Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6577 13 Aug 2026, 13:40

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 23:14.036 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:31.304
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 1:17.467
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.949
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.233
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.654
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.907
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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27.729
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 8.470
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.444
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.270
And persistence is disabled 0.081
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.462
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.898
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:35.461
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 8.773
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.245
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.091
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 19.694
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.044
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.231
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.166
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.171
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.743
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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29.287
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 8.154
And the system is very low on memory 4.396
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.195
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.524
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.106
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.413
And I free up some memory 0.473
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.949
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.073
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.882
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:47.659
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 7.998
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.310
And all tps features are active 8.383
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.804
When I disable the first tps feature 2.497
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.133
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.465
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.317
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.747
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.577
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.037
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13.255
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 7.934
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.070
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.045
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.041
When I disable the first tps feature 2.494
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.097
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.035
When I enable the first tps feature 2.441
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.045
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.048
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.872
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
13.157
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 7.488
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.063
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.049
And I disable the first tps feature 2.692
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.819
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.042
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.543
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
41.538
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 7.681
And the network is plugged 0.049
And Tor is ready 8.735
And I take note of which tps features are available 7.212
When I write some files expected to persist 0.957
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.174
# 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" 11.727
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.267
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:37.870
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 7.807
And the network is plugged 0.051
And Tor is ready 8.294
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.158
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.321
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.362
And I capture all network traffic 0.012
And the network is plugged 0.029
And Tor is ready 11.265
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.343
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.091
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.132
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.834
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.040
Tags: @product
49.672
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 stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 22.003
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.081
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 12.294
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 14.293
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.736
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:49.399
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 8.432
When I enable persistence 21.953
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.898
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.177
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.392
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.326
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.570
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 22.195
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.148
When I cold reboot the computer 5.893
And the computer reboots Tails 34.208
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.274
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.234
Given I enable persistence 12.302
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.065
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.140
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.042
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.140
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.846
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
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2:5.366
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 8.354
# 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 27.526
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.506
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:4.382
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 19.596
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.105
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.018
Tags: @product
37.719
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 7.890
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.445
Then persistence is disabled 0.078
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.005
And all notifications have disappeared 8.402
When I delete the persistent partition 2.650
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.246
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.944
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:17.843
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 7.812
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.046
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.751
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.052
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.180
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.846
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.020
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57.640
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 7.825
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.052
When I try to enable persistence 1.208
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 14.632
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.910
And all notifications have disappeared 8.308
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.344
And all tps features are enabled 7.984
And all tps features but the first one are active 8.374
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.549
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:44.941
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 2:1.734
And I enable persistence 27.103
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.604
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.667
And persistence is enabled 7.832
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.887
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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30.648
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.454
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 22.597
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.595
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.553
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
39.113
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 8.210
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.565
When I enable persistence 12.844
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.056
And persistence is successfully enabled 8.437
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.577
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
42.297
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 21.398
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.174
When I try to enable persistence 1.266
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.016
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.247
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.293
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.066
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.097
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.736
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.883
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
41.753
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 7.801
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.051
When I try to enable persistence 1.172
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 11.756
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.099
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.032
When I log in to a new session 7.855
And all notifications have disappeared 8.647
# 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" 0.185
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.109
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.166
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.074
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.799
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.253
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
40.378
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 10.553
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.381
When I try to enable persistence 1.175
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.262
When I log in to a new session 7.786
And all notifications have disappeared 7.677
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.188
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.716
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.884
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000