Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6665 14 Sep 2026, 20:49

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 22:10.970 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:24.896
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 1:14.860
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.054
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 3.192
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.788
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.808
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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26.658
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 8.469
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.307
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.197
And persistence is disabled 0.086
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.595
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.498
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:31.089
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 8.441
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.236
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.099
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.725
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.048
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.178
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 59.165
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.152
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.042
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.543
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
28.344
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 8.053
And the system is very low on memory 3.961
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.120
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.410
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 2.341
And I free up some memory 0.422
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.886
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.053
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.822
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:40.917
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 8.124
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.292
And all tps features are active 7.989
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.467
When I disable the first tps feature 2.509
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.331
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.267
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.683
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.250
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.765
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.013
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12.564
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 7.606
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.051
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.079
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.060
When I disable the first tps feature 2.501
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.052
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.044
When I enable the first tps feature 2.043
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.069
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.054
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.603
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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13.034
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 7.589
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.058
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.047
And I disable the first tps feature 2.459
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.843
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.036
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.678
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
39.273
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 7.606
And the network is plugged 0.029
And Tor is ready 8.320
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.387
When I write some files expected to persist 0.849
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.156
# 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" 10.923
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.456
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:34.134
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 7.510
And the network is plugged 0.037
And Tor is ready 8.166
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.122
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.448
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.488
And I capture all network traffic 0.002
And the network is plugged 0.024
And Tor is ready 10.710
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.413
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.083
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.124
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.601
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.062
Tags: @product
37.416
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 8.218
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.100
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 11.458
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.638
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.886
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:46.443
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 8.337
When I enable persistence 20.651
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.837
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.131
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.389
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.312
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.568
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 21.606
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.119
When I cold reboot the computer 7.019
And the computer reboots Tails 31.927
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.292
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.233
Given I enable persistence 12.456
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.064
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.140
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.198
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.154
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.798
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008
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2:0.649
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 8.023
# 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 25.953
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.348
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:0.127
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 21.196
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.830
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.052
Tags: @product
37.324
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 8.503
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.940
Then persistence is disabled 0.075
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.197
And all notifications have disappeared 7.727
When I delete the persistent partition 2.612
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.267
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.875
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:28.558
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 20.734
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.067
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.332
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.260
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.162
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.663
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.048
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1:6.113
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 21.474
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.072
When I try to enable persistence 1.196
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 12.091
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.862
And all notifications have disappeared 7.599
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.208
And all tps features are enabled 7.155
And all tps features but the first one are active 7.450
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.564
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:34.504
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 1:53.899
And I enable persistence 24.415
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.745
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.546
And persistence is enabled 7.896
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.759
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
28.508
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 7.269
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 20.769
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.469
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.645
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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36.751
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 8.463
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 8.927
When I enable persistence 11.943
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.043
And persistence is successfully enabled 7.374
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.897
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
26.775
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 8.006
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.798
When I try to enable persistence 1.220
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 1.892
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.183
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.263
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.049
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.253
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.106
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.879
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
38.888
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 7.867
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.068
When I try to enable persistence 1.174
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 9.984
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.108
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.023
When I log in to a new session 8.424
And all notifications have disappeared 7.221
# 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" 0.156
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.059
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.142
Then the Tor Browser starts 0.980
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.677
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.835
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
38.123
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 7.939
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.851
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.247
When I try to enable persistence 1.140
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.467
When I log in to a new session 7.294
And all notifications have disappeared 7.362
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.066
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.753
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.596
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000