Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6652 09 Sep 2026, 17:33

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 25:8.711 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:34.808
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 1:21.128
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.620
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.207
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.852
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.983
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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29.814
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 8.894
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.318
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.234
And persistence is disabled 0.093
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.274
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.844
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:40.013
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 8.900
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.301
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.127
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 18.656
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.057
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.748
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.003
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.168
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.049
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.788
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008
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31.764
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 8.542
And the system is very low on memory 4.453
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.240
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.679
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.106
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.335
And I free up some memory 0.632
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 10.714
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.059
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.974
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
2:9.040
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 22.543
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.280
And all tps features are active 7.961
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.157
When I disable the first tps feature 2.972
Then all tps features but the first one are active 9.540
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.397
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:9.689
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.496
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.700
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.089
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14.544
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 8.940
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.087
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.053
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.054
When I disable the first tps feature 2.701
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.071
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.060
When I enable the first tps feature 2.494
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.044
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.035
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.620
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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14.011
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 7.738
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.081
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.058
And I disable the first tps feature 3.087
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.000
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.803
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
44.246
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 8.039
And the network is plugged 0.041
And Tor is ready 9.705
And I take note of which tps features are available 7.492
When I write some files expected to persist 1.099
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.672
# 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" 12.195
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.493
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:45.428
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 8.003
And the network is plugged 0.069
And Tor is ready 9.690
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.152
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.268
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:10.145
And I capture all network traffic 0.008
And the network is plugged 0.035
And Tor is ready 11.453
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.401
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.069
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.128
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.868
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.039
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41.800
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 9.302
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.103
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 12.796
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 18.598
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.220
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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3:5.234
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 8.989
When I enable persistence 25.085
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 14.104
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 39.086
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.476
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.333
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.623
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 23.459
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.143
When I cold reboot the computer 6.251
And the computer reboots Tails 37.515
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.361
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.291
Given I enable persistence 14.122
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.079
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.235
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.871
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.203
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.690
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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2:19.219
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 8.906
# 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 30.260
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.458
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:8.724
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 25.868
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.066
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.013
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44.545
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 8.959
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.409
Then persistence is disabled 0.123
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 7.791
And all notifications have disappeared 9.152
When I delete the persistent partition 2.776
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.332
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.714
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:23.380
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 9.443
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.041
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.819
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.871
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.205
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.857
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.046
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59.981
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 9.615
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.065
When I try to enable persistence 1.164
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 15.028
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.206
And all notifications have disappeared 8.006
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.397
And all tps features are enabled 9.069
And all tps features but the first one are active 7.427
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.803
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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3:10.192
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 2:20.308
And I enable persistence 31.237
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.973
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.597
And persistence is enabled 11.076
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.680
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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37.133
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 7.608
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 28.969
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.555
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.594
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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45.235
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 9.582
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 10.583
When I enable persistence 14.816
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.046
And persistence is successfully enabled 10.207
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.040
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 8.671
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.940
When I try to enable persistence 1.303
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.902
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.115
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.179
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.051
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.230
Then persistence is successfully enabled 4.111
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.685
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
43.597
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 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.383
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.066
When I try to enable persistence 1.180
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 12.283
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.311
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.028
When I log in to a new session 9.082
And all notifications have disappeared 7.305
# 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" 0.287
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.113
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.233
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.369
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.952
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.729
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
44.210
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 8.892
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.346
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.310
When I try to enable persistence 1.160
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.633
When I log in to a new session 10.061
And all notifications have disappeared 8.024
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.152
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.628
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.040
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000