications have disappeared 8.013
# 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" 0.187
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.101
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.230
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.293
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.820
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.884
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
44.328
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 8.909
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 11.069
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.307
When I try to enable persistence 1.247
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.045
When I log in to a new session 8.772
And all notifications have disappeared 7.820
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.306
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.848
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.198
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000