Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_post-7.15.1-release-process 2 23 Oct 2026, 19:25

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 24:0.212 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:3.472
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:20.134
And I update the APT lists using apt 36.093
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.597
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.647
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.732
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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27.355
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 8.366
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.332
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.161
And persistence is disabled 0.066
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.427
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.040
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:33.593
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 8.663
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.277
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.118
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 18.123
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.053
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.490
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.688
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.137
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.040
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.676
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
30.287
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 8.171
And the system is very low on memory 4.220
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.169
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.658
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 2.401
And I free up some memory 0.432
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 10.113
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.039
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.923
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
2:3.103
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 with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 21.999
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.258
And all tps features are active 7.973
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.676
When I disable the first tps feature 2.460
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.146
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.687
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.563
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.338
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.637
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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13.056
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 7.739
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.055
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.057
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.051
When I disable the first tps feature 2.486
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.066
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.041
When I enable the first tps feature 2.478
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.055
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.025
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.764
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
26.483
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 20.815
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.098
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.061
And I disable the first tps feature 2.540
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.915
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.052
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.695
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
44.927
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 7.467
And the network is plugged 0.039
And Tor is ready 12.781
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.896
When I write some files expected to persist 0.958
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.371
# 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" 11.412
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.361
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:38.314
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 7.648
And the network is plugged 0.024
And Tor is ready 9.318
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.144
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.360
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.538
And I capture all network traffic 0.002
And the network is plugged 0.036
And Tor is ready 11.692
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.374
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.052
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.121
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.936
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.068
Tags: @product
39.700
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 8.371
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.101
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 12.171
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 18.054
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.070
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:53.117
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 8.665
When I enable persistence 21.942
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.854
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.016
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.402
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.396
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.669
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 22.279
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.138
When I cold reboot the computer 7.029
And the computer reboots Tails 33.378
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.221
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.134
Given I enable persistence 13.443
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.067
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.312
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.035
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.126
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.631
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
Tags: @product
2:7.899
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 8.295
# 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 27.661
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.273
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:5.230
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 21.438
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.069
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
38.816
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 8.449
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.313
Then persistence is disabled 0.080
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.464
And all notifications have disappeared 8.622
When I delete the persistent partition 2.624
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.260
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.874
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:18.951
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 8.529
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.043
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.287
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.911
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.180
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.749
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.011
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56.637
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 8.550
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.073
When I try to enable persistence 1.196
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 13.390
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.569
And all notifications have disappeared 7.678
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.239
And all tps features are enabled 8.114
And all tps features but the first one are active 7.823
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.559
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:42.583
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 1:58.387
And I enable persistence 26.932
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.470
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.601
And persistence is enabled 8.192
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.720
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
30.982
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 7.769
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 22.672
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.540
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.715
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
40.559
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 8.476
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 10.199
When I enable persistence 13.343
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.047
And persistence is successfully enabled 8.492
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.618
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
28.311
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 8.307
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.445
When I try to enable persistence 1.192
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.454
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.129
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.285
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.050
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.150
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.295
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.873
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
41.272
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 7.958
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.057
When I try to enable persistence 1.144
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 12.246
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.102
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.023
When I log in to a new session 8.644
And all notifications have disappeared 6.553
# 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" 0.157
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.097
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.183
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.155
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.947
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.925
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
40.784
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 8.258
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.741
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.318
When I try to enable persistence 1.217
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.611
When I log in to a new session 7.692
And all notifications have disappeared 7.717
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.273
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.952
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.969
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000