Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6620 01 Sep 2026, 15:45

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 22:33.556 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:29.627
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 1:16.045
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.565
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.410
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.607
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.616
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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27.899
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 8.444
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.623
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.239
And persistence is disabled 0.106
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.486
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.776
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:30.274
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 8.411
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.281
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.055
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.540
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.046
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.190
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 58.560
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.149
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.038
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.906
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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29.234
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 7.947
And the system is very low on memory 4.737
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.130
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.390
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.103
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.304
And I free up some memory 0.453
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.112
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.055
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.117
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:46.902
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 8.169
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.244
And all tps features are active 7.699
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.566
When I disable the first tps feature 2.526
Then all tps features but the first one are active 6.874
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.390
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.177
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.252
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.822
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.054
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12.963
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 7.717
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.062
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.050
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.050
When I disable the first tps feature 2.449
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.056
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.030
When I enable the first tps feature 2.453
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.046
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.046
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.692
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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13.026
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 7.529
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.055
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.056
And I disable the first tps feature 2.458
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.886
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.039
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.686
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:8.075
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 33.989
And the network is plugged 0.028
And Tor is ready 9.531
And I take note of which tps features are available 7.271
When I write some files expected to persist 1.148
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.233
# 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" 10.872
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.192
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:35.142
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 7.536
And the network is plugged 0.040
And Tor is ready 8.417
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.090
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.226
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.186
And I capture all network traffic 0.002
And the network is plugged 0.027
And Tor is ready 12.131
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.324
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.072
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.085
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.623
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.051
Tags: @product
38.977
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.013
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.194
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.093
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 11.462
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 18.227
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.962
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:45.530
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 8.028
When I enable persistence 22.122
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.192
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.536
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.350
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.334
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.501
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 21.404
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.109
When I cold reboot the computer 4.614
And the computer reboots Tails 32.561
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.312
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.230
Given I enable persistence 12.312
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.078
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.139
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.604
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.096
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.689
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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2:0.744
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 7.586
# 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 25.430
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.347
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:2.404
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 19.974
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.206
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.040
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37.276
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 8.184
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.973
Then persistence is disabled 0.094
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.763
And all notifications have disappeared 8.450
When I delete the persistent partition 2.566
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.242
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.878
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:13.287
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 7.663
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.070
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.231
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.135
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.185
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.879
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.024
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53.544
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 8.031
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.046
When I try to enable persistence 1.205
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 13.445
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.033
And all notifications have disappeared 8.111
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.267
And all tps features are enabled 6.936
And all tps features but the first one are active 7.467
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.612
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:38.088
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 1:57.971
And I enable persistence 24.345
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.600
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.476
And persistence is enabled 7.694
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.691
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
28.945
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 7.488
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 21.022
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.434
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.737
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
37.936
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 8.099
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.665
When I enable persistence 11.969
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.044
And persistence is successfully enabled 8.157
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.748
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
27.020
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 7.861
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.656
When I try to enable persistence 1.290
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.515
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.085
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.315
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.046
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.203
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.045
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.618
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
41.824
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 7.847
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.050
When I try to enable persistence 1.217
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 11.271
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.106
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.024
When I log in to a new session 8.211
And all notifications have disappeared 8.903
# 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" 0.120
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.107
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.160
Then the Tor Browser starts 0.997
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.805
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.961
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
37.233
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 7.733
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.611
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.224
When I try to enable persistence 1.186
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.446
When I log in to a new session 7.417
And all notifications have disappeared 6.704
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.062
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.847
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.980
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000