Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6381 16 May 2026, 11:22

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 19:49.657 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:30.311
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:17.159
And I update the APT lists using apt 5.913
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.313
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.925
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.974
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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28.757
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 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 8.520
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.280
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.254
And persistence is disabled 0.091
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.609
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.035
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:35.418
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 8.157
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.303
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.095
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 18.302
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.052
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.573
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 58.660
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.222
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.050
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.830
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006
Tags: @product
27.937
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 7.392
And the system is very low on memory 3.333
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.156
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.635
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.165
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.381
And I free up some memory 0.855
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.969
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.859
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:30.653
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.113
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.394
And all tps features are active 1.275
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.166
When I disable the first tps feature 2.596
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.135
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.665
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.107
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.198
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.642
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.031
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12.562
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.244
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.053
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.064
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.080
When I disable the first tps feature 2.479
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.047
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.049
When I enable the first tps feature 2.453
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.041
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.049
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.680
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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12.665
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.119
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.070
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.084
And I disable the first tps feature 2.543
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.799
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.047
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.548
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
39.646
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.136
And the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 10.042
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.183
When I write some files expected to persist 1.164
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.273
# 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" 11.830
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.106
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:38.345
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.285
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 9.734
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.112
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.164
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 59.953
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.019
And Tor is ready 11.590
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.313
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.062
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.089
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.946
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.051
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39.377
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 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 8.429
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.074
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 13.128
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.745
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.074
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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2:42.709
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 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 8.315
When I enable persistence 11.668
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.655
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.351
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.336
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.245
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.637
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 24.639
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.173
When I cold reboot the computer 8.921
And the computer reboots Tails 35.718
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.247
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.215
Given I enable persistence 7.069
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.067
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.243
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.079
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.124
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.665
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006
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2:4.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.001
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.263
# 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 24.699
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.337
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:0.361
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 21.339
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.057
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.008
Tags: @product
37.704
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 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 8.268
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.143
Then persistence is disabled 0.085
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.457
And all notifications have disappeared 7.698
When I delete the persistent partition 2.708
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.342
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.834
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:19.960
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.075
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.052
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.380
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.200
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.251
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.825
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.009
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39.333
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 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 7.856
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.047
When I try to enable persistence 1.190
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 9.403
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.772
And all notifications have disappeared 7.564
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.286
And all tps features are enabled 0.953
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.259
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.849
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
59.840
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 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 30.894
And I enable persistence 17.043
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.494
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.590
And persistence is enabled 1.816
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.032
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
20.498
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 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 6.833
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 13.018
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.645
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.693
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
24.251
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.021
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.244
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 7.421
When I enable persistence 6.664
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.091
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.829
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.972
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
23.959
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 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 7.724
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.830
When I try to enable persistence 1.172
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.461
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.178
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.451
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.052
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.161
Then persistence is successfully enabled 0.926
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.829
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
41.770
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 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 7.597
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.081
When I try to enable persistence 1.162
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 8.681
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.135
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.024
When I log in to a new session 11.125
And all notifications have disappeared 8.698
# 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" 0.149
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.082
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.159
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.201
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.670
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.248
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
39.950
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 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 7.541
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.376
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.308
When I try to enable persistence 1.161
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.806
When I log in to a new session 9.435
And all notifications have disappeared 8.219
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.397
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.703
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.915
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000