Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6571 10 Aug 2026, 13:34

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 24:35.418 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:36.780
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:22.153
And I update the APT lists using apt 7.652
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.244
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.730
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.972
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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31.550
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 8.984
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.959
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.250
And persistence is disabled 0.137
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.219
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.938
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:38.072
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 8.877
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.281
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.092
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 19.233
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.053
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.381
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.912
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.173
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.066
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.807
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
Tags: @product
29.992
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 8.358
And the system is very low on memory 4.836
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.197
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.520
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.133
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.432
And I free up some memory 0.674
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.794
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.704
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
2:6.931
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 21.807
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.331
And all tps features are active 9.054
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.066
When I disable the first tps feature 2.554
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.902
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.482
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:9.318
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.414
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.806
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.021
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13.464
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 8.168
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.061
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.064
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.070
When I disable the first tps feature 2.508
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.045
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.034
When I enable the first tps feature 2.409
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.057
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.700
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
13.433
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 7.775
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.062
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.067
And I disable the first tps feature 2.603
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.860
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.063
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.773
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
42.378
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 7.741
And the network is plugged 0.036
And Tor is ready 9.782
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.716
When I write some files expected to persist 0.964
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.511
# 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" 11.625
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.364
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:40.079
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 7.719
And the network is plugged 0.030
And Tor is ready 9.502
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.111
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.291
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.651
And I capture all network traffic 0.002
And the network is plugged 0.028
And Tor is ready 11.225
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.355
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.062
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.096
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.680
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.038
Tags: @product
55.180
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 stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 22.214
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.073
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 13.076
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 18.815
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.678
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:57.140
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 8.565
When I enable persistence 22.492
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 14.045
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.411
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.380
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.311
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.503
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 23.129
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.121
When I cold reboot the computer 5.957
And the computer reboots Tails 35.662
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.346
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.252
Given I enable persistence 14.547
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.093
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.287
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.896
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.134
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.738
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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2:11.789
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 8.554
# 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 28.329
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.368
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:8.382
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 21.154
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.297
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.031
Tags: @product
54.456
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 23.139
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.683
Then persistence is disabled 0.092
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.380
And all notifications have disappeared 8.301
When I delete the persistent partition 2.614
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.244
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.054
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:22.553
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 8.183
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.056
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.402
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:8.718
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.192
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.702
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.062
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58.280
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.009
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.043
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.066
When I try to enable persistence 1.284
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 13.608
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.511
And all notifications have disappeared 8.433
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.275
And all tps features are enabled 8.196
And all tps features but the first one are active 7.860
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.961
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:47.133
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 2:1.775
And I enable persistence 28.628
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.253
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.597
And persistence is enabled 8.877
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.934
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
30.532
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 7.569
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 22.470
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.492
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.685
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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44.318
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 9.163
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 11.022
When I enable persistence 14.768
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.050
And persistence is successfully enabled 9.313
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.084
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
31.040
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 8.752
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 11.069
When I try to enable persistence 1.318
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.200
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.115
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.488
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.048
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.159
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.887
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.703
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
46.009
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 8.128
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.079
When I try to enable persistence 1.163
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 12.791
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.193
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.036
When I log in to a new session 10.580
And all notifications have disappeared 8.194
# 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" 0.184
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.098
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.201
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.621
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.734
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.786
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
44.297
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 8.867
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 11.503
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.300
When I try to enable persistence 1.169
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.822
When I log in to a new session 9.025
And all notifications have disappeared 7.322
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.337
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.949
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.461
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000