Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6588 18 Aug 2026, 11:37

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 24:31.731 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:34.380
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 1:19.518
And I update the APT lists using apt 7.811
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.259
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.789
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.839
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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29.593
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.783
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.220
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.243
And persistence is disabled 0.094
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.251
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.631
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:50.762
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 22.280
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.298
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.112
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 18.632
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.044
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.754
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.434
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.147
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.058
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.972
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.019
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29.555
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.014
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 8.072
And the system is very low on memory 4.602
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.118
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.677
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.154
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.522
And I free up some memory 0.529
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.840
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.038
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.660
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:51.849
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 with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.449
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.343
And all tps features are active 9.338
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.716
When I disable the first tps feature 2.480
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.489
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.797
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.184
Then all tps features but the first one are active 9.049
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.965
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008
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13.752
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 enabled and logged in 8.234
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.057
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.053
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.069
When I disable the first tps feature 2.551
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.071
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.063
When I enable the first tps feature 2.504
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.059
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.087
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.990
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
13.539
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 7.981
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.068
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.077
And I disable the first tps feature 2.474
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.882
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.054
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.684
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
45.537
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 8.011
And the network is plugged 0.037
And Tor is ready 11.603
And I take note of which tps features are available 7.378
When I write some files expected to persist 1.076
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.379
# 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" 12.051
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.204
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:42.383
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 7.956
And the network is plugged 0.044
And Tor is ready 10.402
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.134
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.468
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.113
And I capture all network traffic 0.004
And the network is plugged 0.035
And Tor is ready 11.679
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.347
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.092
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.103
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.826
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.105
Tags: @product
53.889
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 22.246
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.078
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 12.994
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 17.570
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.000
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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3:0.849
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 9.384
When I enable persistence 25.720
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 14.162
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 39.071
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.299
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.141
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.533
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 22.451
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.116
When I cold reboot the computer 6.171
And the computer reboots Tails 35.740
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.422
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.315
Given I enable persistence 14.313
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.062
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.152
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.638
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.151
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.880
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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2:11.270
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 8.538
# 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 28.166
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.688
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:6.373
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 21.503
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.150
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.024
Tags: @product
42.857
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 8.978
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 16.181
Then persistence is disabled 0.095
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.150
And all notifications have disappeared 8.408
When I delete the persistent partition 2.700
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.341
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.234
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:21.064
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 8.779
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.067
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.329
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.647
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.241
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.665
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.016
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59.193
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 9.001
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.043
When I try to enable persistence 1.147
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 14.643
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.179
And all notifications have disappeared 7.778
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.275
And all tps features are enabled 8.453
And all tps features but the first one are active 8.669
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.973
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:47.058
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 2:2.199
And I enable persistence 27.413
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.087
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.725
And persistence is enabled 8.633
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.699
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
31.689
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 7.727
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 23.334
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.627
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.043
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
41.388
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 9.026
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 10.250
When I enable persistence 13.176
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.054
And persistence is successfully enabled 8.880
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.867
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
30.857
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 8.852
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 11.393
When I try to enable persistence 1.256
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.942
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.221
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.220
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.056
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.125
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.786
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.075
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
56.243
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 21.431
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.062
When I try to enable persistence 1.152
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 11.776
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.303
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.024
When I log in to a new session 9.234
And all notifications have disappeared 8.139
# 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" 0.182
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.080
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.212
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.045
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.598
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.159
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
44.015
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 8.135
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.573
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.307
When I try to enable persistence 1.239
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.011
When I log in to a new session 9.655
And all notifications have disappeared 8.046
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.069
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.977
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.728
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000