Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6582 16 Aug 2026, 11:33

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 23:21.907 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:31.600
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 1:17.549
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.999
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.372
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.678
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.655
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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28.226
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 8.361
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.320
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.263
And persistence is disabled 0.074
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.206
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.986
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:32.798
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 8.830
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.296
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.082
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.065
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.081
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.331
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.885
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.178
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.046
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.976
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.034
Tags: @product
28.801
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 8.002
And the system is very low on memory 4.325
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.218
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.495
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.143
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.476
And I free up some memory 0.484
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.616
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.036
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.979
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:57.681
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 21.376
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.288
And all tps features are active 7.890
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.889
When I disable the first tps feature 2.464
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.368
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.308
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.415
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.680
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.530
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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13.309
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 7.873
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.073
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.066
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.062
When I disable the first tps feature 2.604
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.052
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.035
When I enable the first tps feature 2.446
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.046
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.047
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.783
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
13.193
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 with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.593
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.067
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.052
And I disable the first tps feature 2.549
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.884
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.043
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.961
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
42.088
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 7.922
And the network is plugged 0.029
And Tor is ready 9.626
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.839
When I write some files expected to persist 0.966
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.190
# 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" 11.512
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.209
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:50.978
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 20.934
And the network is plugged 0.062
And Tor is ready 11.601
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.123
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.440
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.783
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.027
And Tor is ready 10.483
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.356
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.057
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.103
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.755
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.060
Tags: @product
39.106
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 8.812
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.093
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 11.949
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 17.250
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.592
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:52.359
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 8.822
When I enable persistence 24.320
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.154
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.420
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.376
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.327
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.531
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 22.559
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.149
When I cold reboot the computer 5.928
And the computer reboots Tails 32.751
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.260
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.242
Given I enable persistence 12.983
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.079
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.250
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.096
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.103
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.891
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
2:8.375
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 8.146
# 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 28.695
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.657
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:4.274
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 20.601
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.022
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.049
Tags: @product
39.123
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 8.211
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.801
Then persistence is disabled 0.080
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.522
And all notifications have disappeared 8.525
When I delete the persistent partition 2.709
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.273
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.547
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:17.869
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 8.128
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.062
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.285
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.190
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.203
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.812
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.025
Tags: @product
56.389
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 8.274
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.056
When I try to enable persistence 1.243
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 13.760
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.696
And all notifications have disappeared 7.962
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.292
And all tps features are enabled 8.138
And all tps features but the first one are active 7.965
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.778
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:45.619
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 2:2.103
And I enable persistence 26.495
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.878
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.538
And persistence is enabled 8.603
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.721
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
30.776
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 7.599
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 22.703
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.473
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.893
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
40.687
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 8.637
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 10.304
When I enable persistence 13.649
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.045
And persistence is successfully enabled 8.048
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.019
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
28.970
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 8.773
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.034
When I try to enable persistence 1.274
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.684
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.146
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.232
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.055
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.243
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.525
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.761
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
41.494
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 8.142
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.052
When I try to enable persistence 1.163
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 11.674
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.088
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.025
When I log in to a new session 8.516
And all notifications have disappeared 7.417
# 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" 0.167
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.071
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.217
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.134
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.822
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.655
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
42.458
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 8.371
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.373
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.320
When I try to enable persistence 1.169
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.174
When I log in to a new session 8.668
And all notifications have disappeared 8.458
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.123
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.797
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.787
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000