Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6585 17 Aug 2026, 17:37

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 23:22.119 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:34.374
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 1:19.511
And I update the APT lists using apt 7.817
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.287
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.757
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.910
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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29.046
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 8.756
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.506
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.198
And persistence is disabled 0.080
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.503
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.669
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:37.608
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 logged in 9.073
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.309
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.119
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 19.061
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.048
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.297
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.453
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.189
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.054
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.657
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
Tags: @product
30.727
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 8.424
And the system is very low on memory 4.899
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.164
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.257
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.103
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.398
And I free up some memory 0.826
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.606
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.045
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.999
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:49.733
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 8.428
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.301
And all tps features are active 8.722
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.866
When I disable the first tps feature 2.496
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.283
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.576
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.720
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.337
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.967
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.013
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14.480
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 8.536
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.073
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.077
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.066
When I disable the first tps feature 3.036
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.064
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.047
When I enable the first tps feature 2.461
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.068
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.048
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.675
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
13.584
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 8.018
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.072
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.058
And I disable the first tps feature 2.519
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.870
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.590
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
43.286
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 7.692
And the network is plugged 0.039
And Tor is ready 10.576
And I take note of which tps features are available 7.049
When I write some files expected to persist 1.123
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.451
# 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" 11.353
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.453
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:40.238
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 7.656
And the network is plugged 0.029
And Tor is ready 10.146
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.105
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.246
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.256
And I capture all network traffic 0.002
And the network is plugged 0.024
And Tor is ready 10.270
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.343
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.062
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.094
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.959
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.041
Tags: @product
38.737
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 8.543
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.137
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 11.453
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 17.603
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.150
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:50.668
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 8.493
When I enable persistence 21.637
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.384
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.624
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.518
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.340
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.611
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 23.187
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.132
When I cold reboot the computer 5.982
And the computer reboots Tails 33.317
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.357
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.223
Given I enable persistence 12.353
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.062
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.216
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.100
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.121
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.588
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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2:8.816
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 8.303
# 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 30.166
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.287
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:4.064
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 20.995
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.114
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
38.864
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 8.494
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.480
Then persistence is disabled 0.099
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.536
And all notifications have disappeared 8.431
When I delete the persistent partition 2.574
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.247
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.887
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:23.114
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 8.174
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.082
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.756
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.791
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.309
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.549
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.028
Tags: @product
56.862
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 9.004
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.052
When I try to enable persistence 1.148
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 12.894
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.708
And all notifications have disappeared 8.236
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.295
And all tps features are enabled 8.288
And all tps features but the first one are active 8.233
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.860
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:44.168
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 2:1.269
And I enable persistence 27.182
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.052
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.501
And persistence is enabled 8.161
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.693
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
30.614
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 with a LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.651
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 22.416
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.545
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.575
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
41.230
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
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 10.239
When I enable persistence 13.802
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.049
And persistence is successfully enabled 8.312
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.920
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
30.555
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.008
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.681
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.984
When I try to enable persistence 1.246
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.807
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.141
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.357
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.052
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.177
Then persistence is successfully enabled 4.106
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.873
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
43.291
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 8.150
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.058
When I try to enable persistence 1.182
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 11.549
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.193
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.026
When I log in to a new session 8.730
And all notifications have disappeared 8.736
# 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" 0.169
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.107
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.260
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.332
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.791
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.969
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
42.117
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 7.869
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.941
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.328
When I try to enable persistence 1.190
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.269
When I log in to a new session 8.936
And all notifications have disappeared 7.647
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.096
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.836
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.617
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000