Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6653 09 Sep 2026, 19:34

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 23:27.157 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:31.093
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.007
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:17.017
And I update the APT lists using apt 7.132
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.239
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.703
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.013
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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28.236
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 8.635
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.966
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.257
And persistence is disabled 0.091
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.284
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.169
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:34.893
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 8.827
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.252
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.094
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 18.036
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.045
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.331
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.120
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.151
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.033
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.119
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.016
Tags: @product
30.705
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 8.355
And the system is very low on memory 3.969
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.211
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.432
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.085
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.437
And I free up some memory 0.492
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 10.670
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.050
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.990
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:49.969
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 9.085
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.292
And all tps features are active 8.940
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.855
When I disable the first tps feature 2.461
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.559
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.454
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.185
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.133
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.736
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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13.505
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 8.191
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.064
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.056
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.058
When I disable the first tps feature 2.465
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.050
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.041
When I enable the first tps feature 2.472
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.048
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.056
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.672
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
13.677
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 7.962
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.100
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.083
And I disable the first tps feature 2.674
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.794
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.062
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.023
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
41.843
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 7.560
And the network is plugged 0.037
And Tor is ready 8.967
And I take note of which tps features are available 7.535
When I write some files expected to persist 1.140
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.207
# 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" 11.394
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.423
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:46.764
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 7.854
And the network is plugged 0.025
And Tor is ready 9.899
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.113
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.279
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:10.234
And I capture all network traffic 0.004
And the network is plugged 0.041
And Tor is ready 12.643
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.464
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.077
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.126
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.020
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.043
Tags: @product
39.854
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 without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.874
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.091
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 12.997
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.890
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.133
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:52.022
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 9.009
When I enable persistence 22.888
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.611
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.441
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.324
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.298
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.481
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 21.853
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.161
When I cold reboot the computer 6.103
And the computer reboots Tails 33.836
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.328
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.171
Given I enable persistence 12.733
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.079
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.330
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.258
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.111
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.693
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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2:16.989
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 8.449
# 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 28.382
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.427
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:8.647
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 26.082
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.056
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
40.455
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 8.807
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.370
Then persistence is disabled 0.086
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.122
And all notifications have disappeared 9.194
When I delete the persistent partition 2.624
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.249
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.051
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:20.497
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 8.351
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.047
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.432
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.427
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.238
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.722
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.029
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58.695
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 8.572
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.076
When I try to enable persistence 1.201
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 13.774
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.468
And all notifications have disappeared 8.284
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.220
And all tps features are enabled 8.997
And all tps features but the first one are active 8.099
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.531
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:42.058
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 1:56.236
And I enable persistence 28.091
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.945
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.564
And persistence is enabled 8.220
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.732
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
31.684
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 8.028
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 23.194
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.461
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.051
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
41.792
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 8.550
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 10.210
When I enable persistence 13.967
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.065
And persistence is successfully enabled 8.997
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.891
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
29.543
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 8.454
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.132
When I try to enable persistence 1.182
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.264
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.226
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.214
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.051
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.093
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.923
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.736
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
40.480
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 8.043
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.056
When I try to enable persistence 1.137
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 10.731
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.134
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.021
When I log in to a new session 8.539
And all notifications have disappeared 7.214
# 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" 0.177
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.155
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.266
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.253
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.747
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.777
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
42.392
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 8.302
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 11.151
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.314
When I try to enable persistence 1.193
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.409
When I log in to a new session 8.394
And all notifications have disappeared 7.596
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.146
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.882
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.912
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000