Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6579 14 Aug 2026, 07:18

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 24:28.714 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:31.032
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 1:17.913
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.285
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.191
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.642
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.772
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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26.698
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 8.224
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.391
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.210
And persistence is disabled 0.058
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.813
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.016
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:29.910
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 8.544
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.262
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.085
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.374
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.055
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.294
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 58.100
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.140
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.052
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.766
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
28.614
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 7.869
And the system is very low on memory 4.557
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.231
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.347
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.105
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.336
And I free up some memory 0.475
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.647
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.043
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.558
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:43.598
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 8.244
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.310
And all tps features are active 7.516
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.821
When I disable the first tps feature 2.479
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.778
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.201
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.607
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.638
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.559
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.043
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12.869
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 7.634
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.103
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.065
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.044
When I disable the first tps feature 2.464
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.045
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.029
When I enable the first tps feature 2.363
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.056
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.059
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.845
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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13.267
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 7.821
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.059
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.066
And I disable the first tps feature 2.486
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.793
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.040
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.912
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
40.678
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 7.630
And the network is plugged 0.035
And Tor is ready 9.808
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.149
When I write some files expected to persist 1.070
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.241
# 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" 10.742
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.581
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:34.631
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 7.657
And the network is plugged 0.037
And Tor is ready 8.164
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.128
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.222
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.435
And I capture all network traffic 0.006
And the network is plugged 0.044
And Tor is ready 12.378
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.382
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.074
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.099
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.813
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.051
Tags: @product
38.584
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 8.340
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.110
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 11.407
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 17.726
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.764
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:50.541
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 8.293
When I enable persistence 23.280
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.545
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.421
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.218
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.283
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.589
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 22.328
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.125
When I cold reboot the computer 5.927
And the computer reboots Tails 32.136
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.355
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.263
Given I enable persistence 13.175
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.073
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.290
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.065
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.169
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.735
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.023
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2:7.013
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 8.026
# 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 29.534
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.458
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:2.194
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 21.799
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.908
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
37.376
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 8.007
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.780
Then persistence is disabled 0.092
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.870
And all notifications have disappeared 7.792
When I delete the persistent partition 2.583
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.250
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.885
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:14.006
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 7.545
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.047
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.412
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.796
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.204
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.621
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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54.451
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 7.848
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.058
When I try to enable persistence 1.222
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 13.261
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.278
And all notifications have disappeared 8.526
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.237
And all tps features are enabled 6.861
And all tps features but the first one are active 8.156
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.740
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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4:45.497
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 3:57.852
And I enable persistence 30.258
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.010
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.588
And persistence is enabled 9.786
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.358
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
30.160
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 7.806
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 21.750
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.602
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.554
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
39.974
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 8.295
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 10.482
When I enable persistence 13.377
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.052
And persistence is successfully enabled 7.767
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.708
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
28.695
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 8.123
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.900
When I try to enable persistence 1.314
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.893
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.338
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.402
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.073
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.127
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.522
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.971
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
40.976
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.010
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.795
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.061
When I try to enable persistence 1.135
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 11.263
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.211
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.022
When I log in to a new session 7.718
And all notifications have disappeared 8.282
# 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" 0.123
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.079
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.230
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.265
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.787
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.248
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
40.132
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 7.840
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.333
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.251
When I try to enable persistence 1.146
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.811
When I log in to a new session 7.963
And all notifications have disappeared 7.500
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.476
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.809
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.545
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000