Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6609 26 Aug 2026, 18:02

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 22:10.806 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:29.924
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 1:16.377
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.678
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.233
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.635
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.788
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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26.872
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 8.326
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.560
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.250
And persistence is disabled 0.072
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.662
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.799
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:30.160
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 8.328
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.262
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.072
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.413
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.040
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.147
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 58.701
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.151
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.042
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.471
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
28.102
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 7.731
And the system is very low on memory 4.529
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.123
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.074
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.089
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.364
And I free up some memory 0.466
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.677
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.046
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.633
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:41.866
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 8.018
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.274
And all tps features are active 7.801
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.468
When I disable the first tps feature 2.435
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.587
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.252
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.620
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.406
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.797
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
13.128
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 7.922
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.062
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.055
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.063
When I disable the first tps feature 2.495
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.053
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.022
When I enable the first tps feature 2.370
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.047
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.034
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.573
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
13.151
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 7.677
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.072
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.046
And I disable the first tps feature 2.458
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.857
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.039
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.585
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
39.062
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
And the network is plugged 0.075
And Tor is ready 8.116
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.306
When I write some files expected to persist 0.871
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.267
# 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" 10.928
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.200
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:34.427
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 7.591
And the network is plugged 0.025
And Tor is ready 9.484
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.135
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.202
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.859
And I capture all network traffic 0.002
And the network is plugged 0.037
And Tor is ready 10.530
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.375
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.083
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.099
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.763
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.086
Tags: @product
36.911
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 8.142
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.096
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 11.546
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.126
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.840
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:46.166
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 8.368
When I enable persistence 20.948
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.928
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 37.712
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.391
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.300
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.456
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 21.366
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.128
When I cold reboot the computer 5.793
And the computer reboots Tails 33.468
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.338
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.231
Given I enable persistence 12.072
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.074
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.269
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.206
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.108
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.560
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.024
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2:5.923
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 8.024
# 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 30.160
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.438
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:1.734
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 20.565
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.166
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
50.587
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 21.557
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.402
Then persistence is disabled 0.089
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.416
And all notifications have disappeared 8.166
When I delete the persistent partition 2.721
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.232
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.629
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:15.215
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 8.019
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.043
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.383
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.560
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.208
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.404
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
54.338
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 8.127
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.057
When I try to enable persistence 1.195
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 13.344
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.170
And all notifications have disappeared 8.188
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.281
And all tps features are enabled 7.363
And all tps features but the first one are active 7.609
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.788
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:36.346
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 1:56.651
And I enable persistence 25.061
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.859
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.445
And persistence is enabled 7.328
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.135
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
29.152
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 7.376
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 21.332
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.443
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.536
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
36.789
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 7.976
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.615
When I enable persistence 11.460
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.033
And persistence is successfully enabled 7.703
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.896
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
28.296
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 7.900
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.211
When I try to enable persistence 1.217
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.222
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.236
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.122
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.050
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.080
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.253
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.824
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
37.332
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 7.735
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.056
When I try to enable persistence 1.206
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 10.003
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.151
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.024
When I log in to a new session 7.585
And all notifications have disappeared 6.485
# 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" 0.124
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.076
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.177
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.006
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.698
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.102
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
37.049
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 7.828
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.812
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.187
When I try to enable persistence 1.128
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.009
When I log in to a new session 7.009
And all notifications have disappeared 7.253
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.002
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.817
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.638
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000