Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6614 29 Aug 2026, 11:31

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 22:53.108 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:32.090
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 1:18.127
And I update the APT lists using apt 7.022
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.256
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.684
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.579
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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28.100
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 8.474
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.090
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.262
And persistence is disabled 0.102
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.172
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.549
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:33.792
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 8.363
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.270
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.101
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.348
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.041
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.423
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.981
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.189
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.071
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.928
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.038
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29.386
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 8.160
And the system is very low on memory 4.606
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.234
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.441
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.092
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.562
And I free up some memory 0.569
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.674
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.043
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.784
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:49.946
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 8.459
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.291
And all tps features are active 8.091
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.526
When I disable the first tps feature 2.534
Then all tps features but the first one are active 9.814
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.847
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.410
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.968
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.793
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.014
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13.470
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 7.950
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.124
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.060
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.052
When I disable the first tps feature 2.490
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.063
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.030
When I enable the first tps feature 2.585
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.065
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.048
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.730
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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13.294
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 7.804
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.074
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.062
And I disable the first tps feature 2.501
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.816
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.035
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.890
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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41.343
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 7.611
And the network is plugged 0.037
And Tor is ready 9.054
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.716
When I write some files expected to persist 1.193
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.516
# 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" 11.213
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.386
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:39.539
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 7.957
And the network is plugged 0.040
And Tor is ready 9.068
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.123
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.386
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.212
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.035
And Tor is ready 12.197
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.349
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.055
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.107
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.643
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.071
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38.273
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 8.639
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.079
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 11.307
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 17.246
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.181
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:52.394
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 8.645
When I enable persistence 21.758
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.601
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 37.925
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.489
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.342
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.579
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 23.135
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.109
When I cold reboot the computer 7.245
And the computer reboots Tails 33.494
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.276
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.195
Given I enable persistence 13.485
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.097
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.325
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.560
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.127
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.859
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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2:6.768
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 8.040
# 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 27.869
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.953
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:5.910
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 20.995
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.216
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
37.715
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 8.521
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.436
Then persistence is disabled 0.080
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.795
And all notifications have disappeared 7.882
When I delete the persistent partition 2.736
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.261
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.956
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:16.067
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 7.799
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.050
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.433
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.582
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.200
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.680
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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57.572
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 8.279
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.050
When I try to enable persistence 1.275
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 14.849
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.029
And all notifications have disappeared 8.001
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.247
And all tps features are enabled 8.056
And all tps features but the first one are active 7.784
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.610
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:44.036
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 2:1.057
And I enable persistence 26.682
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.740
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.462
And persistence is enabled 8.093
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.807
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
29.975
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 7.447
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 22.046
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.482
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.740
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
39.946
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 8.344
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.782
When I enable persistence 13.122
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.077
And persistence is successfully enabled 8.619
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.706
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
27.921
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 7.917
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.425
When I try to enable persistence 1.276
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.480
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.182
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.119
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.053
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.186
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.279
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.757
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
41.190
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 8.147
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.057
When I try to enable persistence 1.159
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 10.546
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.358
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.023
When I log in to a new session 8.990
And all notifications have disappeared 7.532
# 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" 0.195
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.057
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.197
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.126
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.798
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.260
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
40.280
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 8.268
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.214
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.230
When I try to enable persistence 1.162
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.467
When I log in to a new session 8.617
And all notifications have disappeared 7.180
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.033
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.105
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.963
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000