Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6662 14 Sep 2026, 07:21

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 21:56.154 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:25.292
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 1:12.107
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.334
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.178
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.671
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.881
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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26.505
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.115
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.362
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.195
And persistence is disabled 0.073
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.757
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.710
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:31.027
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 8.626
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.283
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.065
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 18.254
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.047
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.205
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 58.338
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.164
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.040
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.681
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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27.971
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 7.843
And the system is very low on memory 4.275
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.143
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.111
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.105
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.545
And I free up some memory 0.411
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.486
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.048
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.710
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:42.788
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 8.305
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.292
And all tps features are active 7.326
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.748
When I disable the first tps feature 2.458
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.547
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.226
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.450
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.432
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.820
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.051
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13.184
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 8.020
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.046
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 2.439
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.052
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.031
When I enable the first tps feature 2.396
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.044
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.039
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.991
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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12.937
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 7.577
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.066
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.049
And I disable the first tps feature 2.448
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.759
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.035
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.741
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
38.787
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 7.453
And the network is plugged 0.036
And Tor is ready 8.001
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.149
When I write some files expected to persist 0.863
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.121
# 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" 11.161
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.492
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:36.332
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 7.530
And the network is plugged 0.036
And Tor is ready 9.145
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.102
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.315
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.461
And I capture all network traffic 0.002
And the network is plugged 0.039
And Tor is ready 12.178
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.330
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.077
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.110
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.869
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.087
Tags: @product
37.967
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.010
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.378
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.058
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 11.791
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.739
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.800
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:45.529
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 8.424
When I enable persistence 21.376
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.819
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 37.648
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.377
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.278
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.530
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 21.711
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.128
When I cold reboot the computer 5.810
And the computer reboots Tails 31.882
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.180
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.100
Given I enable persistence 12.440
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.066
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.296
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.299
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.156
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.711
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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2:0.277
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 7.952
# 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 25.896
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.115
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:0.823
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 20.489
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.088
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
37.742
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 8.302
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.122
Then persistence is disabled 0.080
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.790
And all notifications have disappeared 8.515
When I delete the persistent partition 2.705
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.225
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.978
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:16.088
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 7.820
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.082
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.303
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.700
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.182
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.584
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.025
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52.094
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 8.179
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.046
When I try to enable persistence 1.151
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 12.678
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.986
And all notifications have disappeared 7.169
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.211
And all tps features are enabled 7.367
And all tps features but the first one are active 7.303
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.616
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:36.837
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 1:56.924
And I enable persistence 25.282
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.924
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.473
And persistence is enabled 7.231
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.039
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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29.505
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.020
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 7.684
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 21.322
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.498
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.664
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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37.211
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 8.203
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.279
When I enable persistence 11.958
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.040
And persistence is successfully enabled 7.730
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.949
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
27.136
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 7.908
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.538
When I try to enable persistence 1.255
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.757
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.212
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.183
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.055
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.107
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.118
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.522
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
40.837
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 7.890
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.059
When I try to enable persistence 1.143
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 10.724
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.218
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.021
When I log in to a new session 8.700
And all notifications have disappeared 7.845
# 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" 0.150
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.080
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.158
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.028
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.814
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.942
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
40.097
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 8.128
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.396
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.256
When I try to enable persistence 1.141
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.346
When I log in to a new session 7.397
And all notifications have disappeared 8.430
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.149
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.850
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.619
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000