Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6642 07 Sep 2026, 11:30

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 23:13.392 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:29.824
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 1:16.559
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.403
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.200
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.660
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.874
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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28.201
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 8.465
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.755
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.260
And persistence is disabled 0.079
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.639
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.976
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:33.586
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 8.590
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.251
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.078
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.538
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.065
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.257
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.588
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.170
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.596
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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29.123
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 8.005
And the system is very low on memory 4.230
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.139
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.665
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.081
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.608
And I free up some memory 0.452
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.889
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.051
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.561
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
2:0.218
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 21.678
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.273
And all tps features are active 8.092
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.705
When I disable the first tps feature 2.538
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.462
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.226
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.504
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.736
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.535
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.036
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13.328
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 7.953
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.068
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.056
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.050
When I disable the first tps feature 2.534
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.057
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.057
When I enable the first tps feature 2.461
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.048
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.040
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.853
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
13.545
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 7.983
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.056
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.051
And I disable the first tps feature 2.553
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.859
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.040
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.681
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
55.040
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 21.006
And the network is plugged 0.038
And Tor is ready 10.040
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.332
When I write some files expected to persist 0.895
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.235
# 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" 11.490
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.230
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:38.433
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 7.607
And the network is plugged 0.029
And Tor is ready 9.781
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.118
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.288
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.933
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.031
And Tor is ready 11.109
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.348
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.085
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.096
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.767
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.094
Tags: @product
37.866
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 8.949
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.099
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 11.109
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.707
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.841
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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3:0.004
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 21.933
When I enable persistence 21.768
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.805
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 37.860
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.238
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.135
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.514
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 21.847
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.100
When I cold reboot the computer 4.539
And the computer reboots Tails 32.629
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.372
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.222
Given I enable persistence 12.413
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.073
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.302
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.110
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.136
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.727
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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2:1.858
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 7.975
# 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 26.175
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.229
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:1.655
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 20.822
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.056
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
37.140
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 8.211
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.121
Then persistence is disabled 0.086
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.626
And all notifications have disappeared 8.222
When I delete the persistent partition 2.660
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.212
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.541
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:18.833
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 8.089
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.044
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.754
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.745
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.199
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.022
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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54.323
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 8.126
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.058
When I try to enable persistence 1.213
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 12.555
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.867
And all notifications have disappeared 8.173
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.193
And all tps features are enabled 7.308
And all tps features but the first one are active 7.826
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.939
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:36.644
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 1:54.994
And I enable persistence 25.028
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.000
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.615
And persistence is enabled 8.005
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.726
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
31.032
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 7.577
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 22.996
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.457
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.658
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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41.472
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 8.578
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.983
When I enable persistence 14.336
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.040
And persistence is successfully enabled 8.534
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.688
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
29.723
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 8.577
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.088
When I try to enable persistence 1.239
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.222
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.257
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.230
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.064
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.147
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.894
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.194
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
42.091
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 8.398
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.065
When I try to enable persistence 1.176
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 11.040
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.213
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.025
When I log in to a new session 8.710
And all notifications have disappeared 8.072
# 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" 0.116
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.066
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.163
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.138
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.903
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.808
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
41.101
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 8.130
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.084
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.310
When I try to enable persistence 1.148
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.453
When I log in to a new session 8.692
And all notifications have disappeared 7.166
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.212
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.903
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.631
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000