Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6654 10 Sep 2026, 07:29

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 23:50.566 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:43.036
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 1:29.890
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.200
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.223
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.722
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.831
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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28.587
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 8.868
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.069
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.182
And persistence is disabled 0.080
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.387
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.666
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:34.265
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 8.430
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.234
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.136
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.513
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.042
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.353
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.295
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.187
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.071
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.955
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.043
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28.870
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 8.023
And the system is very low on memory 3.923
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.228
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.589
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.092
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.387
And I free up some memory 0.580
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.998
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.046
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.822
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:59.456
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 21.446
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.308
And all tps features are active 8.623
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.052
When I disable the first tps feature 2.473
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.689
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.434
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.590
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.839
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.703
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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13.185
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 7.866
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.058
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.060
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.069
When I disable the first tps feature 2.497
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.046
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.038
When I enable the first tps feature 2.436
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.058
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.052
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.950
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
13.311
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 7.535
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.083
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.061
And I disable the first tps feature 2.520
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.069
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.040
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.860
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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42.006
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 7.787
And the network is plugged 0.030
And Tor is ready 8.948
And I take note of which tps features are available 7.313
When I write some files expected to persist 0.998
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.399
# 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" 11.527
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.263
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:40.637
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 7.815
And the network is plugged 0.035
And Tor is ready 10.250
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.170
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.501
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.683
And I capture all network traffic 0.002
And the network is plugged 0.036
And Tor is ready 12.638
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.333
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.060
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.108
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.589
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.047
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41.068
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 8.661
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.119
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 12.774
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 18.513
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.747
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:51.330
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 8.729
When I enable persistence 22.185
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.748
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 37.692
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.364
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.221
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.525
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 22.444
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.112
When I cold reboot the computer 5.859
And the computer reboots Tails 32.721
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.325
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.228
Given I enable persistence 14.008
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.069
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.279
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.668
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.145
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.047
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.029
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2:8.145
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.022
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.491
# 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 28.878
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.308
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:3.855
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 21.612
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.870
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
38.447
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 8.293
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.114
Then persistence is disabled 0.071
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.039
And all notifications have disappeared 7.902
When I delete the persistent partition 2.728
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.298
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.725
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:19.228
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 8.303
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.068
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.274
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.375
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.206
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.421
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.062
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58.138
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 8.485
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.060
When I try to enable persistence 1.195
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 14.493
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.675
And all notifications have disappeared 7.665
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.251
And all tps features are enabled 8.393
And all tps features but the first one are active 7.917
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.627
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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3:5.969
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 2:20.867
And I enable persistence 28.727
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.889
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.572
And persistence is enabled 7.912
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.063
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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30.209
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 7.585
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 22.086
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.537
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.987
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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40.840
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 8.571
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 10.154
When I enable persistence 13.284
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.052
And persistence is successfully enabled 8.778
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.922
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
28.615
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 8.222
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.816
When I try to enable persistence 1.202
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.366
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.216
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.118
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.061
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.082
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.528
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.570
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
42.496
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 8.140
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.068
When I try to enable persistence 1.120
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 10.509
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.241
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.029
When I log in to a new session 9.261
And all notifications have disappeared 8.738
# 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" 0.122
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.273
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.131
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.088
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.770
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.908
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
42.717
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 8.227
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.742
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.309
When I try to enable persistence 1.105
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.420
When I log in to a new session 8.013
And all notifications have disappeared 8.634
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.317
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.946
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.562
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000