Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21811-firmware-sof-2026.09.1-1 1 06 Oct 2026, 16:04

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 23:33.924 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:33.269
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 1:18.614
And I update the APT lists using apt 7.530
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.338
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.786
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.780
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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27.712
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 8.408
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.664
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.202
And persistence is disabled 0.081
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.356
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.558
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:35.391
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 8.793
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.261
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.070
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 18.976
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.047
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.374
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.682
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.144
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.040
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.801
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.013
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29.091
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 8.012
And the system is very low on memory 4.084
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.272
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.367
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.202
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.362
And I free up some memory 0.430
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.307
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.052
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.628
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:48.321
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 8.530
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.273
And all tps features are active 7.665
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.240
When I disable the first tps feature 2.556
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.601
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.298
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.427
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.726
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.869
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.020
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13.445
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 7.666
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.057
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.057
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.058
When I disable the first tps feature 2.956
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.050
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.070
When I enable the first tps feature 2.426
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.046
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.055
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.705
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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13.119
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 7.751
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.053
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.060
And I disable the first tps feature 2.414
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.806
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.032
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.576
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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46.243
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 8.101
And the network is plugged 0.040
And Tor is ready 12.924
And I take note of which tps features are available 7.048
When I write some files expected to persist 1.044
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.200
# 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" 11.882
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.494
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:52.431
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 21.057
And the network is plugged 0.036
And Tor is ready 9.609
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.094
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.022
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.073
And I capture all network traffic 0.004
And the network is plugged 0.026
And Tor is ready 10.958
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.391
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.058
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.098
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.788
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.036
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51.242
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 22.142
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.112
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 13.240
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 14.747
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.006
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:51.875
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 8.301
When I enable persistence 22.160
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.893
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.193
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.430
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.316
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.605
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 21.842
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.152
When I cold reboot the computer 6.015
And the computer reboots Tails 33.475
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.309
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.131
Given I enable persistence 14.213
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.066
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.293
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.336
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.138
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.844
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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2:18.497
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 21.850
# 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 26.514
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.252
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:4.306
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 20.573
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.057
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
37.909
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 8.051
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.031
Then persistence is disabled 0.128
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.559
And all notifications have disappeared 8.054
When I delete the persistent partition 2.811
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.272
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.784
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:17.245
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 8.219
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.046
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.228
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.493
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.257
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.003
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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55.430
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 8.365
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.051
When I try to enable persistence 1.152
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 13.049
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.494
And all notifications have disappeared 7.960
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.280
And all tps features are enabled 8.517
And all tps features but the first one are active 7.558
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.808
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:39.381
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 1:56.170
And I enable persistence 26.472
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.385
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.608
And persistence is enabled 7.744
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.150
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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30.689
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 7.637
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 22.479
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.572
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.052
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
39.942
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 8.625
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 11.001
When I enable persistence 12.219
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.049
And persistence is successfully enabled 8.045
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.722
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
27.568
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 8.221
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.929
When I try to enable persistence 1.288
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.396
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.168
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.089
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.047
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.211
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.214
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.579
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
43.491
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.007
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.583
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.070
When I try to enable persistence 1.215
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 11.335
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.326
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.047
When I log in to a new session 9.198
And all notifications have disappeared 8.100
# 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" 0.210
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.132
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.311
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.158
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.802
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.928
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
41.624
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 8.785
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.980
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.348
When I try to enable persistence 1.142
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.259
When I log in to a new session 8.506
And all notifications have disappeared 7.444
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.249
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.907
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.562
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000