Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6578 13 Aug 2026, 18:41

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 23:5.122 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:32.472
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 1:17.948
And I update the APT lists using apt 7.560
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.271
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.692
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.730
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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28.057
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 8.550
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.187
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.234
And persistence is disabled 0.074
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.010
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.853
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:35.629
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 8.910
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.279
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.111
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 18.839
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.050
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.445
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.755
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.193
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.043
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.556
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
30.193
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 8.362
And the system is very low on memory 4.787
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.181
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.342
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.109
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.372
And I free up some memory 0.470
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.513
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.053
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.178
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:49.734
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 8.366
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.344
And all tps features are active 9.198
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.929
When I disable the first tps feature 2.523
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.944
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.973
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.370
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.081
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.988
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.028
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13.596
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 8.271
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.059
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.059
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.047
When I disable the first tps feature 2.578
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.048
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.034
When I enable the first tps feature 2.400
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.051
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.046
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.563
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
13.450
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 7.693
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.068
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.053
And I disable the first tps feature 2.708
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.891
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.035
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.732
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
42.843
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 7.853
And the network is plugged 0.027
And Tor is ready 10.135
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.936
When I write some files expected to persist 0.922
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.309
# 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" 11.659
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.426
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:40.309
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 7.733
And the network is plugged 0.048
And Tor is ready 8.546
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.167
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.282
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.856
And I capture all network traffic 0.015
And the network is plugged 0.086
And Tor is ready 11.052
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.335
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.059
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.124
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.901
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.066
Tags: @product
38.189
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 8.364
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.126
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 11.766
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.930
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.985
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:54.569
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 8.449
When I enable persistence 24.937
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.454
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.079
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.291
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.312
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.479
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 22.984
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.170
When I cold reboot the computer 6.038
And the computer reboots Tails 33.576
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.238
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.234
Given I enable persistence 13.428
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.065
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.281
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.419
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.129
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.730
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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2:11.308
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 8.293
# 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 27.990
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.280
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:6.902
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 22.841
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.344
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009
Tags: @product
38.823
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 8.419
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.037
Then persistence is disabled 0.082
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.022
And all notifications have disappeared 8.398
When I delete the persistent partition 2.625
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.237
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.065
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:16.743
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 8.051
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.039
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.318
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.113
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.219
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.971
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.021
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56.653
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 8.513
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.053
When I try to enable persistence 1.171
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 13.204
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.169
And all notifications have disappeared 8.106
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.243
And all tps features are enabled 8.296
And all tps features but the first one are active 7.895
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.546
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:42.484
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 1:59.777
And I enable persistence 26.357
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.879
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.474
And persistence is enabled 7.996
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.848
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
32.315
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 8.024
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 23.817
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.473
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.809
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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40.367
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 8.113
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 10.415
When I enable persistence 13.321
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.038
And persistence is successfully enabled 8.477
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.749
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 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.735
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.966
When I try to enable persistence 1.224
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.498
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.223
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.158
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.057
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.104
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.446
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.915
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
41.226
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 8.182
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.065
When I try to enable persistence 1.203
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 10.628
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.186
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.023
When I log in to a new session 9.117
And all notifications have disappeared 7.197
# 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" 0.179
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.069
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.153
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.245
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.974
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.114
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
38.734
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 7.959
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.957
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.258
When I try to enable persistence 1.173
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.532
When I log in to a new session 7.665
And all notifications have disappeared 6.995
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.518
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.672
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.096
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000