Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6613 28 Aug 2026, 11:34

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 23:44.662 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:30.837
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 1:19.655
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.930
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 3.223
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.028
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.935
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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29.298
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 8.697
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.764
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.267
And persistence is disabled 0.092
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.475
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.852
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:36.214
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 8.604
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.245
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.072
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 18.819
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.039
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.436
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.747
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.211
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.036
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.518
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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29.890
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 8.285
And the system is very low on memory 4.787
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.183
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.533
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.114
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.523
And I free up some memory 0.546
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.870
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.876
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:49.967
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 8.130
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.320
And all tps features are active 8.396
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.769
When I disable the first tps feature 2.475
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.112
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.910
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.459
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.391
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.809
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.019
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13.435
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 8.188
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.059
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.053
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.048
When I disable the first tps feature 2.474
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.052
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.033
When I enable the first tps feature 2.399
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.080
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.045
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.722
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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13.522
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 7.966
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.071
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.064
And I disable the first tps feature 2.484
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.907
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.029
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.669
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
41.586
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 7.486
And the network is plugged 0.031
And Tor is ready 9.867
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.422
When I write some files expected to persist 1.126
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.463
# 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" 11.187
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.215
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:38.568
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 7.655
And the network is plugged 0.034
And Tor is ready 10.265
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.102
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.170
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.380
And I capture all network traffic 0.014
And the network is plugged 0.073
And Tor is ready 11.284
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.377
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.068
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.140
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.609
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.074
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38.957
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 8.292
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.084
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 12.905
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.675
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.767
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:50.913
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 8.352
When I enable persistence 22.250
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.836
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.449
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.213
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.192
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.465
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 23.077
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.157
When I cold reboot the computer 5.915
And the computer reboots Tails 32.920
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.400
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.248
Given I enable persistence 13.173
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.057
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.225
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.842
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.132
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.792
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.053
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2:5.588
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 9.070
# 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 27.702
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.401
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:3.177
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 20.236
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.840
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.053
Tags: @product
38.051
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 7.921
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.518
Then persistence is disabled 0.087
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.314
And all notifications have disappeared 8.256
When I delete the persistent partition 2.708
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.243
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.647
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:18.338
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 8.047
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.059
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.589
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.437
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.204
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.850
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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55.925
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 8.248
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.086
When I try to enable persistence 1.189
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 14.344
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.275
And all notifications have disappeared 7.583
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.258
And all tps features are enabled 7.326
And all tps features but the first one are active 7.613
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.722
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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3:36.024
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 2:49.976
And I enable persistence 29.553
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.609
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.468
And persistence is enabled 8.416
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.814
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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29.891
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 7.505
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 21.947
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.438
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.796
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
38.917
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 8.630
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.735
When I enable persistence 12.726
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.054
And persistence is successfully enabled 7.771
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.736
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
27.431
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 7.834
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.180
When I try to enable persistence 1.268
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.229
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.197
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.098
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.051
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.107
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.462
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.719
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
40.020
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 8.123
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.050
When I try to enable persistence 1.201
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 11.193
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.229
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.022
When I log in to a new session 8.540
And all notifications have disappeared 6.263
# 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" 0.138
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.076
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.195
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.173
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.811
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.713
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
41.280
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 8.373
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.230
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.402
When I try to enable persistence 1.160
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.673
When I log in to a new session 7.641
And all notifications have disappeared 7.824
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.190
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.782
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.881
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000