Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_post-rm-7.11 10 21 Aug 2026, 18:15

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 22:11.443 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:28.181
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 1:14.727
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.604
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.187
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.661
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.462
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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27.473
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 8.183
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.937
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.201
And persistence is disabled 0.077
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.073
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.819
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:29.881
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 8.689
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.313
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.090
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 18.014
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.043
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.359
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 57.175
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.129
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.064
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.747
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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30.503
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 8.090
And the system is very low on memory 4.727
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.236
When I try to create a persistent partition 5.486
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.109
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.381
And I free up some memory 0.585
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.847
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.038
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.764
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:42.646
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 8.357
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.296
And all tps features are active 7.199
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.370
When I disable the first tps feature 2.439
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.513
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.165
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.780
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.522
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.508
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.030
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13.017
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 7.805
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.080
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.055
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.045
When I disable the first tps feature 2.448
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.046
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.032
When I enable the first tps feature 2.407
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.049
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.045
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.642
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
13.165
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 7.660
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.079
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.056
And I disable the first tps feature 2.499
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.816
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.053
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.515
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
38.937
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 7.415
And the network is plugged 0.025
And Tor is ready 9.445
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.299
When I write some files expected to persist 0.817
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.931
# 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" 11.002
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.338
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:35.566
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 7.499
And the network is plugged 0.035
And Tor is ready 9.461
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.089
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.369
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.930
And I capture all network traffic 0.002
And the network is plugged 0.036
And Tor is ready 11.626
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.358
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.074
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.083
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.619
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.053
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49.775
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 stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 21.502
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.097
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 10.462
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.712
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.915
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:43.984
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 8.091
When I enable persistence 20.353
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.358
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 37.778
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.187
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.125
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.506
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 21.647
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.151
When I cold reboot the computer 4.505
And the computer reboots Tails 32.959
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.256
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.105
Given I enable persistence 12.647
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.083
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.295
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.836
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.095
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.728
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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2:3.547
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 with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.086
# 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 27.221
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.382
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:2.371
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 20.485
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.900
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
37.604
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 8.594
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.375
Then persistence is disabled 0.086
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.593
And all notifications have disappeared 8.141
When I delete the persistent partition 2.533
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.279
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.628
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:14.684
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 8.289
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.061
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.203
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.957
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.172
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.507
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
54.463
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 8.592
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.049
When I try to enable persistence 1.156
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 13.085
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.731
And all notifications have disappeared 7.729
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.238
And all tps features are enabled 7.486
And all tps features but the first one are active 7.393
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.628
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:32.609
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 1:51.409
And I enable persistence 25.694
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.287
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.417
And persistence is enabled 7.801
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.761
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
29.284
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 7.361
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 21.450
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.473
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.888
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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38.086
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 8.452
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.445
When I enable persistence 12.553
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.038
And persistence is successfully enabled 7.595
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.595
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
27.041
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 8.164
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.763
When I try to enable persistence 1.274
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.182
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.123
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.147
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.062
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.119
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.204
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.598
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
40.345
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 7.859
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.064
When I try to enable persistence 1.132
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 11.197
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.222
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.025
When I log in to a new session 7.481
And all notifications have disappeared 8.145
# 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" 0.174
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.086
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.157
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.001
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.796
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.805
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
40.643
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 8.047
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.831
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.312
When I try to enable persistence 1.149
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.394
When I log in to a new session 7.862
And all notifications have disappeared 8.046
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.048
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.950
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.524
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000