Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_post-rm-7.11 6 20 Aug 2026, 16:31

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 22:47.820 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:32.030
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 1:17.141
And I update the APT lists using apt 7.908
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.214
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.766
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.971
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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29.126
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 8.594
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.935
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.193
And persistence is disabled 0.081
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 7.320
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.564
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:33.223
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 8.516
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.299
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.084
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 18.920
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.049
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.208
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 59.942
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.152
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.049
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.942
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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28.576
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 7.876
And the system is very low on memory 4.861
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.189
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.098
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.128
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.351
And I free up some memory 0.446
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.580
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.043
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.598
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:44.931
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 8.443
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.271
And all tps features are active 7.306
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.580
When I disable the first tps feature 2.435
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.617
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.445
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.830
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.999
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.743
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
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13.331
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 8.019
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.065
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.069
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.063
When I disable the first tps feature 2.471
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.053
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.033
When I enable the first tps feature 2.452
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.045
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.058
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.827
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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13.342
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 7.805
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.061
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.098
And I disable the first tps feature 2.471
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.856
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.047
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.832
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
42.699
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 7.712
And the network is plugged 0.036
And Tor is ready 11.074
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.427
When I write some files expected to persist 0.947
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.395
# 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" 11.105
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.572
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:38.352
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 7.539
And the network is plugged 0.027
And Tor is ready 9.879
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.118
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.397
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.824
And I capture all network traffic 0.002
And the network is plugged 0.027
And Tor is ready 12.060
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.325
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.058
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.090
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.836
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.094
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38.526
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 8.392
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.082
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 12.267
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.784
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.628
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:50.058
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 8.415
When I enable persistence 22.072
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.268
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 37.979
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.379
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.282
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.525
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 22.188
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.107
When I cold reboot the computer 5.915
And the computer reboots Tails 34.147
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.421
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.241
Given I enable persistence 12.929
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.098
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.181
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.799
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.102
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.632
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.010
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2:7.029
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 8.120
# 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 27.258
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.535
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:3.652
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 22.462
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.916
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
37.099
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 8.056
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.363
Then persistence is disabled 0.083
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.850
And all notifications have disappeared 7.884
When I delete the persistent partition 2.600
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.259
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.604
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:18.042
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 7.993
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.048
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.412
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.365
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.223
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.618
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.041
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57.197
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 7.844
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.044
When I try to enable persistence 1.168
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 13.936
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.983
And all notifications have disappeared 8.286
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.240
And all tps features are enabled 9.579
And all tps features but the first one are active 8.111
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.472
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:38.768
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 1:57.164
And I enable persistence 25.569
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.920
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.602
And persistence is enabled 8.511
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.990
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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29.125
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 7.657
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 21.058
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.410
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.584
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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37.536
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 8.250
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.321
When I enable persistence 12.402
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.037
And persistence is successfully enabled 7.523
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.605
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
27.295
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 7.760
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.937
When I try to enable persistence 1.198
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.693
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.210
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.153
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.052
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.128
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.160
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.045
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
52.894
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 20.846
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.063
When I try to enable persistence 1.170
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 10.316
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.297
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.022
When I log in to a new session 7.726
And all notifications have disappeared 8.008
# 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" 0.117
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.075
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.162
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.041
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.806
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
38.634
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 8.072
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.565
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.311
When I try to enable persistence 1.169
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.915
When I log in to a new session 7.428
And all notifications have disappeared 6.189
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.067
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.914
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.594
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000