Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6651 09 Sep 2026, 14:47

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 24:47.010 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:37.246
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 1:23.082
And I update the APT lists using apt 7.184
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.272
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.706
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.314
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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30.514
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 9.383
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.734
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.256
And persistence is disabled 0.118
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.022
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.941
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:37.262
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 8.839
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.335
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.077
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.939
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 5.595
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.195
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.181
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.048
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.917
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.012
Tags: @product
30.819
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 8.402
And the system is very low on memory 4.410
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.297
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.837
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.100
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.420
And I free up some memory 0.436
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.863
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.051
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.332
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
2:9.013
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 11.550
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.296
And all tps features are active 11.485
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.223
When I disable the first tps feature 5.850
Then all tps features but the first one are active 11.105
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.437
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:11.305
Then all tps features but the first one are active 9.758
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.857
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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14.207
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 8.560
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.151
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.118
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.067
When I disable the first tps feature 2.631
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.058
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.057
When I enable the first tps feature 2.444
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.065
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.050
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.944
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
14.139
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 8.072
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.070
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.064
And I disable the first tps feature 2.579
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.308
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.615
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
46.615
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.006
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.371
And the network is plugged 0.028
And Tor is ready 10.071
And I take note of which tps features are available 8.746
When I write some files expected to persist 1.196
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.261
# 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" 12.938
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.209
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:43.320
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 7.827
And the network is plugged 0.029
And Tor is ready 9.578
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.137
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.271
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:8.241
And I capture all network traffic 0.069
And the network is plugged 0.087
And Tor is ready 11.472
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.376
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.094
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.133
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.861
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.039
Tags: @product
40.159
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 8.648
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.066
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 13.689
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.755
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.545
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:59.000
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 8.818
When I enable persistence 22.727
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.612
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.571
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.233
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.176
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.610
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 23.724
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.126
When I cold reboot the computer 6.020
And the computer reboots Tails 36.663
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.367
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.335
Given I enable persistence 14.501
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.091
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.341
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.964
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.113
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.800
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
2:8.405
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 8.753
# 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 28.323
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.416
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:7.667
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 18.244
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.092
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.054
Tags: @product
41.127
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 9.056
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.319
Then persistence is disabled 0.089
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.738
And all notifications have disappeared 8.747
When I delete the persistent partition 2.844
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.332
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.868
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:37.964
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 22.851
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.062
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.322
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:9.479
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.249
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.809
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.042
Tags: @product
58.861
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 8.710
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.062
When I try to enable persistence 1.188
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 14.563
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.986
And all notifications have disappeared 7.906
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.331
And all tps features are enabled 8.291
And all tps features but the first one are active 8.821
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.863
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
3:7.649
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 2:18.751
And I enable persistence 30.035
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.106
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.784
And persistence is enabled 9.971
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.725
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
31.405
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 7.634
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 23.051
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.718
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.077
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
41.284
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 9.363
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 10.247
When I enable persistence 13.430
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.043
And persistence is successfully enabled 8.200
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.914
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
30.504
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 8.787
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.881
When I try to enable persistence 1.272
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.160
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.232
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.201
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.057
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.088
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.822
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.665
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
43.799
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 8.866
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.060
When I try to enable persistence 1.252
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 11.776
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.256
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.046
When I log in to a new session 9.136
And all notifications have disappeared 7.303
# 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" 0.147
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.103
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.299
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.604
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.945
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.003
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
43.705
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.006
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.892
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.748
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.288
When I try to enable persistence 1.174
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.040
When I log in to a new session 9.023
And all notifications have disappeared 7.393
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.287
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.858
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.433
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000