Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6490 06 Jul 2026, 11:47

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 22:22.447 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:33.637
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 1:19.623
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.803
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.287
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.922
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.675
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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30.625
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 8.970
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.947
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.396
And persistence is disabled 0.106
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.204
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.649
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:46.701
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 8.772
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.340
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.123
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 20.309
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.046
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.959
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.820
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.216
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.111
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.543
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
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31.506
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 7.549
And the system is very low on memory 4.095
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.313
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.796
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.144
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.438
And I free up some memory 0.846
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 11.269
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.052
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.766
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:50.574
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 8.470
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.401
And all tps features are active 5.676
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.106
When I disable the first tps feature 2.593
Then all tps features but the first one are active 5.745
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.942
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:13.510
Then all tps features but the first one are active 5.127
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.640
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.025
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13.627
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 8.008
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.067
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.092
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.077
When I disable the first tps feature 2.654
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.076
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.037
When I enable the first tps feature 2.485
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.063
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.063
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.599
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
13.882
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 7.376
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.090
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.078
And I disable the first tps feature 2.722
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.549
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.065
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.896
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
48.187
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 7.379
And the network is plugged 0.021
And Tor is ready 13.008
And I take note of which tps features are available 4.575
When I write some files expected to persist 1.103
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.631
# 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" 12.467
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.579
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:47.591
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 7.272
And the network is plugged 0.034
And Tor is ready 10.118
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.126
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.775
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.226
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.018
And Tor is ready 12.480
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.359
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.067
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.107
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.918
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.049
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42.574
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 8.631
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.138
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 14.338
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 18.465
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.012
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:59.228
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 8.744
When I enable persistence 18.419
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.656
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.939
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.356
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.226
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.499
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 25.777
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.164
When I cold reboot the computer 10.241
And the computer reboots Tails 37.100
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.272
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.180
Given I enable persistence 10.953
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.086
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.237
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.222
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.149
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.707
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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2:17.147
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 8.238
# 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 28.193
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.691
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:8.969
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 22.054
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.129
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008
Tags: @product
38.244
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 7.845
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.081
Then persistence is disabled 0.109
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.134
And all notifications have disappeared 7.953
When I delete the persistent partition 2.752
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.368
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.050
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:26.867
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 7.844
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.062
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.517
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:9.167
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.274
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.901
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
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52.174
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 7.680
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.080
When I try to enable persistence 1.214
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 11.072
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.261
And all notifications have disappeared 7.907
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.295
And all tps features are enabled 5.725
And all tps features but the first one are active 5.936
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.911
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:14.396
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 31.398
And I enable persistence 24.799
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.211
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.699
And persistence is enabled 6.286
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.080
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
27.141
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.489
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 19.041
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.610
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.655
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
32.535
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 7.828
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 8.269
When I enable persistence 10.530
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.058
And persistence is successfully enabled 5.848
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.745
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
27.566
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 7.705
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.837
When I try to enable persistence 1.218
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.825
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.159
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.480
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.050
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.179
Then persistence is successfully enabled 4.110
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.853
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
44.778
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 7.626
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.074
When I try to enable persistence 1.181
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 8.806
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.361
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.026
When I log in to a new session 11.593
And all notifications have disappeared 9.449
# 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" 0.204
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.573
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.262
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.594
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.025
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.065
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
43.457
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 7.890
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.109
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.376
When I try to enable persistence 1.170
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.725
When I log in to a new session 11.814
And all notifications have disappeared 7.831
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.775
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.763
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.940
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000