Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6632 03 Sep 2026, 11:35

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 23:32.075 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:30.712
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 1:16.538
And I update the APT lists using apt 7.289
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.216
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.667
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.500
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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27.447
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 8.378
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.963
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.174
And persistence is disabled 0.117
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.813
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.773
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:34.225
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 8.523
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.297
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.074
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 18.353
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.055
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.247
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.490
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.144
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.039
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.904
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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30.504
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 7.898
And the system is very low on memory 5.225
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.174
When I try to create a persistent partition 5.449
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.087
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.378
And I free up some memory 0.489
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.731
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.069
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.739
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:50.410
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 8.399
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.263
And all tps features are active 7.905
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.226
When I disable the first tps feature 2.469
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.112
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.577
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.780
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.674
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.754
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
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13.517
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 8.089
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.057
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.065
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.073
When I disable the first tps feature 2.522
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.044
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.034
When I enable the first tps feature 2.498
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.087
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.042
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.638
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
13.954
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 8.356
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.053
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.055
And I disable the first tps feature 2.474
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.963
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.051
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.740
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
43.326
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 7.782
And the network is plugged 0.025
And Tor is ready 9.819
And I take note of which tps features are available 7.397
When I write some files expected to persist 1.071
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.275
# 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" 11.953
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.508
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:38.616
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 8.002
And the network is plugged 0.028
And Tor is ready 8.521
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.165
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.348
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.633
And I capture all network traffic 0.002
And the network is plugged 0.027
And Tor is ready 11.294
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.349
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.102
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.140
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.699
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.111
Tags: @product
39.029
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 8.725
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.077
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 12.501
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.725
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.899
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:53.847
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 8.685
When I enable persistence 22.983
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.558
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.367
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.448
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.144
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.419
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 22.528
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.157
When I cold reboot the computer 5.965
And the computer reboots Tails 34.108
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.333
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.255
Given I enable persistence 14.309
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.062
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.146
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.240
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.133
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.872
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.025
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2:8.025
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 8.498
# 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 28.164
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.398
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:4.839
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 21.125
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.935
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.011
Tags: @product
39.762
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 8.186
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.593
Then persistence is disabled 0.087
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.049
And all notifications have disappeared 8.756
When I delete the persistent partition 2.824
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.263
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.932
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:37.288
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 21.052
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.040
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.301
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:10.619
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.273
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.930
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.081
Tags: @product
59.080
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 8.357
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.052
When I try to enable persistence 1.179
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 14.773
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.051
And all notifications have disappeared 7.666
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.211
And all tps features are enabled 8.160
And all tps features but the first one are active 8.625
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.602
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:44.781
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 2:0.020
And I enable persistence 27.770
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.277
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.551
And persistence is enabled 8.162
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.052
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
31.702
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.679
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 23.473
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.550
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.000
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
41.583
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 8.499
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 10.318
When I enable persistence 14.029
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.064
And persistence is successfully enabled 8.670
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.671
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
29.298
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 8.062
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.542
When I try to enable persistence 1.255
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.932
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.221
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.355
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.050
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.213
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.665
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.853
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
43.214
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 8.290
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.065
When I try to enable persistence 1.203
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 11.442
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.207
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.030
When I log in to a new session 8.554
And all notifications have disappeared 8.817
# 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" 0.192
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.077
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.217
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.229
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.884
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.991
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
41.746
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 7.977
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.088
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.391
When I try to enable persistence 1.241
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.005
When I log in to a new session 7.983
And all notifications have disappeared 7.806
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.154
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.098
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.040
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000