Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6660 12 Sep 2026, 11:26

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 22:14.431 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:28.526
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:18.261
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.179
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 3.176
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.908
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.678
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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27.482
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 8.489
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.113
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.193
And persistence is disabled 0.067
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.618
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.719
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:28.177
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 8.589
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.267
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.068
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.099
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.053
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.906
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 58.020
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.141
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.031
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.477
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.011
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28.233
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 7.986
And the system is very low on memory 4.101
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.136
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.370
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 2.316
And I free up some memory 0.504
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.664
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.052
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.904
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:42.127
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 8.352
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.273
And all tps features are active 7.457
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.935
When I disable the first tps feature 2.436
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.245
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.193
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.634
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.599
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.627
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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13.233
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 7.947
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.056
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.059
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.068
When I disable the first tps feature 2.477
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.043
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.045
When I enable the first tps feature 2.422
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.056
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.057
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.889
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
13.154
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 7.668
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.080
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.066
And I disable the first tps feature 2.450
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.847
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.039
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.533
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
54.975
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 20.366
And the network is plugged 0.037
And Tor is ready 10.876
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.439
When I write some files expected to persist 0.861
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.172
# 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" 11.221
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.294
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:34.558
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 7.566
And the network is plugged 0.034
And Tor is ready 7.795
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.089
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.107
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.854
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.036
And Tor is ready 10.556
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.353
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.067
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.089
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.639
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.061
Tags: @product
36.964
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 without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.131
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.072
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 11.315
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.445
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.758
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:46.549
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 8.355
When I enable persistence 20.101
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.839
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.251
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.429
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.282
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.542
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 21.630
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.134
When I cold reboot the computer 5.791
And the computer reboots Tails 33.305
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.360
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.233
Given I enable persistence 12.135
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.070
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.265
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.680
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.136
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.766
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.013
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2:3.461
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 8.292
# 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 28.612
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.155
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:1.331
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 20.069
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.968
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
38.529
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 8.420
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.988
Then persistence is disabled 0.090
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.219
And all notifications have disappeared 8.007
When I delete the persistent partition 2.563
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.239
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.706
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:16.966
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 8.281
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.069
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.271
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.158
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.184
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.678
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.049
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54.704
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 8.180
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.039
When I try to enable persistence 1.160
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 13.532
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.587
And all notifications have disappeared 8.175
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.207
And all tps features are enabled 7.019
And all tps features but the first one are active 7.801
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.925
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:33.390
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 1:53.654
And I enable persistence 24.757
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.033
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.467
And persistence is enabled 7.476
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.874
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
29.392
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.439
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 21.441
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.512
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.771
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
38.295
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 8.381
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.750
When I enable persistence 12.268
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.045
And persistence is successfully enabled 7.850
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.988
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
27.041
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 8.040
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.922
When I try to enable persistence 1.279
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.304
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.139
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.093
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.063
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.098
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.100
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.632
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
41.173
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 8.091
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.054
When I try to enable persistence 1.203
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 10.626
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.120
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.023
When I log in to a new session 8.531
And all notifications have disappeared 8.218
# 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" 0.168
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.089
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.150
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.015
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.879
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.539
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
37.491
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 8.096
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.347
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.239
When I try to enable persistence 1.144
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.511
When I log in to a new session 7.837
And all notifications have disappeared 6.116
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.085
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.112
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.635
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000