Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6619 01 Sep 2026, 11:39

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 24:12.480 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:36.274
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 1:21.885
And I update the APT lists using apt 7.210
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.204
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.974
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.963
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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28.931
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 8.742
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.968
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.268
And persistence is disabled 0.078
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.873
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.745
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:37.713
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 8.892
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.284
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.089
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.501
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.089
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.608
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.018
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.172
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.057
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.522
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
Tags: @product
31.849
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 8.319
And the system is very low on memory 4.753
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.212
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.815
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.156
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.477
And I free up some memory 0.519
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 10.558
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.036
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.906
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
2:5.968
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 22.143
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.314
And all tps features are active 8.415
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.849
When I disable the first tps feature 2.635
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.653
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.278
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:8.489
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.189
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.677
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
26.516
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 21.141
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.060
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.075
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.052
When I disable the first tps feature 2.525
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.048
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.077
When I enable the first tps feature 2.449
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.052
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.033
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.648
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
14.423
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 8.307
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.057
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.093
And I disable the first tps feature 2.991
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.931
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.042
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.766
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
51.979
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 7.751
And the network is plugged 0.043
And Tor is ready 13.412
And I take note of which tps features are available 12.065
When I write some files expected to persist 1.211
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.230
# 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" 12.263
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.297
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:41.484
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.004
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.522
And the network is plugged 0.036
And Tor is ready 10.946
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.144
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.338
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.124
And I capture all network traffic 0.004
And the network is plugged 0.028
And Tor is ready 11.763
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.403
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.062
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.109
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.764
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.108
Tags: @product
42.267
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 without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.806
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.092
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 13.639
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 18.730
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.924
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:53.653
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 8.625
When I enable persistence 23.625
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.501
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 37.948
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.320
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.162
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.486
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 23.684
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.124
When I cold reboot the computer 5.938
And the computer reboots Tails 33.415
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.307
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.109
Given I enable persistence 12.852
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.079
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.232
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.107
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.128
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.608
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.054
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2:10.046
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 8.758
# 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 30.139
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.242
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:5.455
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 20.450
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.972
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008
Tags: @product
40.194
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 8.524
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.491
Then persistence is disabled 0.237
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.583
And all notifications have disappeared 8.442
When I delete the persistent partition 2.611
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.304
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.499
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:20.967
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 8.438
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.055
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.529
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.695
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.248
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.745
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.036
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58.682
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 8.469
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.056
When I try to enable persistence 1.172
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 13.632
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.681
And all notifications have disappeared 8.176
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.412
And all tps features are enabled 9.216
And all tps features but the first one are active 7.863
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.502
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
2:45.872
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 2:2.193
And I enable persistence 26.945
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.579
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.575
And persistence is enabled 8.578
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.950
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
30.304
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.004
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 7.760
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 22.029
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.514
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.960
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
40.943
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 9.077
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.707
When I enable persistence 14.006
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.069
And persistence is successfully enabled 8.083
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.719
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
30.057
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 8.789
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.994
When I try to enable persistence 1.182
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.383
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.094
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.239
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.078
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.143
Then persistence is successfully enabled 4.152
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.612
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
42.751
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 7.940
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.074
When I try to enable persistence 1.200
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 12.256
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.139
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.039
When I log in to a new session 8.673
And all notifications have disappeared 8.264
# 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" 0.141
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.072
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.183
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.082
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.681
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.916
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
41.597
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 8.218
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.885
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.274
When I try to enable persistence 1.195
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.551
When I log in to a new session 9.416
And all notifications have disappeared 7.071
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.048
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.935
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.593
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000