Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6442 12 Jun 2026, 11:41

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 22:2.875 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:34.260
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.015
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:20.645
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.156
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.297
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.160
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.241
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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29.278
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.014
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.025
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.104
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.289
And persistence is disabled 0.103
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.755
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.164
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:44.887
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.032
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 8.805
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.380
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.080
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 18.651
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 10.184
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.441
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.248
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.047
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.925
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.023
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29.757
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.014
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 8.548
And the system is very low on memory 3.118
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.183
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.615
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.101
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.439
And I free up some memory 0.920
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.779
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.049
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.062
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:47.688
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.018
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.711
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.379
And all tps features are active 5.911
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.308
When I disable the first tps feature 2.555
Then all tps features but the first one are active 5.482
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.512
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:9.814
Then all tps features but the first one are active 5.013
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.716
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.056
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13.461
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.015
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.169
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.066
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.067
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.042
When I disable the first tps feature 2.474
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.048
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.040
When I enable the first tps feature 2.439
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.062
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.049
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.745
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
13.554
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.015
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.829
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.064
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.087
And I disable the first tps feature 2.594
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.934
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.043
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.744
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
47.856
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.033
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.692
And the network is plugged 0.024
And Tor is ready 14.199
And I take note of which tps features are available 3.960
When I write some files expected to persist 1.187
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.761
# 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" 12.029
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.432
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:48.985
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.014
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.051
And the network is plugged 0.018
And Tor is ready 10.078
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.129
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.670
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:8.968
And I capture all network traffic 0.014
And the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 12.549
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.343
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.063
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.081
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.944
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.072
Tags: @product
42.517
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.015
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.925
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.084
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 15.473
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 17.033
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.902
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:58.953
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.017
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.604
When I enable persistence 20.065
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.846
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.355
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.317
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.214
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.510
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 24.928
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.180
When I cold reboot the computer 9.467
And the computer reboots Tails 37.834
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.248
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.160
Given I enable persistence 10.657
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.072
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.224
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.135
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.129
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.802
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.017
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2:12.844
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.013
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.092
# 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 31.601
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.325
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:5.441
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 19.383
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.419
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.020
Tags: @product
37.478
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.038
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.093
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.033
Then persistence is disabled 0.146
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.260
And all notifications have disappeared 7.660
When I delete the persistent partition 2.882
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.401
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.818
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:20.941
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.015
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.133
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.062
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.518
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.946
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.280
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.871
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.025
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50.077
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.015
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.730
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.050
When I try to enable persistence 1.156
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 10.869
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.072
And all notifications have disappeared 7.769
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.328
And all tps features are enabled 5.237
And all tps features but the first one are active 4.862
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.655
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:15.881
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.014
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 33.247
And I enable persistence 25.354
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.523
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.665
And persistence is enabled 6.090
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.947
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
26.828
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.014
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 7.281
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 19.019
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.528
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.101
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
33.116
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.016
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.581
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 7.953
When I enable persistence 11.222
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.052
And persistence is successfully enabled 5.306
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.620
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
28.063
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.014
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.702
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.042
When I try to enable persistence 1.339
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.598
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.198
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.537
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.051
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.157
Then persistence is successfully enabled 4.434
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.730
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
42.814
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.040
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.688
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.064
When I try to enable persistence 1.175
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 9.367
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.196
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.026
When I log in to a new session 10.409
And all notifications have disappeared 8.726
# 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" 0.177
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.117
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.305
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.770
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.789
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.195
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
43.628
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.015
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.933
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.913
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.379
When I try to enable persistence 1.177
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.633
When I log in to a new session 10.251
And all notifications have disappeared 8.443
Then the Tor Browser starts 2.048
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.847
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.625
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000