Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6658 10 Sep 2026, 15:57

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 21:59.416 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:31.082
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 1:17.730
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.491
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.227
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.632
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.564
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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26.358
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 8.531
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.764
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.243
And persistence is disabled 0.073
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.744
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.861
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:32.317
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 8.591
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.284
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.090
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.995
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 6.395
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 58.721
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.153
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.042
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.883
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
27.903
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 7.890
And the system is very low on memory 4.123
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.230
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.084
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.093
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.320
And I free up some memory 0.412
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.718
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.030
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.770
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:43.663
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 7.956
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.266
And all tps features are active 7.753
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.543
When I disable the first tps feature 2.548
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.261
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.265
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.594
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.472
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.498
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.022
Tags: @product
12.870
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 7.618
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.072
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.056
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.053
When I disable the first tps feature 2.484
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.054
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.037
When I enable the first tps feature 2.390
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.048
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.052
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.832
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
12.857
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 7.518
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.077
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.060
And I disable the first tps feature 2.465
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.694
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.039
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.875
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
39.614
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 7.639
And the network is plugged 0.049
And Tor is ready 7.963
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.542
When I write some files expected to persist 0.954
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.224
# 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" 11.241
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.124
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:33.744
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 7.774
And the network is plugged 0.042
And Tor is ready 8.043
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.108
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.192
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 59.871
And I capture all network traffic 0.002
And the network is plugged 0.031
And Tor is ready 12.145
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.389
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.055
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.087
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.049
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.041
Tags: @product
37.309
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 8.172
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.101
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 11.516
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.519
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.055
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:46.001
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 8.204
When I enable persistence 21.650
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.119
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.292
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.345
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.287
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.511
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 21.533
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.116
When I cold reboot the computer 5.846
And the computer reboots Tails 32.023
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.317
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.249
Given I enable persistence 12.472
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.074
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.275
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.554
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.126
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.741
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
2:4.724
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 8.206
# 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 27.604
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.163
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:3.391
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 20.358
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.662
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
35.552
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 7.798
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 11.952
Then persistence is disabled 0.086
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.184
And all notifications have disappeared 7.685
When I delete the persistent partition 2.631
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.214
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.546
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:13.800
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 8.021
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.054
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.211
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.335
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.177
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.822
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
53.198
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 7.892
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.049
When I try to enable persistence 1.203
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 12.215
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.283
And all notifications have disappeared 8.052
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.250
And all tps features are enabled 7.238
And all tps features but the first one are active 8.013
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.946
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:37.456
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 1:56.803
And I enable persistence 25.637
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.929
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.504
And persistence is enabled 7.581
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.776
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
28.572
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 7.451
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 20.711
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.409
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.628
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
36.431
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 7.864
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 8.610
When I enable persistence 12.189
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.038
And persistence is successfully enabled 7.729
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.684
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
26.678
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 7.670
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.823
When I try to enable persistence 1.196
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.383
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.090
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.092
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.050
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.099
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.271
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.059
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
40.238
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 7.905
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.076
When I try to enable persistence 1.140
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 10.082
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.263
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.023
When I log in to a new session 7.778
And all notifications have disappeared 8.574
# 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" 0.176
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.115
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.179
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.018
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.903
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.986
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
39.039
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 7.741
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.275
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.288
When I try to enable persistence 1.146
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 1.947
When I log in to a new session 7.776
And all notifications have disappeared 6.781
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.060
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.021
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.689
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000