Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6036 05 Jan 2026, 17:19

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 21:33.066 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:38.820
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:21.960
And I update APT using apt 6.438
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 9.377
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.043
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.026
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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32.228
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 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 9.069
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 17.158
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.307
And persistence is disabled 0.101
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.591
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.404
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:44.344
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.013
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 9.503
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.358
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.097
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 19.570
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.500
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.115
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.885
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.227
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.085
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.928
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
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30.513
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 7.873
And the system is very low on memory 3.836
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.218
When I try to create a persistent partition 5.466
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.172
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.433
And I free up some memory 0.916
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.378
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.217
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.803
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:35.323
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 9.125
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.400
And all tps features are active 1.265
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.085
When I disable the first tps feature 3.065
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.344
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.734
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:9.029
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.272
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.967
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.035
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14.395
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.297
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.069
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.064
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.084
When I disable the first tps feature 3.073
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.083
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.051
When I enable the first tps feature 2.549
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.060
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.059
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.826
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
14.012
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.367
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.141
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.153
And I disable the first tps feature 3.207
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.078
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.063
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.864
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
39.902
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.012
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.181
And the network is plugged 0.020
And Tor is ready 10.974
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.204
When I write some files expected to persist 1.499
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.609
# 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" 13.413
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.452
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:43.190
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 7.630
And the network is plugged 0.018
And Tor is ready 10.955
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.284
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.673
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.757
And I capture all network traffic 0.004
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 12.243
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.422
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.075
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.107
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.674
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.036
Tags: @product
41.262
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 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 8.768
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.162
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 14.821
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.509
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.350
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:53.336
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 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 9.173
When I enable persistence 14.502
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.748
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 39.187
And I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 27.291
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.163
When I cold reboot the computer 9.627
And the computer reboots Tails 39.440
Given I enable persistence 8.063
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.419
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.547
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.170
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.013
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
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2:10.302
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 8.294
# 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 26.281
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.519
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:4.895
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 22.311
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.764
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
Tags: @product
41.268
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 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 8.409
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.582
Then persistence is disabled 0.155
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.759
And all notifications have disappeared 8.697
When I delete the persistent partition 3.184
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.479
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.182
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:22.959
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 8.012
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.053
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.418
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:9.017
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.457
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.909
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
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46.921
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.014
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.196
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.099
When I try to enable persistence 2.277
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 12.287
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.326
And all notifications have disappeared 8.854
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.269
And all tps features are enabled 1.435
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.174
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.052
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:9.817
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 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 34.197
And I enable persistence 21.233
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.466
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.686
And persistence is enabled 2.231
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.492
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
24.818
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.012
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 7.755
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 16.459
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.603
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.968
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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26.765
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 7.802
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.764
When I enable persistence 7.214
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.061
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.923
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.564
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
26.827
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 8.582
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.253
When I try to enable persistence 1.281
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 4.675
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.267
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.268
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.051
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.208
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.239
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.995
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
49.318
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 8.244
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.051
When I try to enable persistence 2.303
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 10.578
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.247
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.031
When I log in to a new session 13.120
And all notifications have disappeared 9.408
# 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" 0.208
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.500
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.278
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.455
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.888
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.064
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
46.736
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 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 8.500
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.078
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.358
When I try to enable persistence 1.266
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.557
When I log in to a new session 11.965
And all notifications have disappeared 8.660
Then the Tor Browser starts 2.407
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.941
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.371
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000