Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6631 03 Sep 2026, 07:30

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 24:6.092 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:34.157
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:19.133
And I update the APT lists using apt 7.982
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.304
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.737
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.546
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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30.039
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 8.604
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.580
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.232
And persistence is disabled 0.087
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.533
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.681
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:38.145
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 9.213
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.285
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.093
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 19.809
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.036
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.495
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.821
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.325
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.063
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.583
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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31.205
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 8.705
And the system is very low on memory 5.229
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.250
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.530
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.111
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.591
And I free up some memory 0.688
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.057
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.041
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.055
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:54.284
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 enabled and logged in 8.681
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.322
And all tps features are active 9.121
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.615
When I disable the first tps feature 2.496
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.777
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.882
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.896
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.490
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.922
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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13.884
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 8.345
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.091
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.094
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.048
When I disable the first tps feature 2.621
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.086
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.039
When I enable the first tps feature 2.451
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.052
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.052
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.838
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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14.189
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 8.501
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.082
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.046
And I disable the first tps feature 2.562
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.932
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.064
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.022
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
44.208
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.009
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.099
And the network is plugged 0.030
And Tor is ready 10.047
And I take note of which tps features are available 7.558
When I write some files expected to persist 1.212
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.368
# 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" 11.890
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.648
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:43.380
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.009
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.860
And the network is plugged 0.034
And Tor is ready 10.480
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.098
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.342
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.507
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.028
And Tor is ready 11.409
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.422
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.086
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.106
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.910
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.053
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42.556
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 stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.674
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.087
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 13.039
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 19.754
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.743
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:53.917
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 8.788
When I enable persistence 21.537
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.726
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.402
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.359
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.282
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.502
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 22.300
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.156
When I cold reboot the computer 6.094
And the computer reboots Tails 33.452
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.338
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.118
Given I enable persistence 15.732
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.082
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.301
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.583
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.158
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.885
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009
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2:11.941
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 8.790
# 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 28.320
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.397
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:8.267
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 21.165
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.981
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.011
Tags: @product
40.972
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 9.092
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.495
Then persistence is disabled 0.077
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.118
And all notifications have disappeared 8.188
When I delete the persistent partition 2.702
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.296
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.068
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:35.858
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 22.975
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.077
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.691
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.842
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.272
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.852
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
59.928
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 9.274
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.059
When I try to enable persistence 1.186
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 15.547
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.001
And all notifications have disappeared 8.374
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.281
And all tps features are enabled 8.162
And all tps features but the first one are active 8.041
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.767
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:49.192
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 2:3.762
And I enable persistence 27.578
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.075
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.565
And persistence is enabled 9.210
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.767
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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31.247
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 7.731
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 22.998
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.517
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.222
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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42.078
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 9.332
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 10.189
When I enable persistence 13.452
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.054
And persistence is successfully enabled 9.050
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.640
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
29.719
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 8.724
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.886
When I try to enable persistence 1.263
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.750
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.186
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.189
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.061
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.229
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.426
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.993
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
42.741
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 8.264
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.095
When I try to enable persistence 1.204
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 12.162
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.247
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.032
When I log in to a new session 8.901
And all notifications have disappeared 7.184
# 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" 0.215
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.106
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.228
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.242
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.855
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.967
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
42.444
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 8.617
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.676
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.373
When I try to enable persistence 1.203
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.960
When I log in to a new session 8.746
And all notifications have disappeared 6.843
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.107
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.915
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.817
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000