Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6046 08 Jan 2026, 19:21

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 21:42.534 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:37.994
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:23.541
And I update APT using apt 7.053
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.294
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.104
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.873
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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32.479
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 9.155
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 16.326
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.314
And persistence is disabled 0.107
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.574
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.090
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:44.531
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 9.525
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.347
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.098
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 19.889
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.472
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.510
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.461
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.178
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.047
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.747
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.012
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30.419
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 7.854
And the system is very low on memory 3.759
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.234
When I try to create a persistent partition 5.417
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.189
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.429
And I free up some memory 0.948
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.504
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.081
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.019
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:31.757
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 9.246
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.406
And all tps features are active 1.166
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.058
When I disable the first tps feature 2.534
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.237
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.338
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.569
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.199
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.009
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.015
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14.679
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 8.563
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.172
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.067
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.058
When I disable the first tps feature 3.133
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.070
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.039
When I enable the first tps feature 2.472
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.051
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.049
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.114
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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14.244
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 7.938
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.089
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.157
And I disable the first tps feature 2.561
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.449
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.047
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.095
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
43.961
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 8.368
And the network is plugged 0.023
And Tor is ready 10.660
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.238
When I write some files expected to persist 1.432
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.644
# 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" 13.593
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.357
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:47.387
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 7.299
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 10.703
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.162
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.595
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.282
And I capture all network traffic 0.004
And the network is plugged 0.018
And Tor is ready 12.687
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.474
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.050
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.091
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.903
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.115
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41.502
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 without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.679
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.069
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 13.819
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.933
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.779
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:50.558
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.010
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.516
When I enable persistence 14.227
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.464
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.861
And I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 28.230
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.188
When I cold reboot the computer 9.279
And the computer reboots Tails 37.636
Given I enable persistence 8.103
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.501
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.406
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.141
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.810
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.016
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2:17.271
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 8.628
# 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 28.843
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.326
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:8.976
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 22.497
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.909
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.015
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41.768
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 with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.518
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.683
Then persistence is disabled 0.127
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.444
And all notifications have disappeared 9.222
When I delete the persistent partition 3.328
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.441
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.955
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:25.673
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 8.711
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.086
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.927
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.711
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.236
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.861
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.025
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46.330
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 9.412
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.059
When I try to enable persistence 1.313
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 11.637
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.163
And all notifications have disappeared 8.471
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.358
And all tps features are enabled 1.724
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.188
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.984
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:10.362
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 34.521
And I enable persistence 21.698
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.723
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.691
And persistence is enabled 1.727
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.028
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
24.623
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.076
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 15.807
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.739
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.707
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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28.690
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 8.804
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 10.011
When I enable persistence 8.032
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.056
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.784
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.115
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
25.894
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 8.646
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.636
When I try to enable persistence 1.335
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.539
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.155
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.134
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.048
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.191
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.208
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.237
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
45.755
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.015
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.205
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.082
When I try to enable persistence 1.374
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 9.969
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.224
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.029
When I log in to a new session 11.970
And all notifications have disappeared 8.841
# 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" 0.187
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.146
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.295
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.633
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.795
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.313
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
46.647
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.201
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.683
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.370
When I try to enable persistence 2.351
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.143
When I log in to a new session 11.485
And all notifications have disappeared 9.238
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.354
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.818
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.713
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000