Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6610 27 Aug 2026, 07:26

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 22:35.372 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:31.934
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 1:18.224
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.693
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.202
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.814
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.830
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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28.800
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 8.783
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.730
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.275
And persistence is disabled 0.095
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.915
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.852
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:41.401
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 21.321
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.231
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.096
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.077
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.045
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.351
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 57.099
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.143
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.035
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.782
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.025
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29.313
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 8.020
And the system is very low on memory 4.766
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.196
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.300
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.084
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.305
And I free up some memory 0.465
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.131
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.041
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.877
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:43.436
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 8.144
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.229
And all tps features are active 7.399
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.899
When I disable the first tps feature 2.456
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.264
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.487
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.032
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.522
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.744
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.030
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12.932
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 7.742
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.053
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.051
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.060
When I disable the first tps feature 2.469
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.047
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.026
When I enable the first tps feature 2.371
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.059
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.050
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.728
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
12.938
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 7.530
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.055
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.052
And I disable the first tps feature 2.486
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.769
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.043
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.749
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
37.454
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 7.606
And the network is plugged 0.028
And Tor is ready 8.043
And I take note of which tps features are available 5.999
When I write some files expected to persist 0.813
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.030
# 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" 10.932
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.283
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:34.110
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 7.499
And the network is plugged 0.028
And Tor is ready 9.428
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.103
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.125
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.889
And I capture all network traffic 0.002
And the network is plugged 0.041
And Tor is ready 10.474
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.355
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.071
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.089
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.589
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.104
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36.814
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 1.083
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 12.445
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 15.088
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.922
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:45.978
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 8.214
When I enable persistence 21.001
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.489
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 37.586
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.250
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.276
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.512
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 21.597
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.119
When I cold reboot the computer 5.759
And the computer reboots Tails 32.895
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.275
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.268
Given I enable persistence 12.811
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.079
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.277
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.452
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.109
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.721
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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2:9.172
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 7.942
# 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 30.753
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.228
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:2.218
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 23.028
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.648
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
37.708
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 8.314
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.649
Then persistence is disabled 0.075
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.562
And all notifications have disappeared 8.258
When I delete the persistent partition 2.576
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.271
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.972
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:29.494
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 20.938
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.053
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.285
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.043
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.173
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.717
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.021
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55.492
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 8.151
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.051
When I try to enable persistence 1.138
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 14.367
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.387
And all notifications have disappeared 8.360
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.233
And all tps features are enabled 7.187
And all tps features but the first one are active 7.616
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.689
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:37.545
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 1:57.619
And I enable persistence 24.682
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.751
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.483
And persistence is enabled 8.008
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.775
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
28.584
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 7.272
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 20.884
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.426
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.523
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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38.103
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 8.252
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.773
When I enable persistence 12.350
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.051
And persistence is successfully enabled 7.675
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.537
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
26.564
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 7.893
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.139
When I try to enable persistence 1.194
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.108
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.100
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.097
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.053
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.082
Then persistence is successfully enabled 2.894
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.675
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
39.250
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 7.711
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.052
When I try to enable persistence 1.128
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 10.909
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.103
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.023
When I log in to a new session 8.056
And all notifications have disappeared 7.054
# 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" 0.174
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.089
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.197
Then the Tor Browser starts 0.975
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.771
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.039
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
38.341
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 7.988
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.747
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.265
When I try to enable persistence 1.112
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.562
When I log in to a new session 6.599
And all notifications have disappeared 7.039
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.122
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.903
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.829
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000