Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6608 26 Aug 2026, 13:56

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 27:8.662 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:36.160
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.004
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:21.519
And I update the APT lists using apt 7.519
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.255
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.866
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.619
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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31.397
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 9.620
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.740
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.332
And persistence is disabled 0.105
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.598
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.741
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:35.880
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 9.084
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.308
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.146
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 19.325
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.112
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.665
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.030
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.167
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.038
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.809
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.047
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29.495
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 7.878
And the system is very low on memory 4.711
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.240
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.652
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.100
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.422
And I free up some memory 0.468
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.877
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.143
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.689
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:49.729
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 8.810
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.311
And all tps features are active 7.333
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.699
When I disable the first tps feature 2.609
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.298
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.197
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.693
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.775
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.912
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
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14.326
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 8.005
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.082
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.082
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.120
When I disable the first tps feature 3.250
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.051
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.040
When I enable the first tps feature 2.479
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.130
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.081
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.889
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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27.550
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 21.670
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.085
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.068
And I disable the first tps feature 2.734
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.939
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.052
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.672
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
47.946
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 8.164
And the network is plugged 0.027
And Tor is ready 12.495
And I take note of which tps features are available 8.885
When I write some files expected to persist 1.107
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.418
# 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" 11.847
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.331
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:42.089
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 8.341
And the network is plugged 0.045
And Tor is ready 11.178
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.160
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.287
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.311
And I capture all network traffic 0.002
And the network is plugged 0.031
And Tor is ready 11.180
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.369
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.073
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.108
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.759
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.060
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40.538
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 8.710
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.090
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 13.864
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.872
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.921
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:55.589
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 8.694
When I enable persistence 23.818
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.592
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.177
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.383
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.310
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.555
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 22.989
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.219
When I cold reboot the computer 6.706
And the computer reboots Tails 34.667
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.251
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.140
Given I enable persistence 13.791
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.087
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.363
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.650
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.190
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.684
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.012
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2:26.129
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 22.342
# 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 30.104
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.396
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:8.031
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 20.255
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.853
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
39.822
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 8.384
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.828
Then persistence is disabled 0.085
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.133
And all notifications have disappeared 8.379
When I delete the persistent partition 2.734
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.277
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.903
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:24.625
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 8.600
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.212
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.183
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:8.398
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.230
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.568
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.043
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59.707
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 9.731
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.155
When I try to enable persistence 1.233
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 14.650
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.550
And all notifications have disappeared 8.514
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.302
And all tps features are enabled 8.147
And all tps features but the first one are active 7.421
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.477
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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5:24.091
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 4:20.437
And I enable persistence 38.828
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.103
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.558
And persistence is enabled 15.163
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.969
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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35.168
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 10.089
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 24.438
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.640
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.625
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
49.715
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 9.059
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 10.680
When I enable persistence 18.903
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.049
And persistence is successfully enabled 11.023
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.982
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
32.582
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 8.077
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 11.908
When I try to enable persistence 1.323
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.200
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.268
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.560
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.078
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.312
Then persistence is successfully enabled 4.851
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.698
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
44.134
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 8.525
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.058
When I try to enable persistence 1.333
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 11.793
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.500
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.036
When I log in to a new session 8.971
And all notifications have disappeared 8.161
# 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" 0.191
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.095
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.222
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.289
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.954
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.593
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
41.978
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 7.984
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 11.161
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.410
When I try to enable persistence 1.169
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.319
When I log in to a new session 8.613
And all notifications have disappeared 7.150
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.279
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.889
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.753
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000