Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6621 01 Sep 2026, 22:57

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 23:9.006 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:29.336
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 1:15.229
And I update the APT lists using apt 7.130
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.225
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.750
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.146
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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28.284
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 8.509
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.115
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.237
And persistence is disabled 0.080
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.341
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.090
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:33.949
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 8.352
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.336
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.094
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 18.742
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.052
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.494
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.687
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.140
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.048
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.703
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
30.337
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 7.964
And the system is very low on memory 5.232
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.170
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.672
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.154
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.371
And I free up some memory 0.558
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.155
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.057
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.839
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:48.092
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 8.558
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.301
And all tps features are active 7.871
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.875
When I disable the first tps feature 2.556
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.858
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.323
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.534
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.212
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.567
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.019
Tags: @product
13.402
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 7.985
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.057
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.051
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.063
When I disable the first tps feature 2.540
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.053
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.052
When I enable the first tps feature 2.461
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.075
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.062
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.796
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
13.189
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 7.670
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.075
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.051
And I disable the first tps feature 2.456
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.899
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.035
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.028
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
42.229
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 7.595
And the network is plugged 0.040
And Tor is ready 9.527
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.645
When I write some files expected to persist 1.360
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.367
# 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" 11.691
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.525
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:37.622
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 7.786
And the network is plugged 0.043
And Tor is ready 8.589
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.134
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.541
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.606
And I capture all network traffic 0.004
And the network is plugged 0.034
And Tor is ready 12.337
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.395
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.059
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.090
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.606
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.052
Tags: @product
39.668
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.006
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.529
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.116
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 11.835
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 18.187
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.731
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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3:2.363
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 21.711
When I enable persistence 22.955
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.935
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 37.983
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.248
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.306
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.426
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 22.542
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.165
When I cold reboot the computer 4.521
And the computer reboots Tails 33.737
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.292
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.224
Given I enable persistence 13.643
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.067
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.133
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.320
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.145
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.986
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.010
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2:0.853
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 8.296
# 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 24.205
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.150
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:2.788
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 20.412
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.114
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009
Tags: @product
40.594
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 9.348
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.657
Then persistence is disabled 0.081
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.866
And all notifications have disappeared 8.623
When I delete the persistent partition 2.677
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.338
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.618
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:32.378
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 21.208
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.057
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.435
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.467
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.209
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.810
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
Tags: @product
55.986
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 7.942
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.057
When I try to enable persistence 1.248
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 13.319
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.117
And all notifications have disappeared 8.244
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.238
And all tps features are enabled 8.106
And all tps features but the first one are active 7.712
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.640
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:42.394
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 1:58.837
And I enable persistence 27.600
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.768
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.495
And persistence is enabled 7.693
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.269
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
30.390
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 7.434
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 22.459
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.497
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.799
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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38.525
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 7.955
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.814
When I enable persistence 12.216
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.059
And persistence is successfully enabled 8.480
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.653
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
28.202
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 10.529
When I try to enable persistence 1.189
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.785
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.197
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.189
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.057
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.104
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.231
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.932
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
40.726
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 7.713
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.065
When I try to enable persistence 1.194
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 10.751
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.175
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.023
When I log in to a new session 8.587
And all notifications have disappeared 8.058
# 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" 0.130
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.061
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.164
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.056
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.743
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.963
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
40.476
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 8.136
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.835
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.243
When I try to enable persistence 1.164
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.697
When I log in to a new session 8.746
And all notifications have disappeared 7.645
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.157
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 0.906
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000