Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6361 08 May 2026, 18:12

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 21:11.714 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:30.408
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:17.131
And I update APT using apt 6.210
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.215
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.851
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.848
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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29.096
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 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 8.692
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.139
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.258
And persistence is disabled 0.104
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.901
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.882
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:35.941
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 8.655
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.322
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.112
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.014
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.450
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.804
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.328
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.199
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.052
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.855
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
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27.773
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 7.331
And the system is very low on memory 3.382
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.142
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.699
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 2.365
And I free up some memory 0.854
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.803
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.100
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.025
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:31.488
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.216
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.278
And all tps features are active 1.081
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.137
When I disable the first tps feature 2.508
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.323
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.696
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.033
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.212
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.810
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.019
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12.858
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.424
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.113
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.051
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.051
When I disable the first tps feature 2.558
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.064
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.045
When I enable the first tps feature 2.451
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.048
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.047
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.880
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
12.752
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 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 0.071
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.048
And I disable the first tps feature 2.538
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.909
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.064
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.993
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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58.220
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.086
And the network is plugged 0.020
And Tor is ready 17.439
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.317
When I write some files expected to persist 1.163
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 19.856
# 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?
Then only the expected files are present on the persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 12.337
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.092
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:18.309
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.363
And the network is plugged 0.024
And Tor is ready 16.408
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.119
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 19.896
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:10.939
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.018
And Tor is ready 22.912
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.432
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.059
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.130
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.010
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.040
Tags: @product
40.829
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.768
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.078
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 13.680
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 17.301
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.379
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:45.990
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 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 8.431
When I enable persistence 13.643
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.954
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.816
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.403
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.273
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.557
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 25.241
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.154
When I cold reboot the computer 6.326
And the computer reboots Tails 36.533
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.260
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.171
Given I enable persistence 7.537
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.082
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.217
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.246
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.140
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.851
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
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2:4.832
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.787
# 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 26.355
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.973
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:4.417
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 18.298
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.402
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.019
Tags: @product
38.110
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 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 8.011
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.606
Then persistence is disabled 0.102
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.527
And all notifications have disappeared 7.769
When I delete the persistent partition 2.743
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.350
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.814
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:21.889
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.394
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.051
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.539
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.658
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.244
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.896
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.012
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41.870
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 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 7.785
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.056
When I try to enable persistence 1.164
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 10.415
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.745
And all notifications have disappeared 7.876
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.273
And all tps features are enabled 1.458
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.094
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.910
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:2.870
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 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 30.402
And I enable persistence 20.211
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.014
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.603
And persistence is enabled 1.639
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.646
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
25.890
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 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 7.002
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 18.292
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.595
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.925
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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25.031
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 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 8.943
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 8.212
When I enable persistence 5.963
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.059
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.852
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.757
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
24.533
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 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 7.421
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.534
When I try to enable persistence 1.271
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.568
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.181
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.318
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.068
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.157
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.010
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.783
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
41.667
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 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 7.357
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.070
When I try to enable persistence 1.175
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 8.297
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.216
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.023
When I log in to a new session 10.870
And all notifications have disappeared 8.980
# 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" 0.213
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.117
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.316
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.336
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.690
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.672
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
41.348
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 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 7.490
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.543
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.324
When I try to enable persistence 1.227
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.024
When I log in to a new session 9.798
And all notifications have disappeared 9.053
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.264
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.621
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.927
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000