Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6583 17 Aug 2026, 11:34

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 24:14.399 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:37.386
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.004
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:23.262
And I update the APT lists using apt 7.015
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.243
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.864
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.957
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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29.768
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 8.897
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.780
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.274
And persistence is disabled 0.103
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.712
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.897
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:36.780
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" 0.333
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.118
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 18.742
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.046
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.508
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.920
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.223
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.056
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.929
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
31.371
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 8.159
And the system is very low on memory 5.298
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.294
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.704
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.151
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.413
And I free up some memory 0.490
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.800
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.059
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.834
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:58.180
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 8.809
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.281
And all tps features are active 8.680
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.986
When I disable the first tps feature 2.613
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.542
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.453
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:9.995
Then all tps features but the first one are active 11.816
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.628
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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13.646
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 with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.333
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.083
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.054
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.040
When I disable the first tps feature 2.506
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.048
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.030
When I enable the first tps feature 2.432
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.052
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.065
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.488
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
14.042
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 7.991
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.116
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.080
And I disable the first tps feature 2.642
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.172
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.038
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.684
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
46.787
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 7.769
And the network is plugged 0.513
And Tor is ready 12.469
And I take note of which tps features are available 7.192
When I write some files expected to persist 1.175
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.645
# 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" 12.021
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.494
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:48.307
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 11.082
And the network is plugged 0.562
And Tor is ready 10.760
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.154
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.545
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.887
And I capture all network traffic 0.002
And the network is plugged 0.028
And Tor is ready 11.707
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.380
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.060
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.133
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.089
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.054
Tags: @product
41.949
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 stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.871
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.124
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 13.832
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 18.121
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.870
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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3:2.403
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 8.624
When I enable persistence 28.453
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.590
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.553
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.305
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.308
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.606
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 24.094
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.132
When I cold reboot the computer 6.074
And the computer reboots Tails 35.665
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.249
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.261
Given I enable persistence 13.738
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.082
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.353
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.202
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.107
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.870
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
2:5.984
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 8.560
# 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 27.500
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.268
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:5.779
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 18.875
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.284
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
40.688
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 9.210
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.413
Then persistence is disabled 0.114
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.441
And all notifications have disappeared 8.274
When I delete the persistent partition 2.904
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.330
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.880
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:21.055
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 8.195
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.059
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.371
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.179
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.249
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.599
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.024
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1:0.119
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 8.604
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.053
When I try to enable persistence 1.174
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 15.124
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.351
And all notifications have disappeared 8.440
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.276
And all tps features are enabled 7.710
And all tps features but the first one are active 9.384
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.623
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:51.654
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 2:3.577
And I enable persistence 29.765
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.091
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.640
And persistence is enabled 8.580
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.719
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
32.829
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.132
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 24.033
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.662
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.868
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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41.330
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 8.878
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 10.391
When I enable persistence 13.332
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.050
And persistence is successfully enabled 8.677
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.854
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
31.861
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 8.756
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.785
When I try to enable persistence 1.246
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.191
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.200
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.367
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.068
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.094
Then persistence is successfully enabled 5.149
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.910
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
45.007
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 8.321
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.065
When I try to enable persistence 1.171
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 12.710
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.224
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.035
When I log in to a new session 8.347
And all notifications have disappeared 9.211
# 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" 0.286
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.154
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.261
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.338
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.878
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.705
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
43.243
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 8.256
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 11.457
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.268
When I try to enable persistence 1.173
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.708
When I log in to a new session 9.145
And all notifications have disappeared 8.111
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.163
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.959
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.042
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000