Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6574 12 Aug 2026, 07:27

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 23:42.696 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:34.395
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 1:20.360
And I update the APT lists using apt 7.062
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.223
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.749
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.841
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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27.770
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 8.798
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.731
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.268
And persistence is disabled 0.082
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.888
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.878
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:35.138
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 8.979
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.265
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.086
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.937
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.038
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.324
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.294
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.169
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.043
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.570
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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43.416
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 21.802
And the system is very low on memory 4.768
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.136
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.583
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.150
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.393
And I free up some memory 0.519
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.025
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.037
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.805
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:49.259
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 8.601
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.355
And all tps features are active 8.022
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.715
When I disable the first tps feature 2.463
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.836
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.923
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.726
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.615
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.901
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.010
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13.203
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 7.927
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.063
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.047
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.045
When I disable the first tps feature 2.445
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.057
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.027
When I enable the first tps feature 2.416
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.103
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.068
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.956
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
13.728
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.026
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.299
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.063
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.046
And I disable the first tps feature 2.495
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.764
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.059
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.039
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
43.172
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 7.881
And the network is plugged 0.042
And Tor is ready 9.709
And I take note of which tps features are available 7.098
When I write some files expected to persist 1.396
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.750
# 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" 11.294
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.134
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:39.088
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 7.900
And the network is plugged 0.028
And Tor is ready 8.267
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.141
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.292
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.964
And I capture all network traffic 0.012
And the network is plugged 0.035
And Tor is ready 11.908
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.370
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.044
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.121
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.674
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.051
Tags: @product
39.490
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 without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.147
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 13.592
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 15.676
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.759
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:55.042
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 8.848
When I enable persistence 23.073
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 14.059
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.823
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.238
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.323
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.532
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 22.706
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.135
When I cold reboot the computer 5.816
And the computer reboots Tails 33.979
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.274
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.240
Given I enable persistence 13.548
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.078
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.387
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.880
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.094
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.743
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.021
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2:11.965
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 8.484
# 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 29.968
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.257
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:6.340
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 21.914
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.111
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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40.565
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 8.345
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.015
Then persistence is disabled 0.093
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.789
And all notifications have disappeared 9.392
When I delete the persistent partition 2.646
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.283
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.684
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:19.733
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 8.131
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.046
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.419
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.694
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.442
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.990
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.069
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57.544
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 8.125
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.046
When I try to enable persistence 1.148
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 13.640
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.125
And all notifications have disappeared 8.984
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.224
And all tps features are enabled 7.608
And all tps features but the first one are active 8.641
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.702
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:50.678
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 2:4.980
And I enable persistence 28.751
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.382
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.494
And persistence is enabled 8.069
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.932
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
31.194
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 7.899
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 22.681
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.613
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.191
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
41.462
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 8.397
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 10.040
When I enable persistence 14.307
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.049
And persistence is successfully enabled 8.667
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.748
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
29.674
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 8.281
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.477
When I try to enable persistence 1.155
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.756
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.211
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.149
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.051
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.294
Then persistence is successfully enabled 4.296
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.411
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
44.229
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 8.095
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.080
When I try to enable persistence 1.194
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 11.825
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.232
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.026
When I log in to a new session 8.806
And all notifications have disappeared 9.018
# 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" 0.170
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.172
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.233
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.224
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.149
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.020
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
41.940
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 7.987
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.292
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.339
When I try to enable persistence 1.210
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.538
When I log in to a new session 8.311
And all notifications have disappeared 7.383
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.878
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.999
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.791
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000