Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_post-7.15.1-release-process 1 23 Oct 2026, 16:14

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 24:30.472 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:13.734
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 1:30.963
And I update the APT lists using apt 35.461
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.629
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.680
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.502
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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27.932
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 8.147
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.201
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.219
And persistence is disabled 0.084
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.279
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.826
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:32.470
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 9.123
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.247
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.120
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 18.056
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.063
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.651
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 59.023
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.142
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.041
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.698
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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29.187
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 7.967
And the system is very low on memory 3.991
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.241
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.534
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.138
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.425
And I free up some memory 0.491
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.358
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.036
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.023
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:46.808
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 8.498
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.279
And all tps features are active 6.965
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.002
When I disable the first tps feature 2.455
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.352
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.575
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.050
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.628
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.887
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.024
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12.954
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 7.671
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.101
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.071
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.055
When I disable the first tps feature 2.434
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.052
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.042
When I enable the first tps feature 2.429
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.044
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.051
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.708
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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13.341
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 7.837
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.056
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.070
And I disable the first tps feature 2.466
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.870
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.040
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.896
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
47.294
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 7.820
And the network is plugged 0.030
And Tor is ready 13.301
And I take note of which tps features are available 7.079
When I write some files expected to persist 0.807
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.652
# 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" 11.602
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.450
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:38.359
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 7.631
And the network is plugged 0.043
And Tor is ready 10.051
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.133
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.316
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.573
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.030
And Tor is ready 10.957
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.361
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.066
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.190
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.896
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.103
Tags: @product
52.103
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 22.158
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.095
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 12.234
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.615
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.664
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:51.753
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 8.728
When I enable persistence 22.455
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.824
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 37.934
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.428
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.203
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.639
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 22.051
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.136
When I cold reboot the computer 5.784
And the computer reboots Tails 33.353
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.261
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.273
Given I enable persistence 13.159
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.068
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.330
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.010
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.107
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.485
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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2:3.585
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 8.135
# 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 26.534
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.294
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:2.659
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 20.961
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.817
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.024
Tags: @product
37.586
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 8.523
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.352
Then persistence is disabled 0.088
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.827
And all notifications have disappeared 7.968
When I delete the persistent partition 2.597
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.228
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.561
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:18.739
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 8.298
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.080
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.447
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.701
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.210
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.907
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.043
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56.297
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 8.387
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.085
When I try to enable persistence 1.192
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 14.183
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.567
And all notifications have disappeared 7.551
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.246
And all tps features are enabled 8.226
And all tps features but the first one are active 7.857
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.864
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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3:24.015
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 2:35.760
And I enable persistence 29.914
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.372
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.532
And persistence is enabled 9.435
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.970
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
32.718
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 7.570
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 24.656
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.491
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.095
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
42.726
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 8.570
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 10.335
When I enable persistence 15.589
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.047
And persistence is successfully enabled 8.183
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.981
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
27.705
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 corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.960
When I try to enable persistence 1.235
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.271
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.117
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.141
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.052
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.099
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.700
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.079
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
40.804
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 8.342
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.063
When I try to enable persistence 1.215
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 10.764
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.092
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.024
When I log in to a new session 8.553
And all notifications have disappeared 6.897
# 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" 0.263
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.079
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.204
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.376
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.927
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.872
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
40.352
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 8.398
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.725
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.363
When I try to enable persistence 1.164
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.503
When I log in to a new session 7.770
And all notifications have disappeared 7.517
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.121
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.786
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.883
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000