Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6622 02 Sep 2026, 07:24

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 23:50.337 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:36.158
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.005
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:22.232
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.939
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.258
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.728
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.615
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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32.010
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 8.882
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.173
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.296
And persistence is disabled 0.100
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 7.556
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.713
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:35.750
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 8.631
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.304
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.089
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 18.002
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.033
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.204
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.236
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.198
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.048
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.141
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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43.681
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 21.889
And the system is very low on memory 4.852
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.153
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.249
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.115
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.344
And I free up some memory 0.509
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.489
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.077
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.564
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:47.685
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 8.260
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.252
And all tps features are active 8.518
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.994
When I disable the first tps feature 2.534
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.413
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.389
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.468
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.852
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.695
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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13.368
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 8.028
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.059
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.086
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.052
When I disable the first tps feature 2.551
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.042
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.028
When I enable the first tps feature 2.428
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.048
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.042
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.803
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
13.050
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 7.469
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.078
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.064
And I disable the first tps feature 2.493
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.891
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.052
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.689
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
42.672
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 7.629
And the network is plugged 0.028
And Tor is ready 9.883
And I take note of which tps features are available 7.099
When I write some files expected to persist 1.111
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.325
# 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" 11.596
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.073
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:40.556
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.012
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.820
And the network is plugged 0.027
And Tor is ready 10.427
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.116
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.211
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.740
And I capture all network traffic 0.002
And the network is plugged 0.026
And Tor is ready 11.558
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.402
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.053
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.167
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.660
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.058
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40.249
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 8.498
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.178
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 13.948
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.624
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.106
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:53.152
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 8.438
When I enable persistence 23.207
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.370
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.175
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.230
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.208
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.560
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 22.326
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.212
When I cold reboot the computer 6.288
And the computer reboots Tails 33.786
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.329
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.257
Given I enable persistence 14.238
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.052
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.205
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.137
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.126
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.655
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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2:13.773
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 8.342
# 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 28.370
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.692
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:8.162
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 23.205
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.257
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
38.929
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 8.634
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.273
Then persistence is disabled 0.103
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.330
And all notifications have disappeared 7.533
When I delete the persistent partition 2.634
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.419
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.772
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:21.131
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 8.665
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.073
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.510
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.698
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.183
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.708
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.023
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56.490
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 8.380
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.079
When I try to enable persistence 1.199
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 14.487
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.935
And all notifications have disappeared 8.578
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.261
And all tps features are enabled 7.405
And all tps features but the first one are active 7.162
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.003
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:53.196
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 2:4.591
And I enable persistence 31.117
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.414
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.580
And persistence is enabled 8.492
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.675
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
31.980
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 7.640
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 23.782
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.556
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.714
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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41.950
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 8.870
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 10.441
When I enable persistence 13.689
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.057
And persistence is successfully enabled 8.890
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.754
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
29.376
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 8.355
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.799
When I try to enable persistence 1.277
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.890
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.244
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.112
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.060
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.244
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.391
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.968
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
42.245
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 8.668
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.052
When I try to enable persistence 1.194
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 11.730
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.157
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.030
When I log in to a new session 8.871
And all notifications have disappeared 6.986
# 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" 0.155
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.175
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.222
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.128
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.872
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.037
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
42.927
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 8.651
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.129
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.320
When I try to enable persistence 1.167
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.901
When I log in to a new session 8.062
And all notifications have disappeared 8.519
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.315
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.860
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.805
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000