Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6664 14 Sep 2026, 18:21

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 25:15.849 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:35.731
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 1:21.801
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.858
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.261
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.810
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.003
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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28.237
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 with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.653
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.307
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.218
And persistence is disabled 0.075
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.981
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.904
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:33.310
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 8.558
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.306
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.116
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.080
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.036
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.366
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.604
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.190
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.048
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.877
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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29.050
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 8.366
And the system is very low on memory 4.078
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.325
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.692
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.125
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.302
And I free up some memory 0.475
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.640
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.043
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.713
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:51.700
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 8.467
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.331
And all tps features are active 8.355
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.859
When I disable the first tps feature 2.486
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.661
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.620
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.138
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.780
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.536
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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13.280
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.009
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.868
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.077
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.059
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.067
When I disable the first tps feature 2.521
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.082
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.037
When I enable the first tps feature 2.448
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.067
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.049
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.932
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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13.517
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.007
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.005
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.074
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.055
And I disable the first tps feature 2.504
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.834
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.043
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.710
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
43.975
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 7.925
And the network is plugged 0.026
And Tor is ready 10.406
And I take note of which tps features are available 7.632
When I write some files expected to persist 1.084
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.242
# 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" 11.656
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.303
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:42.937
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.004
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.930
And the network is plugged 0.042
And Tor is ready 10.262
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.146
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.569
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.872
And I capture all network traffic 0.008
And the network is plugged 0.039
And Tor is ready 12.464
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.387
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.089
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.124
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.923
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.090
Tags: @product
41.942
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.007
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.004
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.089
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 14.884
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.963
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.056
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:56.191
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 8.944
When I enable persistence 23.927
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.915
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.493
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.385
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.322
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.609
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 22.419
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.153
When I cold reboot the computer 6.001
And the computer reboots Tails 34.318
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.369
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.217
Given I enable persistence 13.911
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.069
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.285
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.726
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.120
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.625
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.010
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2:16.414
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 8.808
# 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 35.515
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.273
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:5.575
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 21.241
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.120
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008
Tags: @product
39.465
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 8.838
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.073
Then persistence is disabled 0.166
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.964
And all notifications have disappeared 8.387
When I delete the persistent partition 2.744
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.290
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.788
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:21.989
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 8.347
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.077
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.360
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.914
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.287
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.671
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.073
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56.619
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 8.586
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.056
When I try to enable persistence 1.142
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 13.673
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.552
And all notifications have disappeared 8.185
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.290
And all tps features are enabled 7.443
And all tps features but the first one are active 7.688
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.576
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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4:9.609
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 3:21.017
And I enable persistence 30.191
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.861
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.601
And persistence is enabled 9.938
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.716
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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31.639
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 7.567
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 23.544
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.527
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.591
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
44.769
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 8.987
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 10.624
When I enable persistence 13.997
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.034
And persistence is successfully enabled 11.124
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.936
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
29.178
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 8.725
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.587
When I try to enable persistence 1.230
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.564
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.185
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.174
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.052
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.084
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.572
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.175
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
54.550
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 21.892
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.058
When I try to enable persistence 1.261
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 10.177
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.137
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.025
When I log in to a new session 9.432
And all notifications have disappeared 6.994
# 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" 0.208
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.090
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.213
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.107
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.950
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.717
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
41.737
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 8.036
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.775
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.307
When I try to enable persistence 1.193
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.884
When I log in to a new session 9.263
And all notifications have disappeared 7.228
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.154
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.894
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.984
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000