Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6615 30 Aug 2026, 11:32

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 22:57.191 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:32.409
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 1:18.159
And I update the APT lists using apt 7.247
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.251
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.751
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.794
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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28.448
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 8.824
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.973
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.229
And persistence is disabled 0.077
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.343
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.742
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:38.113
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 8.581
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.291
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.102
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 18.619
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.044
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.785
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.460
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.179
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.049
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.630
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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29.008
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 8.271
And the system is very low on memory 4.757
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.259
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.228
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.118
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.390
And I free up some memory 0.537
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.360
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.085
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.855
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:48.409
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 8.388
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.266
And all tps features are active 8.708
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.608
When I disable the first tps feature 2.485
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.640
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.246
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.191
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.873
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.770
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
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13.317
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 8.007
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.065
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.055
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.064
When I disable the first tps feature 2.483
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.060
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.036
When I enable the first tps feature 2.445
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.054
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.875
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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13.767
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.024
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.088
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.078
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.102
And I disable the first tps feature 2.523
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.938
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.036
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.949
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
43.990
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 7.753
And the network is plugged 0.052
And Tor is ready 10.001
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.814
When I write some files expected to persist 1.135
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.978
# 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" 11.255
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.275
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:37.450
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 7.866
And the network is plugged 0.025
And Tor is ready 9.278
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.108
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.347
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.539
And I capture all network traffic 0.010
And the network is plugged 0.027
And Tor is ready 10.627
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.396
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.056
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.165
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.791
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.056
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37.513
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 8.522
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.081
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 11.255
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.654
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.712
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:51.889
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.011
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.601
When I enable persistence 22.966
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.653
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.225
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.476
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.361
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.437
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 22.579
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.112
When I cold reboot the computer 5.888
And the computer reboots Tails 32.605
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.269
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.247
Given I enable persistence 13.316
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.179
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.204
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.610
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.153
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.867
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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2:7.030
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 8.291
# 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 28.118
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.523
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:4.215
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 20.880
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.950
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.031
Tags: @product
39.262
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 8.256
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.028
Then persistence is disabled 0.108
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.197
And all notifications have disappeared 8.845
When I delete the persistent partition 2.579
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.246
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.897
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:16.035
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 7.939
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.059
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.250
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.560
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.224
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.623
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.013
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56.094
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 8.049
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.124
When I try to enable persistence 1.197
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 13.640
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.056
And all notifications have disappeared 7.385
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.226
And all tps features are enabled 8.225
And all tps features but the first one are active 8.187
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.583
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:43.263
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 2:0.866
And I enable persistence 26.314
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.647
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.527
And persistence is enabled 7.908
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.985
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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30.502
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 7.559
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 22.452
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.490
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.659
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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41.249
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 8.672
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.873
When I enable persistence 13.529
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.047
And persistence is successfully enabled 9.126
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.885
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
28.318
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 7.895
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.374
When I try to enable persistence 1.249
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.879
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.224
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.162
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.060
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.213
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.259
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.884
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
42.713
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 8.071
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.063
When I try to enable persistence 1.170
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 11.343
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.228
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.037
When I log in to a new session 8.692
And all notifications have disappeared 8.504
# 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" 0.252
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.091
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.135
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.143
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.976
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.077
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
38.402
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 7.972
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.785
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.218
When I try to enable persistence 1.170
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.211
When I log in to a new session 7.935
And all notifications have disappeared 7.096
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.199
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.813
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.801
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000