Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_post-7.14-release-process 2 29 Sep 2026, 21:54

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 23:42.857 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:34.793
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.011
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:20.976
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.755
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.308
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.752
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.964
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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28.688
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 9.087
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.980
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.229
And persistence is disabled 0.115
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.275
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.539
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:34.853
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 logged in 8.741
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.223
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.080
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.525
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.049
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.559
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.459
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.173
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.039
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.860
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.044
Tags: @product
28.779
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 logged in 8.375
And the system is very low on memory 3.779
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.261
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.285
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.080
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.427
And I free up some memory 0.509
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.003
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.055
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.982
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:2.471
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 21.682
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.275
And all tps features are active 8.633
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.964
When I disable the first tps feature 2.487
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.703
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.548
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.391
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.782
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.729
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
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13.646
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 8.205
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.099
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.055
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.057
When I disable the first tps feature 2.579
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.044
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.039
When I enable the first tps feature 2.451
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.065
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.047
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.502
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
13.179
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 7.602
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.089
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.051
And I disable the first tps feature 2.456
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.917
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.062
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.943
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
42.929
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.006
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.929
And the network is plugged 0.026
And Tor is ready 9.494
And I take note of which tps features are available 7.595
When I write some files expected to persist 1.080
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.178
# 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" 11.624
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.348
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:40.840
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 7.792
And the network is plugged 0.031
And Tor is ready 10.513
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.095
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.474
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.595
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.027
And Tor is ready 10.764
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.365
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.088
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.089
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.909
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.097
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37.892
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 8.399
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.102
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 12.034
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.356
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.354
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:57.031
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 8.448
When I enable persistence 25.997
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.447
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.734
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.282
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.218
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.541
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 22.725
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.218
When I cold reboot the computer 5.864
And the computer reboots Tails 34.310
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.210
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.123
Given I enable persistence 13.322
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.082
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.138
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.210
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.152
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.696
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.017
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2:21.548
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 21.862
# 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 28.050
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.473
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:4.755
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 21.407
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.880
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.012
Tags: @product
37.796
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.015
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.513
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.160
Then persistence is disabled 0.076
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.484
And all notifications have disappeared 7.610
When I delete the persistent partition 2.685
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.264
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.880
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:19.065
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 8.274
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.050
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.494
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.899
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.346
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.583
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.075
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1:10.576
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.006
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 22.094
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.083
When I try to enable persistence 1.166
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 12.869
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.683
And all notifications have disappeared 8.307
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.329
And all tps features are enabled 8.244
And all tps features but the first one are active 7.797
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.854
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:38.268
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 1:56.350
And I enable persistence 25.449
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.316
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.585
And persistence is enabled 7.565
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.128
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
30.458
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 7.408
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 22.575
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.474
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.737
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
40.293
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.008
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.452
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.642
When I enable persistence 12.641
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.076
And persistence is successfully enabled 9.480
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.036
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
28.558
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 8.129
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.645
When I try to enable persistence 1.205
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.368
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.227
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.172
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.064
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.258
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.487
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.579
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
41.288
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.445
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.065
When I try to enable persistence 1.184
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 10.321
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.153
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.034
When I log in to a new session 8.953
And all notifications have disappeared 7.416
# 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" 0.223
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.080
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.186
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.138
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.085
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.161
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
39.897
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.006
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.149
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.690
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.425
When I try to enable persistence 1.186
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.844
When I log in to a new session 7.652
And all notifications have disappeared 7.298
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.574
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.076
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.833
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000