Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21171-trixie-13.6 5 14 Jul 2026, 00:46

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 20:49.674 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:31.343
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 1:17.638
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.267
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.256
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.181
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.924
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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27.933
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 8.383
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.247
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.247
And persistence is disabled 0.092
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.962
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.994
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:35.425
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 8.462
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.302
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.127
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.684
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.048
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.024
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.557
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.170
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.046
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.882
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.012
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28.047
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 7.319
And the system is very low on memory 3.495
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.140
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.798
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.099
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.340
And I free up some memory 0.830
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.975
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.048
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.773
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:44.788
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 with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.083
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.360
And all tps features are active 5.042
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.068
When I disable the first tps feature 2.501
Then all tps features but the first one are active 5.260
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.838
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.564
Then all tps features but the first one are active 5.069
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.949
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.013
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12.741
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 with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.292
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.072
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.056
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.056
When I disable the first tps feature 2.566
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.108
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.045
When I enable the first tps feature 2.436
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.054
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.051
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.963
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
12.877
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 enabled and logged in 7.208
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.063
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.063
And I disable the first tps feature 2.587
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.906
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.048
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.934
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
42.940
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 7.072
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 9.822
And I take note of which tps features are available 3.852
When I write some files expected to persist 1.079
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.439
# 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" 11.657
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.344
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:42.381
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 enabled and logged in 7.210
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 8.292
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.120
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.223
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.810
And I capture all network traffic 0.014
And the network is plugged 0.034
And Tor is ready 12.055
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.411
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.068
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.121
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.911
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.070
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36.298
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 stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.300
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 12.476
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 14.443
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.023
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:49.529
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 8.595
When I enable persistence 16.538
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.796
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.337
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.295
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.242
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.511
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 25.273
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.134
When I cold reboot the computer 6.115
And the computer reboots Tails 36.027
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.260
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.178
Given I enable persistence 10.487
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.070
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.274
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.237
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.151
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.790
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
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2:5.382
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 8.084
# 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 26.400
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.765
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:3.745
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 20.387
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.336
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.060
Tags: @product
38.253
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 8.276
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.501
Then persistence is disabled 0.132
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.800
And all notifications have disappeared 7.567
When I delete the persistent partition 2.651
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.324
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.010
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:21.794
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 enabled and logged in 7.256
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.052
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.200
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.057
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.227
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.903
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
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48.394
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 with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.163
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.059
When I try to enable persistence 1.176
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 10.378
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.300
And all notifications have disappeared 7.389
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.262
And all tps features are enabled 4.893
And all tps features but the first one are active 4.771
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.874
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:7.516
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 with a LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 29.373
And I enable persistence 22.302
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.068
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.580
And persistence is enabled 5.189
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.345
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
25.776
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 6.993
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 18.264
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.518
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.942
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
30.821
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 7.983
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 7.573
When I enable persistence 10.245
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.051
And persistence is successfully enabled 4.967
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.085
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
25.760
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 7.448
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.481
When I try to enable persistence 1.225
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.158
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.157
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.281
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.060
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.151
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.796
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.937
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
41.433
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.191
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.058
When I try to enable persistence 1.148
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 8.611
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 0.042
When I log in to a new session 11.233
And all notifications have disappeared 8.352
# 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" 0.237
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.114
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.170
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.316
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.792
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.796
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
40.232
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 7.406
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.541
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.400
When I try to enable persistence 1.162
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.764
When I log in to a new session 10.324
And all notifications have disappeared 8.670
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.299
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.662
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.992
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000