Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6487 02 Jul 2026, 11:34

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 21:29.007 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:29.538
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 1:16.437
And I update the APT lists using apt 5.983
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.225
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.891
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.942
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
28.196
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 8.536
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.362
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.277
And persistence is disabled 0.089
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.930
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.195
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:39.936
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 8.365
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.320
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.119
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 18.345
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.056
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.432
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.070
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.168
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.058
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.744
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
28.460
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 7.434
And the system is very low on memory 3.283
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.255
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.421
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.093
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.344
And I free up some memory 0.917
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.652
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.058
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.794
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:45.576
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 8.192
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.331
And all tps features are active 5.103
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.993
When I disable the first tps feature 2.517
Then all tps features but the first one are active 5.124
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.691
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.770
Then all tps features but the first one are active 4.851
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.629
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
25.148
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 19.785
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.068
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.065
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.064
When I disable the first tps feature 2.500
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.061
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.042
When I enable the first tps feature 2.432
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.058
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.069
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.596
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
12.837
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 7.268
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.068
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.080
And I disable the first tps feature 2.542
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.840
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.037
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.002
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
44.560
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 7.200
And the network is plugged 0.020
And Tor is ready 10.266
And I take note of which tps features are available 3.889
When I write some files expected to persist 1.188
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.598
# 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" 12.396
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.284
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:44.963
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 7.216
And the network is plugged 0.037
And Tor is ready 9.266
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.125
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.376
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.037
And I capture all network traffic 0.005
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 11.226
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.417
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.100
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.137
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.985
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.056
Tags: @product
39.926
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 8.314
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.091
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 13.643
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.877
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.965
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
2:54.151
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 8.549
When I enable persistence 17.681
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.870
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.513
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.347
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.269
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.548
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 24.843
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.151
When I cold reboot the computer 10.219
And the computer reboots Tails 35.718
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.264
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.186
Given I enable persistence 10.915
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.072
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.245
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.589
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.163
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.703
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.034
Tags: @product
2:11.162
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 8.367
# 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 26.467
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.450
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:5.923
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 20.953
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.920
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
37.490
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 7.988
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.266
Then persistence is disabled 0.096
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.150
And all notifications have disappeared 7.981
When I delete the persistent partition 2.673
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.333
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.975
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:24.021
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.006
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.529
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.058
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.433
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.783
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.216
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.824
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.031
Tags: @product
46.841
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 7.423
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.045
When I try to enable persistence 1.204
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 9.840
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.624
And all notifications have disappeared 7.609
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.258
And all tps features are enabled 4.636
And all tps features but the first one are active 5.199
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.924
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:8.628
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 29.121
And I enable persistence 23.300
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.369
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.609
And persistence is enabled 5.228
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.931
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
26.000
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 6.926
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 18.556
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.517
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.773
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
33.173
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 7.549
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 8.513
When I enable persistence 11.789
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.051
And persistence is successfully enabled 5.270
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.555
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
25.608
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 7.198
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.753
When I try to enable persistence 1.253
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.943
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.138
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.313
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.055
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.158
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.793
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.569
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
41.774
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 7.459
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.072
When I try to enable persistence 1.160
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 8.454
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.161
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.031
When I log in to a new session 11.316
And all notifications have disappeared 8.701
# 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" 0.144
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.073
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.144
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.246
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.808
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.113
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
41.006
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 7.264
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.739
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.387
When I try to enable persistence 1.162
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.945
When I log in to a new session 10.885
And all notifications have disappeared 7.351
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.465
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.804
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.790
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000