Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6034 04 Jan 2026, 12:25

Feature Report

Steps Scenarios Features
Feature Passed Failed Skipped Pending Undefined Total Passed Failed Total Duration Status
Tails persistence 157 0 0 0 0 157 21 0 21 30:28.861 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:9.636
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:53.980
And I update APT using apt 7.876
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.273
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.506
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.718
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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36.631
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 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 12.975
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 17.355
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.399
And persistence is disabled 0.146
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.754
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.054
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:58.236
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 13.570
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.411
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.115
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 21.335
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.601
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.689
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:11.230
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.217
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.064
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.635
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
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39.543
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.007
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 11.797
And the system is very low on memory 5.538
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.245
When I try to create a persistent partition 6.063
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.123
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.500
And I free up some memory 1.160
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 11.524
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.590
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.855
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:50.655
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 13.094
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.440
And all tps features are active 2.216
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.278
When I disable the first tps feature 2.777
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.922
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.367
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:13.684
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.874
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.714
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
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16.700
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 10.496
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.081
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.072
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.061
When I disable the first tps feature 3.114
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.064
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.078
When I enable the first tps feature 2.605
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.061
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.063
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.212
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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16.171
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 10.162
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.072
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.064
And I disable the first tps feature 2.781
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.041
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.049
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.765
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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50.675
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 9.931
And the network is plugged 0.057
And Tor is ready 10.688
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.555
When I write some files expected to persist 1.278
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.784
# 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?
Then only the expected files are present on the persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 17.379
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.194
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:59.454
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 10.021
And the network is plugged 0.051
And Tor is ready 10.767
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.145
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.633
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:14.782
And I capture all network traffic 0.005
And the network is plugged 0.091
And Tor is ready 12.200
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.491
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.082
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.180
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.179
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.051
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48.182
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 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 12.522
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.102
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 15.723
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 18.833
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.262
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:17.612
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 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 13.015
When I enable persistence 23.093
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 14.822
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 39.959
And I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 28.998
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.150
When I cold reboot the computer 12.028
And the computer reboots Tails 42.277
Given I enable persistence 11.360
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.531
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.204
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.169
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.798
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
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2:46.402
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 13.069
# 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 31.867
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.773
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:31.196
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 19.495
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.682
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
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50.720
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 12.280
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 18.832
Then persistence is disabled 0.124
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.396
And all notifications have disappeared 10.681
When I delete the persistent partition 2.842
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.562
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.924
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:40.070
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 10.703
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.080
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.021
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:18.018
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.246
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.799
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
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55.765
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 11.445
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.072
When I try to enable persistence 1.295
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 15.791
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.999
And all notifications have disappeared 9.528
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.400
And all tps features are enabled 2.308
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.922
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.105
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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6:2.202
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
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 5:22.292
And I enable persistence 25.187
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 12.009
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.659
And persistence is enabled 2.052
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.174
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
30.358
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
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 9.163
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 20.449
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.744
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.016
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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37.234
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 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 12.968
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 12.469
When I enable persistence 9.256
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.062
And persistence is successfully enabled 2.476
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.977
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
32.439
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.017
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 11.319
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 11.394
When I try to enable persistence 1.326
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 4.406
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.290
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.233
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.059
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.279
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.128
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.194
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
55.153
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 10.788
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.075
When I try to enable persistence 1.321
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 12.781
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.286
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.045
When I log in to a new session 12.007
And all notifications have disappeared 11.695
# 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" 0.243
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.573
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.243
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.921
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.169
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.738
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
55.014
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 10.959
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 12.223
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.377
When I try to enable persistence 1.246
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 4.139
When I log in to a new session 11.052
And all notifications have disappeared 10.566
Then the Tor Browser starts 2.405
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:331 1.236
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000