Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_post-rm-7.11 5 20 Aug 2026, 15:02

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 25:54.334 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:33.131
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.004
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:18.771
And I update the APT lists using apt 7.228
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.296
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.834
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.661
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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29.167
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 9.194
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.199
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.248
And persistence is disabled 0.091
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.434
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.754
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:38.911
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.009
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 9.228
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.260
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.110
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 19.468
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.068
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.317
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.053
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.325
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.078
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.898
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.012
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30.765
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 8.478
And the system is very low on memory 4.972
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.222
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.355
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.125
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.540
And I free up some memory 0.537
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.486
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.047
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.983
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:57.118
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 8.678
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.344
And all tps features are active 9.074
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.961
When I disable the first tps feature 3.043
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.493
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.178
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:8.670
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.672
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.625
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.013
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13.557
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 8.168
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.079
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.050
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.050
When I disable the first tps feature 2.519
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.063
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.044
When I enable the first tps feature 2.478
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.048
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.053
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.703
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
13.702
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 7.870
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.093
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.103
And I disable the first tps feature 2.787
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.808
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.040
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.032
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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44.012
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 8.038
And the network is plugged 0.052
And Tor is ready 9.554
And I take note of which tps features are available 7.951
When I write some files expected to persist 1.201
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.486
# 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" 11.728
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.264
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:40.060
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 8.323
And the network is plugged 0.030
And Tor is ready 8.397
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.120
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.298
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.553
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.027
And Tor is ready 10.756
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.354
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.093
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.101
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.839
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.046
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40.420
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 9.084
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.074
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 13.133
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 17.127
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.829
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:54.609
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 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.030
When I enable persistence 23.314
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.386
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.303
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.429
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.304
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.553
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 22.443
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.141
When I cold reboot the computer 6.026
And the computer reboots Tails 34.116
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 14.363
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.078
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.161
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.456
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.163
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.610
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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2:8.617
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 8.495
# 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 27.610
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.465
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:5.881
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 21.163
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.978
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.024
Tags: @product
41.785
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 9.402
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.014
Then persistence is disabled 0.111
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.907
And all notifications have disappeared 9.368
When I delete the persistent partition 2.720
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.259
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.919
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:20.980
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 enabled and logged in 8.034
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.057
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.653
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.042
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.192
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.748
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.046
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1:5.825
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 7.944
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.060
When I try to enable persistence 1.195
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 15.575
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.822
And all notifications have disappeared 8.421
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.266
And all tps features are enabled 10.372
And all tps features but the first one are active 11.166
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.898
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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4:48.980
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 3:59.066
And I enable persistence 31.689
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.515
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.547
And persistence is enabled 10.161
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.256
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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35.407
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 7.733
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 26.974
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.700
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.803
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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43.573
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 8.530
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 10.643
When I enable persistence 15.749
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.055
And persistence is successfully enabled 8.594
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.634
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
29.200
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 7.991
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.988
When I try to enable persistence 1.203
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.817
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.101
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.115
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.060
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.239
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.683
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.369
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
42.512
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 8.393
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.072
When I try to enable persistence 1.204
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 11.246
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.114
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.039
When I log in to a new session 9.194
And all notifications have disappeared 7.130
# 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" 0.297
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.126
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.267
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.394
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.029
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.973
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
41.991
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 8.157
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.401
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.292
When I try to enable persistence 1.234
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.738
When I log in to a new session 7.642
And all notifications have disappeared 8.319
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.333
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.871
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.827
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000