Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6584 17 Aug 2026, 17:35

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 25:16.489 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:34.521
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:19.861
And I update the APT lists using apt 7.695
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.239
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.724
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.679
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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31.314
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 9.421
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.203
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.244
And persistence is disabled 0.083
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 7.361
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.912
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:40.603
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 8.714
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.367
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.143
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 19.485
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.051
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.739
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.877
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.164
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.059
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.597
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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31.299
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 8.279
And the system is very low on memory 5.263
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.286
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.684
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.131
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.343
And I free up some memory 0.470
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.779
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.060
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.930
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
2:0.480
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 21.887
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.263
And all tps features are active 7.638
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.674
When I disable the first tps feature 2.477
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.852
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.441
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.272
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.971
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.668
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.020
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13.482
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 8.170
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.061
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.055
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.055
When I disable the first tps feature 2.454
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.053
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.034
When I enable the first tps feature 2.474
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.059
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.063
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.683
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
13.689
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 8.147
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.085
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.072
And I disable the first tps feature 2.471
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.865
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.045
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.006
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
43.049
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 7.844
And the network is plugged 0.035
And Tor is ready 9.862
And I take note of which tps features are available 7.136
When I write some files expected to persist 1.315
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.499
# 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" 11.354
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.229
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:42.310
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 7.715
And the network is plugged 0.036
And Tor is ready 10.170
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.133
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.333
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.616
And I capture all network traffic 0.011
And the network is plugged 0.034
And Tor is ready 12.727
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.354
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.082
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.094
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.927
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.135
Tags: @product
40.802
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 without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.988
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.091
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 13.782
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.939
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.150
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:56.008
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 8.669
When I enable persistence 23.706
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 14.047
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.687
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.236
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.292
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.444
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 22.343
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.149
When I cold reboot the computer 6.131
And the computer reboots Tails 34.782
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.379
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.301
Given I enable persistence 14.414
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.068
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.292
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.937
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.124
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.837
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.014
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2:8.690
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 8.742
# 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 27.782
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.273
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:5.671
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 21.220
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.843
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
40.274
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 8.561
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.575
Then persistence is disabled 0.092
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.380
And all notifications have disappeared 8.652
When I delete the persistent partition 2.739
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.273
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.015
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:34.488
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 22.308
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.059
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.296
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.523
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.300
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.742
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.019
Tags: @product
59.325
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.009
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.628
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.052
When I try to enable persistence 1.149
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 15.439
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.844
And all notifications have disappeared 8.333
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.239
And all tps features are enabled 8.277
And all tps features but the first one are active 8.360
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.947
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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3:41.950
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 2:55.251
And I enable persistence 28.440
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.208
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.503
And persistence is enabled 10.546
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.975
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
33.236
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 7.661
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 25.092
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.482
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.962
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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43.316
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 8.876
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 11.041
When I enable persistence 14.844
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.049
And persistence is successfully enabled 8.505
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.847
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
29.539
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 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.525
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.995
When I try to enable persistence 1.171
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.744
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.125
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.359
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.044
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.125
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.448
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.593
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
42.933
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 8.179
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.062
When I try to enable persistence 1.164
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 12.022
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.310
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.025
When I log in to a new session 8.590
And all notifications have disappeared 7.916
# 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" 0.145
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.095
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.156
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.149
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.114
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.908
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
55.172
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 22.309
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.676
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.341
When I try to enable persistence 1.179
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.436
When I log in to a new session 7.819
And all notifications have disappeared 7.536
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.143
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.729
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.658
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000