Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6587 18 Aug 2026, 07:26

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 23:1.369 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:31.740
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 1:17.413
And I update the APT lists using apt 7.334
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.296
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.696
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.933
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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28.119
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 8.655
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.311
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.369
And persistence is disabled 0.079
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.702
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.769
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:33.219
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 8.722
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.290
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.090
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 18.409
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.037
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.377
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.065
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.172
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.054
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.990
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
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31.115
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 8.281
And the system is very low on memory 4.759
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.210
When I try to create a persistent partition 5.510
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.141
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.350
And I free up some memory 0.505
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.309
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.045
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.618
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:48.596
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 8.205
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.306
And all tps features are active 8.374
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.617
When I disable the first tps feature 2.445
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.824
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.792
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.328
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.700
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.595
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.052
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13.466
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 8.110
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.078
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.054
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.075
When I disable the first tps feature 2.524
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.061
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.035
When I enable the first tps feature 2.422
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.063
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.040
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.657
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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13.199
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 7.578
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.054
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.052
And I disable the first tps feature 2.551
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.868
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.093
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.967
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
41.675
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 7.606
And the network is plugged 0.030
And Tor is ready 8.857
And I take note of which tps features are available 7.335
When I write some files expected to persist 1.098
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.270
# 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" 11.477
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.583
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:41.788
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 7.701
And the network is plugged 0.069
And Tor is ready 12.481
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.113
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.174
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.867
And I capture all network traffic 0.017
And the network is plugged 0.027
And Tor is ready 11.821
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.336
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.075
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.098
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.983
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.119
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40.343
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 8.738
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.075
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 13.291
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 17.237
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.910
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:51.903
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 8.677
When I enable persistence 23.135
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.561
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.401
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.426
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.288
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.553
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 22.536
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.114
When I cold reboot the computer 5.755
And the computer reboots Tails 33.629
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.346
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.187
Given I enable persistence 12.681
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.066
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.155
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.239
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.147
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.853
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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2:7.085
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 8.290
# 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 28.861
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.339
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:3.894
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 20.699
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.951
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
39.032
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 8.806
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.909
Then persistence is disabled 0.081
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.183
And all notifications have disappeared 8.191
When I delete the persistent partition 2.621
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.239
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.699
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:19.800
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 8.687
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.047
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.381
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.490
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.193
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.850
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.039
Tags: @product
56.918
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 8.671
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.047
When I try to enable persistence 1.172
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 14.076
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.769
And all notifications have disappeared 8.169
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.203
And all tps features are enabled 8.312
And all tps features but the first one are active 7.495
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.775
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:40.845
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 1:58.753
And I enable persistence 26.627
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.149
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.573
And persistence is enabled 7.741
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.019
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
30.478
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 7.598
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 22.339
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.540
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.800
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
41.582
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.010
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.755
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 10.223
When I enable persistence 13.912
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.048
And persistence is successfully enabled 8.641
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.587
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
28.916
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 8.105
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 11.403
When I try to enable persistence 1.262
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.245
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.135
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.097
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.056
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.091
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.517
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.799
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
40.702
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 7.990
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.044
When I try to enable persistence 1.158
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 10.637
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.268
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.025
When I log in to a new session 8.011
And all notifications have disappeared 7.939
# 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" 0.128
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.083
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.180
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.330
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.902
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.000
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
40.836
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 8.365
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.600
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.302
When I try to enable persistence 1.235
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.111
When I log in to a new session 7.762
And all notifications have disappeared 7.227
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.237
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.993
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.082
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000