Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6636 03 Sep 2026, 18:31

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 24:13.854 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:38.977
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 1:24.320
And I update the APT lists using apt 7.288
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.295
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.072
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.832
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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30.601
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 9.092
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.093
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.276
And persistence is disabled 0.108
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 7.030
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.849
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:38.038
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 9.782
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.398
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.121
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 20.196
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.062
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.351
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.878
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.193
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.055
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.699
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.022
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30.703
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 8.947
And the system is very low on memory 4.548
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.216
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.318
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.112
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.406
And I free up some memory 0.471
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.640
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.040
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.079
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:55.065
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 8.528
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.473
And all tps features are active 9.348
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.168
When I disable the first tps feature 2.988
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.596
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.781
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.840
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.340
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.655
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.033
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13.737
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 8.392
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.065
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.062
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.055
When I disable the first tps feature 2.476
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.064
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.086
When I enable the first tps feature 2.439
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.046
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.045
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.921
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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14.093
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 8.440
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.089
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.102
And I disable the first tps feature 2.554
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.860
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.046
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.640
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
41.890
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 7.826
And the network is plugged 0.031
And Tor is ready 8.653
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.847
When I write some files expected to persist 1.048
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.695
# 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" 11.787
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.387
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:44.910
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 7.910
And the network is plugged 0.038
And Tor is ready 10.314
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.163
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.311
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:8.337
And I capture all network traffic 0.002
And the network is plugged 0.030
And Tor is ready 12.199
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.388
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.062
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.150
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.205
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.052
Tags: @product
44.668
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 without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.540
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 15.146
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 18.887
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.832
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:57.825
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 8.763
When I enable persistence 23.628
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 14.256
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.796
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.377
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.292
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.528
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 23.639
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.143
When I cold reboot the computer 6.072
And the computer reboots Tails 34.184
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.463
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.149
Given I enable persistence 14.380
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.084
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.348
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.581
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.133
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.964
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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2:10.548
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 8.704
# 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 26.862
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.449
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:9.494
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 20.036
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.412
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
44.043
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 10.442
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.391
Then persistence is disabled 0.100
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.954
And all notifications have disappeared 8.995
When I delete the persistent partition 2.855
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.304
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.778
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:26.382
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 9.268
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.073
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.431
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:11.397
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.211
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.798
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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1:1.538
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 8.542
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.083
When I try to enable persistence 1.319
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 15.603
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.675
And all notifications have disappeared 7.993
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.279
And all tps features are enabled 9.357
And all tps features but the first one are active 8.683
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.672
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:50.858
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 2:5.862
And I enable persistence 27.395
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.334
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.554
And persistence is enabled 9.712
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.446
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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30.695
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.840
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 22.347
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.508
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.996
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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42.729
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 9.392
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 10.262
When I enable persistence 14.430
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.051
And persistence is successfully enabled 8.592
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.015
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
31.333
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 8.582
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 11.009
When I try to enable persistence 1.376
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.385
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.219
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.422
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.066
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.307
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.964
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.819
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
43.723
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 8.521
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.235
When I try to enable persistence 1.167
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 11.500
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.118
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.040
When I log in to a new session 10.103
And all notifications have disappeared 7.182
# 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" 0.195
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.096
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.213
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.335
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.012
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.999
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
41.488
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.008
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.817
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.797
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.267
When I try to enable persistence 1.170
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.070
When I log in to a new session 8.605
And all notifications have disappeared 7.501
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.308
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.948
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.074
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000