Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6602 22 Aug 2026, 11:27

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 23:27.809 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:30.602
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 1:16.751
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.753
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.364
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.732
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.597
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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27.665
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 8.550
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.823
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.224
And persistence is disabled 0.085
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.981
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.681
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:30.507
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 8.380
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.238
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.087
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.166
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 5.240
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 59.148
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.149
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.058
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.683
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.035
Tags: @product
28.554
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 8.078
And the system is very low on memory 4.319
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.222
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.256
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.095
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.393
And I free up some memory 0.471
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.682
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.035
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.650
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:55.762
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 with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 20.977
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.260
And all tps features are active 7.643
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.500
When I disable the first tps feature 2.608
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.443
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.143
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.946
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.237
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.440
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.041
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13.093
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 7.775
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.087
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.048
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.053
When I disable the first tps feature 2.524
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.043
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.039
When I enable the first tps feature 2.429
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.046
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.585
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
12.842
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 7.495
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.068
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.055
And I disable the first tps feature 2.448
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.729
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.045
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.824
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
52.585
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 20.623
And the network is plugged 0.045
And Tor is ready 8.278
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.423
When I write some files expected to persist 0.980
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.195
# 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" 11.037
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.151
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:34.682
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
And the network is plugged 0.047
And Tor is ready 8.402
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.146
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.218
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.884
And I capture all network traffic 0.002
And the network is plugged 0.028
And Tor is ready 11.906
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.331
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.048
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.088
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.509
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.098
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36.666
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 8.197
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.077
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 12.529
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 14.861
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.541
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:45.793
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 8.683
When I enable persistence 21.872
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.468
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 37.790
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.219
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.129
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.450
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 21.683
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.098
When I cold reboot the computer 5.808
And the computer reboots Tails 32.005
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.298
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.224
Given I enable persistence 12.260
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.062
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.264
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.344
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.128
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.922
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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2:5.806
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 7.932
# 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 27.249
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.280
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:3.985
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 21.358
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.151
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.013
Tags: @product
36.801
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 8.186
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.175
Then persistence is disabled 0.080
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.877
And all notifications have disappeared 7.637
When I delete the persistent partition 2.572
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.272
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.831
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:14.612
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 7.769
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.073
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.314
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.294
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.161
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.524
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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51.805
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 7.688
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.047
When I try to enable persistence 1.161
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 12.885
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.007
And all notifications have disappeared 7.482
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.287
And all tps features are enabled 6.710
And all tps features but the first one are active 7.534
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.882
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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3:30.344
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 2:44.392
And I enable persistence 29.096
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.350
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.482
And persistence is enabled 9.022
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.910
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
32.402
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 7.522
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 24.317
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.562
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.753
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
39.523
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.011
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.238
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 10.305
When I enable persistence 12.814
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.042
And persistence is successfully enabled 8.123
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.584
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
27.203
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 7.596
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.055
When I try to enable persistence 1.276
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.636
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.211
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.099
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.053
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.156
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.117
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.904
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
41.149
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 7.851
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.073
When I try to enable persistence 1.224
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 11.338
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.231
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.021
When I log in to a new session 7.903
And all notifications have disappeared 8.277
# 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" 0.149
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.066
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.133
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.055
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.823
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.579
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
39.403
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 7.883
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.938
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.281
When I try to enable persistence 1.235
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.592
When I log in to a new session 8.393
And all notifications have disappeared 6.096
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.138
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 1.407
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000