Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6633 03 Sep 2026, 15:21

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 25:49.973 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:33.341
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 1:19.615
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.631
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.235
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.858
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.870
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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29.365
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 8.628
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.750
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.239
And persistence is disabled 0.101
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.645
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.952
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:36.532
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 8.897
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.333
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.086
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.772
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.047
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.453
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.735
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.157
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.048
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.644
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.026
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30.074
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 7.888
And the system is very low on memory 4.942
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.292
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.659
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.085
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.387
And I free up some memory 0.547
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.223
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.048
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.978
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:0.474
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 9.586
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.303
And all tps features are active 8.017
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.079
When I disable the first tps feature 2.965
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.070
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.768
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:12.449
Then all tps features but the first one are active 10.232
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.722
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.014
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13.794
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 8.448
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.077
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.087
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.094
When I disable the first tps feature 2.485
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.053
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.032
When I enable the first tps feature 2.422
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.053
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.039
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.909
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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26.744
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 21.038
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.089
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.057
And I disable the first tps feature 2.661
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.856
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.040
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.053
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
45.056
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 8.056
And the network is plugged 0.037
And Tor is ready 10.498
And I take note of which tps features are available 7.649
When I write some files expected to persist 1.232
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.343
# 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" 12.238
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.234
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:39.741
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 7.881
And the network is plugged 0.040
And Tor is ready 10.129
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.156
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.363
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.116
And I capture all network traffic 0.002
And the network is plugged 0.035
And Tor is ready 11.404
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.367
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.072
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.168
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.936
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.046
Tags: @product
41.011
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 8.518
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.093
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 13.815
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 17.584
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.777
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:57.413
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 8.687
When I enable persistence 24.535
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.048
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.672
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.536
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.346
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.497
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 23.622
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.184
When I cold reboot the computer 6.027
And the computer reboots Tails 35.405
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.277
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.275
Given I enable persistence 13.630
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.136
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.208
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.147
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.173
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.964
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.017
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2:7.404
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 8.537
# 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 28.293
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.994
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:5.279
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 21.298
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.101
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.018
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40.117
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 8.579
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.215
Then persistence is disabled 0.108
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.566
And all notifications have disappeared 8.723
When I delete the persistent partition 2.662
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.260
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.567
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:23.266
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 8.700
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.076
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.280
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:8.988
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.220
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.915
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.021
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1:7.939
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 8.457
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.064
When I try to enable persistence 1.180
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 16.410
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.299
And all notifications have disappeared 8.534
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.350
And all tps features are enabled 11.310
And all tps features but the first one are active 12.332
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.742
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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4:32.362
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 3:42.389
And I enable persistence 30.697
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.336
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.461
And persistence is enabled 10.477
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.000
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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31.455
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 7.692
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 23.139
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.624
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.788
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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39.203
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 9.010
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.771
When I enable persistence 12.778
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.048
And persistence is successfully enabled 7.594
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.929
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
29.421
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 8.283
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.294
When I try to enable persistence 1.322
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.133
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.290
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.177
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.054
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.136
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.728
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.724
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
42.738
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 8.093
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.083
When I try to enable persistence 1.188
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 12.685
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.271
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.026
When I log in to a new session 7.879
And all notifications have disappeared 7.222
# 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" 0.152
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.086
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.202
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.991
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.854
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.032
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
42.514
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 8.321
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 11.182
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.311
When I try to enable persistence 1.181
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.224
When I log in to a new session 9.213
And all notifications have disappeared 7.161
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.114
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.802
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.670
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000