Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_post-rm-7.11 1 20 Aug 2026, 13:57

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 24:4.109 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:34.972
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 1:20.607
And I update the APT lists using apt 7.357
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.218
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.789
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.029
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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29.754
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 9.537
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.474
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.219
And persistence is disabled 0.094
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.429
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.915
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:38.942
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 8.627
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.342
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.144
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 18.790
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.051
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.484
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.283
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.163
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.055
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.718
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.023
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34.547
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 9.786
And the system is very low on memory 5.869
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.324
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.868
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.147
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.407
And I free up some memory 0.535
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 10.564
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.046
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.650
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:1.166
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 8.429
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.278
And all tps features are active 8.862
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.015
When I disable the first tps feature 2.519
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.114
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.334
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:14.653
Then all tps features but the first one are active 10.958
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.579
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
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14.011
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 8.360
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.062
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.068
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.062
When I disable the first tps feature 2.671
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.059
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.038
When I enable the first tps feature 2.544
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.055
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.087
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.773
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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13.663
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 7.841
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.083
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.056
And I disable the first tps feature 2.642
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.991
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.047
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.550
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
45.540
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 8.881
And the network is plugged 0.055
And Tor is ready 9.867
And I take note of which tps features are available 7.413
When I write some files expected to persist 1.197
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.484
# 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" 12.639
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.268
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:43.263
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 8.291
And the network is plugged 0.044
And Tor is ready 9.874
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.117
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.427
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.792
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.032
And Tor is ready 12.096
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.385
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.085
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.111
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.961
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.069
Tags: @product
42.905
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 without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.257
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.103
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 13.169
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 19.375
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.864
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:58.875
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 8.794
When I enable persistence 24.168
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 14.063
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.612
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.384
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.322
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.618
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 22.778
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.130
When I cold reboot the computer 6.010
And the computer reboots Tails 34.521
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.388
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.255
Given I enable persistence 15.343
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.078
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.407
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.854
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.142
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.931
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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2:10.993
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 8.137
# 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 27.717
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.653
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:6.721
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 21.762
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.184
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
39.263
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 8.465
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.343
Then persistence is disabled 0.138
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.321
And all notifications have disappeared 7.869
When I delete the persistent partition 2.829
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.295
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.944
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:22.405
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 8.252
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.077
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.422
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:8.451
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.201
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.776
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.016
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58.979
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 8.059
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.049
When I try to enable persistence 1.175
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 15.403
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.058
And all notifications have disappeared 7.831
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.263
And all tps features are enabled 7.907
And all tps features but the first one are active 9.230
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.728
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:45.391
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 with a LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 1:59.914
And I enable persistence 27.665
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.435
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.537
And persistence is enabled 8.839
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.976
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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31.328
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 7.582
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 23.061
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.684
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.917
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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43.858
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 9.057
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 10.747
When I enable persistence 15.006
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.053
And persistence is successfully enabled 8.994
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.871
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
30.077
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 8.199
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 11.045
When I try to enable persistence 1.280
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.093
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.279
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.121
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.073
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.252
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.731
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.996
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
42.993
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 8.568
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.053
When I try to enable persistence 1.176
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 11.950
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.141
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.030
When I log in to a new session 9.055
And all notifications have disappeared 7.404
# 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" 0.163
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.168
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.271
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.202
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.808
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.785
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
41.174
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 8.317
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 11.138
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.350
When I try to enable persistence 1.183
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.349
When I log in to a new session 7.829
And all notifications have disappeared 6.976
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.239
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.788
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.600
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000