Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6581 15 Aug 2026, 11:49

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 24:14.530 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:35.737
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 1:20.754
And I update the APT lists using apt 8.004
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.258
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.720
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.055
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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29.570
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 8.826
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.459
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.300
And persistence is disabled 0.095
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.888
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.935
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:37.646
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 9.133
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.290
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.101
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 18.322
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.038
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.329
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.118
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.234
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.076
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.577
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.034
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29.983
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 8.597
And the system is very low on memory 4.679
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.135
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.367
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.111
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.363
And I free up some memory 0.628
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.040
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.058
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.770
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:51.201
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 8.595
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.320
And all tps features are active 8.090
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.823
When I disable the first tps feature 2.478
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.477
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.749
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.043
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.621
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.513
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.061
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14.470
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.007
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.447
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.088
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.077
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.059
When I disable the first tps feature 3.037
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.048
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.041
When I enable the first tps feature 2.568
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.061
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.039
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.685
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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13.454
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 7.885
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.059
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.077
And I disable the first tps feature 2.518
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.870
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.042
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.742
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
46.161
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 7.982
And the network is plugged 0.037
And Tor is ready 11.840
And I take note of which tps features are available 7.350
When I write some files expected to persist 1.262
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.541
# 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" 12.146
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.116
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:43.326
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 8.035
And the network is plugged 0.034
And Tor is ready 9.883
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.137
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.452
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.020
And I capture all network traffic 0.004
And the network is plugged 0.026
And Tor is ready 12.156
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.371
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.101
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.099
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.873
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.088
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39.509
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 8.685
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.083
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 12.556
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 17.183
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.895
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:58.410
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 8.494
When I enable persistence 23.266
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.759
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.202
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.221
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.175
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.460
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 22.624
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.116
When I cold reboot the computer 6.039
And the computer reboots Tails 34.529
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.248
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.298
Given I enable persistence 17.161
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.082
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.329
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.284
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.114
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.965
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.012
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2:12.401
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 with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.717
# 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 28.090
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.598
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:7.054
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 22.940
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.361
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.012
Tags: @product
43.344
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.006
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.112
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 16.016
Then persistence is disabled 0.097
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.967
And all notifications have disappeared 9.114
When I delete the persistent partition 2.717
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.319
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.191
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:26.759
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 8.814
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.058
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.820
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:10.827
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.238
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.987
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.025
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59.538
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.947
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.064
When I try to enable persistence 1.213
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 13.690
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.969
And all notifications have disappeared 8.168
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.263
And all tps features are enabled 8.950
And all tps features but the first one are active 8.269
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.717
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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3:2.920
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 2:18.101
And I enable persistence 27.808
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.142
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.508
And persistence is enabled 8.359
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.892
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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31.051
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 7.809
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 22.682
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.559
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.698
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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42.999
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 9.020
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 10.475
When I enable persistence 14.239
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.070
And persistence is successfully enabled 9.192
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.720
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
29.521
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 8.759
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.432
When I try to enable persistence 1.197
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.574
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.172
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.255
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.090
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.106
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.932
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.736
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
42.724
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 8.515
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.062
When I try to enable persistence 1.141
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 12.345
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 0.043
When I log in to a new session 8.411
And all notifications have disappeared 7.676
# 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" 0.163
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.093
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.156
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.174
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.754
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.034
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
43.795
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 8.264
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.839
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.358
When I try to enable persistence 1.284
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.834
When I log in to a new session 8.779
And all notifications have disappeared 8.289
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.173
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.969
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.956
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000