Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6554 04 Aug 2026, 00:51

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 22:17.629 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:27.787
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 1:13.832
And I update the APT lists using apt 7.091
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.220
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.642
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.859
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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27.522
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 8.319
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.167
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.184
And persistence is disabled 0.067
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.784
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.633
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:30.857
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 8.490
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.281
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.078
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.635
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.044
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.218
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 58.936
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.132
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.038
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.776
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.028
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28.831
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 7.929
And the system is very low on memory 4.747
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.168
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.123
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.108
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.319
And I free up some memory 0.467
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.921
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.045
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.862
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:43.700
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 8.189
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.309
And all tps features are active 7.926
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.586
When I disable the first tps feature 2.474
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.177
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.406
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.026
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.602
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.440
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.026
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12.834
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 7.617
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.059
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.057
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.049
When I disable the first tps feature 2.490
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.040
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.039
When I enable the first tps feature 2.394
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.045
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.040
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.831
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
12.948
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 7.570
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.056
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.052
And I disable the first tps feature 2.489
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.728
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.051
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.708
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
52.276
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 20.556
And the network is plugged 0.036
And Tor is ready 8.156
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.303
When I write some files expected to persist 0.845
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.183
# 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" 11.195
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.524
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:32.147
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 7.447
And the network is plugged 0.037
And Tor is ready 8.178
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.142
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.239
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.148
And I capture all network traffic 0.002
And the network is plugged 0.034
And Tor is ready 10.379
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.348
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.093
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.093
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.583
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.074
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37.221
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 8.325
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.082
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 13.241
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 14.572
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.585
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:48.981
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 8.419
When I enable persistence 23.532
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.981
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 37.579
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.200
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.154
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.508
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 21.658
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.109
When I cold reboot the computer 5.695
And the computer reboots Tails 32.954
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.328
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.228
Given I enable persistence 12.329
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.055
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.258
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.881
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.104
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.714
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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2:4.275
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 7.804
# 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 27.690
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.275
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:1.003
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 22.500
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.130
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
36.231
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.935
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 11.790
Then persistence is disabled 0.105
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.796
And all notifications have disappeared 7.770
When I delete the persistent partition 2.608
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.223
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.883
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:14.754
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 7.925
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.049
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.216
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.343
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.218
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.863
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
54.977
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.959
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.039
When I try to enable persistence 1.152
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 14.069
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.808
And all notifications have disappeared 7.929
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.203
And all tps features are enabled 7.203
And all tps features but the first one are active 7.611
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.766
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:38.819
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 1:58.745
And I enable persistence 24.917
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.004
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.506
And persistence is enabled 7.646
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.988
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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28.855
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 7.439
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 21.036
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.378
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.818
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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38.612
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 8.288
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 10.431
When I enable persistence 12.385
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.036
And persistence is successfully enabled 7.470
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.498
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
27.138
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 7.921
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.954
When I try to enable persistence 1.242
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.267
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.157
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.163
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.060
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.101
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.270
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.550
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
39.400
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 7.899
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.060
When I try to enable persistence 1.163
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 10.779
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.124
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.023
When I log in to a new session 7.772
And all notifications have disappeared 7.030
# 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" 0.207
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.116
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.151
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.167
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.904
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.866
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
39.455
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 8.088
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.933
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.275
When I try to enable persistence 1.137
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.740
When I log in to a new session 7.308
And all notifications have disappeared 7.146
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.078
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.747
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.697
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000