Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6074 17 Jan 2026, 08:00

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 20:16.577 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:28.975
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:16.620
And I update APT using apt 5.271
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.229
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.853
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.748
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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27.371
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 8.608
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 11.431
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.310
And persistence is disabled 0.115
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.904
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.889
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:34.967
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 8.340
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.313
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.149
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 16.935
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.423
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.425
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 59.136
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.189
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.053
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.787
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
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27.399
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 7.591
And the system is very low on memory 2.869
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.278
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.516
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.105
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.410
And I free up some memory 0.831
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.745
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.049
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.817
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:24.727
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 8.165
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.286
And all tps features are active 1.219
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.912
When I disable the first tps feature 2.471
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.014
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.333
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 59.213
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.110
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.537
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
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13.368
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 8.079
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.067
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.050
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.055
When I disable the first tps feature 2.477
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.053
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.037
When I enable the first tps feature 2.445
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.054
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.046
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.823
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
13.050
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 7.393
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.061
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.058
And I disable the first tps feature 2.607
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.882
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.045
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.713
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
38.881
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 7.188
And the network is plugged 0.022
And Tor is ready 9.163
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.201
When I write some files expected to persist 1.156
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.303
# 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" 11.846
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.408
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:6.354
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 7.387
And the network is plugged 0.018
And Tor is ready 38.776
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.107
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.446
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.728
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 11.329
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.404
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.058
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.078
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.931
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.058
Tags: @product
37.836
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 stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.475
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.060
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 11.517
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.783
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.454
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:41.384
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 8.622
When I enable persistence 12.719
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.421
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.312
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.361
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.257
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.515
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 23.612
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.133
When I cold reboot the computer 6.265
And the computer reboots Tails 36.406
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.273
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.208
Given I enable persistence 6.927
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.085
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.231
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.886
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.142
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.918
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
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2:5.688
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 8.026
# 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 26.715
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.933
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:0.090
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 22.922
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.874
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product
37.701
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 8.295
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.276
Then persistence is disabled 0.090
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.762
And all notifications have disappeared 8.133
When I delete the persistent partition 2.714
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.428
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.237
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:20.567
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 7.794
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.063
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.420
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.009
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.279
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.714
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
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40.779
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 8.118
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.051
When I try to enable persistence 1.189
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 10.192
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.737
And all notifications have disappeared 8.128
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.255
And all tps features are enabled 1.112
And all tps features but the first one are active 0.994
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.024
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:3.324
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 30.491
And I enable persistence 20.640
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.030
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.569
And persistence is enabled 1.594
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.081
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
22.956
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 7.028
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 15.382
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.545
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.786
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
24.573
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 7.527
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 8.668
When I enable persistence 6.636
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.050
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.691
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.596
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
23.401
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 7.668
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.490
When I try to enable persistence 1.255
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.082
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.188
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.288
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.062
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.314
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.050
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.823
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
41.197
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 7.445
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.059
When I try to enable persistence 1.176
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 8.376
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.168
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.027
When I log in to a new session 10.016
And all notifications have disappeared 9.308
# 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" 0.296
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.078
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.168
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.301
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.773
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.100
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
42.069
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 7.692
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.503
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.418
When I try to enable persistence 1.159
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.845
When I log in to a new session 10.307
And all notifications have disappeared 8.989
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.275
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.876
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.701
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000