Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6672 16 Sep 2026, 11:39

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 24:20.862 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:34.705
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.009
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:19.889
And I update the APT lists using apt 7.720
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.301
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.795
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.595
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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29.072
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 8.758
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.790
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.220
And persistence is disabled 0.081
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.222
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.923
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:37.430
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 8.885
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.298
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.208
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 19.951
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.037
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.230
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.570
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.210
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.038
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.873
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
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29.514
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 8.437
And the system is very low on memory 3.907
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.198
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.903
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.155
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.472
And I free up some memory 0.509
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.883
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.046
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.663
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:59.796
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 8.531
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.297
And all tps features are active 7.679
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.640
When I disable the first tps feature 2.414
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.845
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.427
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:12.697
Then all tps features but the first one are active 12.261
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.942
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
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14.270
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 8.476
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.101
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.076
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.070
When I disable the first tps feature 2.689
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.065
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.055
When I enable the first tps feature 2.586
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.067
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.078
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.019
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
14.050
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 7.993
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.079
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.065
And I disable the first tps feature 2.605
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.220
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.086
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.780
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
47.055
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 8.404
And the network is plugged 0.055
And Tor is ready 10.783
And I take note of which tps features are available 9.128
When I write some files expected to persist 1.040
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.408
# 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" 12.235
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.223
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:48.583
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 8.175
And the network is plugged 0.055
And Tor is ready 10.461
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.098
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.319
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:12.310
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.032
And Tor is ready 11.586
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.370
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.060
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.109
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.787
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.087
Tags: @product
40.717
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.006
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.817
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.093
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 15.240
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 15.566
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.797
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:58.302
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.008
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.882
When I enable persistence 22.038
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 14.090
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.987
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.275
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.245
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.515
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 22.876
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.184
When I cold reboot the computer 6.273
And the computer reboots Tails 36.427
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.249
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.278
Given I enable persistence 14.309
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.058
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.163
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.310
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.134
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.075
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
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2:14.795
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 9.111
# 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 30.619
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.389
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:6.642
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 23.033
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.143
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
40.445
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 8.760
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.192
Then persistence is disabled 0.127
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.803
And all notifications have disappeared 8.674
When I delete the persistent partition 2.648
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.239
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.977
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:27.705
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 9.595
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.071
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.960
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:10.816
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.261
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.536
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.024
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1:2.155
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 8.548
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.054
When I try to enable persistence 1.207
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 15.916
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.655
And all notifications have disappeared 8.770
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.238
And all tps features are enabled 9.505
And all tps features but the first one are active 8.256
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.711
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:50.893
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 2:4.175
And I enable persistence 29.029
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.950
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.493
And persistence is enabled 9.244
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.991
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
31.958
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 7.873
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 23.592
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.492
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.736
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
41.772
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 9.357
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.610
When I enable persistence 14.498
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.071
And persistence is successfully enabled 8.234
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.952
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
30.987
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 9.139
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.792
When I try to enable persistence 1.335
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 4.026
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.228
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.311
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.060
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.255
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.837
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.691
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
44.138
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 8.086
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.066
When I try to enable persistence 1.202
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 12.190
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.211
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.026
When I log in to a new session 9.298
And all notifications have disappeared 8.737
# 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" 0.175
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.104
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.175
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.063
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.797
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.622
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
42.510
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.008
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.512
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 11.147
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.347
When I try to enable persistence 1.192
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.339
When I log in to a new session 9.238
And all notifications have disappeared 6.659
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.135
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.938
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.835
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000