Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6067 15 Jan 2026, 07:51

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 20:59.086 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:32.666
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 1:19.241
And I update APT using apt 6.322
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.317
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.785
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.765
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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28.552
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 8.795
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.196
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.304
And persistence is disabled 0.130
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 7.125
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.697
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:39.295
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 8.868
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.325
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.099
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 19.652
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.455
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.050
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.631
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.167
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.045
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.090
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
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29.001
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 7.905
And the system is very low on memory 2.860
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.277
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.899
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.095
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.452
And I free up some memory 0.830
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.600
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.080
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.788
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:29.931
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 8.393
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.421
And all tps features are active 1.364
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.202
When I disable the first tps feature 2.556
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.187
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.874
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.775
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.155
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.882
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
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12.917
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.550
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.073
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.067
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.055
When I disable the first tps feature 2.509
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.047
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.037
When I enable the first tps feature 2.465
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.051
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.058
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.855
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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13.497
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 7.847
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.082
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.059
And I disable the first tps feature 2.548
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.915
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.773
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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38.452
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 7.289
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 10.247
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.202
When I write some files expected to persist 1.188
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.955
# 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" 12.552
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.304
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:12.046
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 7.256
And the network is plugged 0.023
And Tor is ready 9.353
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.130
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.457
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.215
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.018
And Tor is ready 42.030
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.387
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.063
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.107
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.846
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.041
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40.836
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.016
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.632
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.121
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 11.947
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 19.135
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.644
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:51.291
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 8.882
When I enable persistence 13.799
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.511
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.748
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.326
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.277
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.485
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 25.125
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.155
When I cold reboot the computer 10.401
And the computer reboots Tails 36.969
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.318
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.162
Given I enable persistence 8.145
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.072
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.215
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.527
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.167
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.027
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.012
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2:6.627
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 8.580
# 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 29.313
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.566
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:3.005
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 20.161
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.045
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product
39.032
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 8.011
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.297
Then persistence is disabled 0.093
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.002
And all notifications have disappeared 8.481
When I delete the persistent partition 2.804
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.341
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.053
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:23.350
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.009
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.845
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.058
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.632
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.514
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.300
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.930
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.024
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40.546
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 7.700
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.048
When I try to enable persistence 1.135
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 10.432
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.485
And all notifications have disappeared 8.033
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.348
And all tps features are enabled 1.102
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.259
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.713
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:2.957
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 30.762
And I enable persistence 19.891
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.328
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.540
And persistence is enabled 1.435
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.061
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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22.800
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 7.231
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 15.040
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.529
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.980
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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24.978
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 8.911
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 7.241
When I enable persistence 6.910
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.061
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.853
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.773
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
24.269
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 7.676
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.732
When I try to enable persistence 1.287
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.436
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.169
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.637
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.045
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.203
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.080
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.151
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
44.000
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 7.511
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.041
When I try to enable persistence 1.200
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 9.449
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.305
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.034
When I log in to a new session 10.697
And all notifications have disappeared 9.832
# 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" 0.175
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.487
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.191
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.250
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.821
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.768
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
42.031
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 7.888
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.442
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.330
When I try to enable persistence 1.151
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.774
When I log in to a new session 11.003
And all notifications have disappeared 8.176
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.449
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.814
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.694
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000