Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6641 06 Sep 2026, 11:37

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 23:11.901 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:34.235
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 1:20.883
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.489
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.213
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.648
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.985
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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28.044
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 8.546
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.327
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.193
And persistence is disabled 0.077
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.899
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.643
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:37.032
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 8.732
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.322
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.094
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 18.194
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 5.223
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.220
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.157
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.048
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.616
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
29.849
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 8.250
And the system is very low on memory 4.341
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.262
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.285
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.100
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.419
And I free up some memory 0.558
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.591
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.038
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.881
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:50.027
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 with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.327
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.287
And all tps features are active 8.436
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.892
When I disable the first tps feature 2.438
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.483
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.768
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.540
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.852
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.781
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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26.750
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 21.238
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.060
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.067
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.051
When I disable the first tps feature 2.599
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.071
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.041
When I enable the first tps feature 2.502
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.042
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.075
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.005
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
13.487
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 7.864
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.076
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.060
And I disable the first tps feature 2.569
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.870
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.748
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
43.022
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 7.851
And the network is plugged 0.035
And Tor is ready 9.748
And I take note of which tps features are available 7.439
When I write some files expected to persist 1.059
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.278
# 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" 11.609
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.283
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:40.707
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 7.751
And the network is plugged 0.039
And Tor is ready 9.888
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.106
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.361
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.617
And I capture all network traffic 0.004
And the network is plugged 0.042
And Tor is ready 11.350
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.359
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.080
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.106
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.499
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.064
Tags: @product
40.008
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 8.441
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.103
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 12.111
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 18.351
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.825
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:51.493
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 8.747
When I enable persistence 23.892
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.941
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.223
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.363
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.180
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.509
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 22.163
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.198
When I cold reboot the computer 6.194
And the computer reboots Tails 33.667
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.479
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.319
Given I enable persistence 12.451
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.068
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.138
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.721
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.233
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.772
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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2:6.135
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 8.145
# 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 28.002
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.300
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:2.610
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 22.076
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.929
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
Tags: @product
37.460
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.107
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.548
Then persistence is disabled 0.071
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.161
And all notifications have disappeared 7.724
When I delete the persistent partition 2.621
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.225
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.786
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:20.584
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 7.930
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.053
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.273
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.159
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.166
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.624
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.035
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56.457
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 7.993
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.054
When I try to enable persistence 1.194
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 13.579
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.192
And all notifications have disappeared 8.820
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.346
And all tps features are enabled 7.881
And all tps features but the first one are active 8.394
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.740
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:37.712
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 1:54.329
And I enable persistence 27.379
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.899
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.516
And persistence is enabled 7.586
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.564
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
29.543
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 7.528
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 21.556
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.458
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.595
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
39.232
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 8.558
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.534
When I enable persistence 12.879
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.037
And persistence is successfully enabled 8.221
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.897
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
27.731
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 7.907
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.758
When I try to enable persistence 1.250
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.539
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.211
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.125
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.042
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.299
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.596
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.988
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
41.782
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 7.928
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.072
When I try to enable persistence 1.223
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 11.223
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.223
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.028
When I log in to a new session 8.827
And all notifications have disappeared 7.617
# 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" 0.323
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.061
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.176
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.213
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.861
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.997
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
40.602
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 8.232
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.111
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.303
When I try to enable persistence 1.195
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.262
When I log in to a new session 7.672
And all notifications have disappeared 8.047
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.105
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.671
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.821
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000