Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6599 20 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 24:8.229 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:32.840
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 1:18.141
And I update the APT lists using apt 7.722
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.223
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.751
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.891
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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29.021
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 8.788
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.994
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.271
And persistence is disabled 0.092
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.873
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.642
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:38.209
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 8.939
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.365
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.140
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 19.195
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.067
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.468
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.808
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.180
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.493
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.085
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30.861
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 8.283
And the system is very low on memory 4.828
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.256
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.718
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.093
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.392
And I free up some memory 0.503
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.727
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.058
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.084
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:57.293
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 8.501
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.281
And all tps features are active 9.066
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.167
When I disable the first tps feature 2.507
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.575
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.966
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:11.179
Then all tps features but the first one are active 9.046
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.929
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.018
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13.483
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 enabled and logged in 7.961
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.081
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.057
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.062
When I disable the first tps feature 2.624
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.067
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.050
When I enable the first tps feature 2.481
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.046
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.051
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.715
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
14.633
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 8.546
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.093
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.062
And I disable the first tps feature 3.030
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.845
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.054
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.575
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
48.357
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 7.815
And the network is plugged 0.039
And Tor is ready 10.501
And I take note of which tps features are available 9.926
When I write some files expected to persist 1.528
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.435
# 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" 13.111
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.394
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:43.543
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 8.263
And the network is plugged 0.039
And Tor is ready 9.208
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.136
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.556
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.197
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.025
And Tor is ready 12.517
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.380
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.083
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.130
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.685
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.060
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44.294
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 9.138
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.093
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 13.811
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 20.251
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.937
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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3:6.686
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 8.641
When I enable persistence 31.861
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.948
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.495
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.272
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.231
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.518
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 22.363
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.116
When I cold reboot the computer 6.045
And the computer reboots Tails 35.459
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.318
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.257
Given I enable persistence 15.942
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.088
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.265
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.701
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.157
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.611
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.022
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2:15.615
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 enabled and logged in 7.902
# 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 31.187
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.645
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:6.527
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 24.352
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.027
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
40.059
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 8.288
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.924
Then persistence is disabled 0.077
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.996
And all notifications have disappeared 8.818
When I delete the persistent partition 2.650
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.304
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.937
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:18.465
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 8.115
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.089
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.530
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.499
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.231
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.782
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
58.969
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 8.542
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.064
When I try to enable persistence 1.176
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 13.834
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.891
And all notifications have disappeared 8.387
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.230
And all tps features are enabled 8.536
And all tps features but the first one are active 8.305
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.746
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:45.877
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 1:59.317
And I enable persistence 29.711
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.938
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.532
And persistence is enabled 8.377
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.020
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
32.023
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 7.979
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 23.400
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.643
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.765
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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42.318
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 8.948
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.957
When I enable persistence 14.507
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.065
And persistence is successfully enabled 8.840
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.881
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
29.764
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 8.354
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.517
When I try to enable persistence 1.220
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.128
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.114
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.488
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.064
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.248
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.627
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.931
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
44.411
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 8.289
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.073
When I try to enable persistence 1.175
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 12.845
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.161
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.024
When I log in to a new session 9.148
And all notifications have disappeared 8.295
# 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" 0.150
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.112
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.176
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.114
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.843
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.838
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
41.495
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 8.302
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.173
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.332
When I try to enable persistence 1.166
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.782
When I log in to a new session 8.841
And all notifications have disappeared 6.915
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.118
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.863
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.778
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000