Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6069 15 Jan 2026, 15:46

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 19:40.584 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:28.558
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 1:15.751
And I update APT using apt 5.748
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.238
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.819
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.736
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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27.223
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 8.698
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.219
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.227
And persistence is disabled 0.089
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.988
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.185
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:33.093
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 logged in 8.589
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.318
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.105
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 18.639
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.431
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.417
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 59.359
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.185
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.045
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.655
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.055
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28.509
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 7.908
And the system is very low on memory 2.964
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.247
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.476
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.089
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.370
And I free up some memory 0.829
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.564
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.058
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.691
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:28.358
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 8.317
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.417
And all tps features are active 1.102
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.807
When I disable the first tps feature 2.508
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.110
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.663
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.410
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.019
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.843
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
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12.761
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 enabled and logged in 7.426
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.202
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.046
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.039
When I disable the first tps feature 2.459
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.048
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.038
When I enable the first tps feature 2.394
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.053
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.049
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.952
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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12.774
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 7.153
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.133
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.123
And I disable the first tps feature 2.452
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.869
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.041
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.949
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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39.353
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 7.397
And the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 9.684
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.182
When I write some files expected to persist 1.105
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.269
# 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" 11.698
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.401
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:34.278
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 7.245
And the network is plugged 0.013
And Tor is ready 8.031
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.129
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.671
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 59.589
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 12.056
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.384
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.048
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.087
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.955
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.067
Tags: @product
36.787
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 stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.690
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.088
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 10.418
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.589
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.285
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:40.676
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 8.670
When I enable persistence 12.491
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.338
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.349
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.278
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.237
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.494
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 24.080
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.201
When I cold reboot the computer 6.401
And the computer reboots Tails 36.071
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.289
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.229
Given I enable persistence 6.965
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.073
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.237
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.123
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.141
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.561
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.026
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2:8.437
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 8.110
# 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 26.039
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.598
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:0.824
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 23.863
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.183
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
Tags: @product
38.026
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 8.319
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.430
Then persistence is disabled 0.107
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.984
And all notifications have disappeared 8.149
When I delete the persistent partition 2.657
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.377
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.717
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:17.761
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 7.540
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.165
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.310
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.503
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.240
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.942
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
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40.867
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.866
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.049
When I try to enable persistence 1.137
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 10.797
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.785
And all notifications have disappeared 7.973
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.264
And all tps features are enabled 0.916
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.075
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.836
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
59.769
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 29.827
And I enable persistence 18.213
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.670
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.564
And persistence is enabled 1.493
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.162
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
24.599
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 7.006
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 17.128
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.464
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.611
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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23.660
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 8.132
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 7.443
When I enable persistence 6.423
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.057
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.604
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.512
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
23.460
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 7.719
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.742
When I try to enable persistence 1.222
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.193
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.179
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.232
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.051
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.155
Then persistence is successfully enabled 0.963
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.770
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
40.959
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 7.655
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.050
When I try to enable persistence 1.162
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 9.316
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.205
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.055
When I log in to a new session 9.580
And all notifications have disappeared 8.316
# 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" 0.197
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.133
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.193
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.282
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.808
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.766
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
40.666
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 7.887
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.365
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.330
When I try to enable persistence 1.154
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.981
When I log in to a new session 10.024
And all notifications have disappeared 7.806
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.316
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.799
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.606
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000