Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6630 02 Sep 2026, 18:30

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 25:14.301 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:37.882
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.006
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:23.341
And I update the APT lists using apt 7.494
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.249
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.797
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.556
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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30.839
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 9.531
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.155
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.293
And persistence is disabled 0.102
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.756
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.870
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:40.272
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 9.093
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.299
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.110
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 19.891
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.048
When 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 1:5.113
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.164
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.040
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.890
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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32.423
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 8.285
And the system is very low on memory 5.180
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.248
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.654
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.201
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.407
And I free up some memory 0.603
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 10.800
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.042
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.857
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
2:18.848
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 with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 22.755
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.384
And all tps features are active 8.631
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.359
When I disable the first tps feature 2.618
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.935
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.422
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:14.043
Then all tps features but the first one are active 13.698
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 2.276
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
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20.197
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 10.836
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.060
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.052
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.048
When I disable the first tps feature 6.501
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.046
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.030
When I enable the first tps feature 2.480
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.087
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.053
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.993
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
16.581
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 10.111
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.060
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.087
And I disable the first tps feature 3.182
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.026
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.113
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.723
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
55.504
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.463
And the network is plugged 0.055
And Tor is ready 12.627
And I take note of which tps features are available 13.748
When I write some files expected to persist 1.299
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.673
# 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" 13.636
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.334
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:47.118
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 8.480
And the network is plugged 0.033
And Tor is ready 8.876
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.173
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.572
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:9.915
And I capture all network traffic 0.002
And the network is plugged 0.025
And Tor is ready 11.351
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.429
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.126
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.131
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.683
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.048
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42.322
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.918
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.138
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 13.619
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 18.646
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.913
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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3:4.126
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 10.821
When I enable persistence 27.827
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.650
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.241
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.465
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.353
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.479
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 22.529
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.148
When I cold reboot the computer 5.906
And the computer reboots Tails 35.551
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.285
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.278
Given I enable persistence 15.083
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.070
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.317
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.942
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.173
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.674
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009
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2:19.902
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 9.460
# 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 28.949
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.621
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:6.033
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 29.836
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.312
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
41.589
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 9.424
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.285
Then persistence is disabled 0.080
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.568
And all notifications have disappeared 8.195
When I delete the persistent partition 2.776
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.258
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.851
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:25.326
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 8.889
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.046
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.528
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:9.565
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.296
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.996
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008
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1:0.702
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 8.728
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.093
When I try to enable persistence 1.239
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 14.491
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.119
And all notifications have disappeared 8.271
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.351
And all tps features are enabled 8.722
And all tps features but the first one are active 9.683
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.310
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:47.031
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 1:58.487
And I enable persistence 29.139
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.956
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.604
And persistence is enabled 8.844
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.792
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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32.950
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 8.327
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 24.057
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.565
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.774
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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44.619
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 8.713
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 11.493
When I enable persistence 15.450
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.043
And persistence is successfully enabled 8.918
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.819
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
30.645
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 8.595
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.933
When I try to enable persistence 1.282
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.084
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.267
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.284
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.066
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.256
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.874
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.538
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
42.997
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.933
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.069
When I try to enable persistence 1.285
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 12.463
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.120
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.025
When I log in to a new session 8.872
And all notifications have disappeared 8.042
# 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" 0.119
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.089
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.185
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.053
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.734
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.769
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
42.416
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 8.043
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.433
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.292
When I try to enable persistence 1.184
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.068
When I log in to a new session 8.886
And all notifications have disappeared 8.414
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.141
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.951
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.587
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000