Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6644 08 Sep 2026, 00:09

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 22:5.726 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:28.987
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 1:15.512
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.589
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.240
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.644
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.136
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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26.799
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 8.247
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.595
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.166
And persistence is disabled 0.071
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.719
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.861
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:30.246
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 8.562
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.228
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.090
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.142
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.049
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.311
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 58.678
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.135
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.047
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.934
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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27.886
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 7.761
And the system is very low on memory 4.114
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.262
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.134
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.099
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.343
And I free up some memory 0.462
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.658
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.048
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.808
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:42.346
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 8.243
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.350
And all tps features are active 7.309
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.505
When I disable the first tps feature 2.446
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.676
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.284
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.016
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.513
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.900
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.061
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12.539
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 7.791
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.049
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.048
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.064
When I disable the first tps feature 2.479
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.040
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.033
When I enable the first tps feature 1.919
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.053
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.059
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.601
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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13.030
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 7.574
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.061
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.048
And I disable the first tps feature 2.451
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.853
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.041
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.688
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
40.065
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 7.620
And the network is plugged 0.026
And Tor is ready 8.162
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.688
When I write some files expected to persist 0.940
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.186
# 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" 11.440
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.203
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:33.114
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 7.424
And the network is plugged 0.026
And Tor is ready 8.200
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.150
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.135
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 59.545
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.040
And Tor is ready 12.035
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.347
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.108
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.095
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.561
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.049
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38.785
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 stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.687
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.069
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 11.768
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 17.260
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.276
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:45.557
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 8.401
When I enable persistence 21.991
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.455
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 37.984
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.379
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.347
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.442
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 21.880
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.099
When I cold reboot the computer 5.791
And the computer reboots Tails 31.801
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.211
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.229
Given I enable persistence 11.642
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.075
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.329
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.353
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.139
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.664
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.013
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2:3.281
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 7.675
# 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 28.122
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.492
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:0.980
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 21.011
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.130
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
36.736
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 7.874
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.167
Then persistence is disabled 0.075
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.246
And all notifications have disappeared 8.388
When I delete the persistent partition 2.640
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.343
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.026
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:14.018
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 7.497
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.042
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.366
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.939
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.171
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.673
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.049
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53.232
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 7.796
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.052
When I try to enable persistence 1.164
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 12.882
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.035
And all notifications have disappeared 8.133
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.269
And all tps features are enabled 7.488
And all tps features but the first one are active 7.409
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.904
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:34.555
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 1:54.174
And I enable persistence 25.255
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.103
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.484
And persistence is enabled 7.537
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.722
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
29.990
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 7.348
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 22.170
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.471
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.697
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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37.125
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 8.040
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 8.964
When I enable persistence 12.348
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.043
And persistence is successfully enabled 7.727
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.913
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
39.728
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 20.820
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.460
When I try to enable persistence 1.261
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.479
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.174
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.123
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.052
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.083
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.271
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.955
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
39.866
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 with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.604
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.058
When I try to enable persistence 1.156
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 10.518
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.155
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.041
When I log in to a new session 8.371
And all notifications have disappeared 7.556
# 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" 0.273
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.082
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.196
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.028
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.821
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.841
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
37.830
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 7.782
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.491
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.290
When I try to enable persistence 1.146
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.457
When I log in to a new session 6.806
And all notifications have disappeared 6.959
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.130
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.764
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.912
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000