Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6575 12 Aug 2026, 11:25

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 22:31.399 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:26.638
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 1:15.635
And I update the APT lists using apt 7.008
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 3.132
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.862
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.572
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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27.759
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 8.143
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.151
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.189
And persistence is disabled 0.079
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.195
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.966
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:30.691
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 8.434
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.262
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.092
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 18.828
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.042
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.542
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 57.300
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.136
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.052
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.488
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.023
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28.286
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 7.614
And the system is very low on memory 4.612
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.156
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.331
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.089
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.391
And I free up some memory 0.476
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.568
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.045
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.118
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:55.115
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 21.006
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.237
And all tps features are active 7.839
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.407
When I disable the first tps feature 2.502
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.446
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.380
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.228
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.066
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.564
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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12.761
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 7.537
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.060
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.054
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.059
When I disable the first tps feature 2.429
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.056
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.037
When I enable the first tps feature 2.430
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.049
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.046
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.912
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
39.125
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 33.744
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.057
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.077
And I disable the first tps feature 2.445
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.741
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.058
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.546
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
42.306
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 7.572
And the network is plugged 0.030
And Tor is ready 10.922
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.109
When I write some files expected to persist 0.999
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.441
# 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" 11.231
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.432
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:41.762
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 7.421
And the network is plugged 0.031
And Tor is ready 8.354
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.096
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.197
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.213
And I capture all network traffic 0.002
And the network is plugged 0.026
And Tor is ready 19.895
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.362
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.067
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.092
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.900
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.068
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36.431
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 8.187
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.096
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 10.636
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.511
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.726
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:45.937
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 8.208
When I enable persistence 21.093
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.835
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.142
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.306
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.290
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.411
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 22.598
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.117
When I cold reboot the computer 5.985
And the computer reboots Tails 31.660
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.189
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.192
Given I enable persistence 12.226
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.069
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.275
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.209
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.124
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.766
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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2:0.038
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 8.136
# 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 26.715
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.986
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:0.632
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 20.566
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.834
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
36.311
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 7.950
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.348
Then persistence is disabled 0.076
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.290
And all notifications have disappeared 8.294
When I delete the persistent partition 2.076
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.274
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.834
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:12.918
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 7.701
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.048
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.300
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 59.669
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.200
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.745
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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51.299
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 7.650
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.045
When I try to enable persistence 1.179
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 12.267
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.919
And all notifications have disappeared 7.769
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.247
And all tps features are enabled 6.927
And all tps features but the first one are active 7.292
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.892
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:32.739
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 1:52.792
And I enable persistence 24.796
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.302
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.498
And persistence is enabled 7.350
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.031
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
29.181
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 7.221
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 21.531
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.428
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.965
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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38.280
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 8.052
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 10.584
When I enable persistence 12.228
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.045
And persistence is successfully enabled 7.370
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.186
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
27.416
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 7.635
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.065
When I try to enable persistence 1.211
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.701
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.207
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.226
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.054
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.194
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.119
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.040
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
38.655
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 7.696
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.089
When I try to enable persistence 1.179
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 10.951
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.216
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.022
When I log in to a new session 7.528
And all notifications have disappeared 6.553
# 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" 0.147
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.163
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.257
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.071
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.776
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.520
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
37.738
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 7.627
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.739
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.248
When I try to enable persistence 1.218
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.381
When I log in to a new session 7.705
And all notifications have disappeared 6.952
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.048
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.815
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.013
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000