Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6076 18 Jan 2026, 11:41

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 19:45.871 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:28.706
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 1:16.136
And I update APT using apt 5.565
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.223
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.780
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.517
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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27.861
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 8.812
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 11.522
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.222
And persistence is disabled 0.083
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 7.221
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.043
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:32.323
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 8.532
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.350
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.118
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 18.067
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.447
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.371
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 59.210
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.183
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.042
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.996
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.020
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28.837
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.020
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 7.630
And the system is very low on memory 3.887
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.167
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.421
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.134
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.381
And I free up some memory 0.799
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.359
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.054
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.951
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:27.383
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 8.129
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.313
And all tps features are active 1.059
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.992
When I disable the first tps feature 2.470
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.023
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.248
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.158
Then all tps features but the first one are active 0.987
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.836
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.066
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12.822
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 7.567
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.057
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.052
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.055
When I disable the first tps feature 2.494
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.054
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.038
When I enable the first tps feature 2.396
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.053
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.053
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.909
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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12.831
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 7.235
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.068
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.052
And I disable the first tps feature 2.550
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.807
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.115
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.951
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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40.114
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 7.294
And the network is plugged 0.021
And Tor is ready 10.550
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.185
When I write some files expected to persist 1.107
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.207
# 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" 11.746
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.177
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:39.980
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 7.238
And the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 9.560
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.127
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.191
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.293
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 11.999
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.395
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.055
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.081
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.761
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.111
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37.718
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 8.457
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.075
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 11.150
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 17.033
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.975
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:46.113
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 8.585
When I enable persistence 14.941
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.314
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.266
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.290
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.339
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.514
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 24.304
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.143
When I cold reboot the computer 10.097
And the computer reboots Tails 35.042
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.331
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.199
Given I enable persistence 7.007
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.062
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.224
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.296
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.151
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.683
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.047
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2:5.890
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 8.051
# 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 26.051
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.931
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 59.966
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 23.888
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.231
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product
36.556
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.011
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.914
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 11.726
Then persistence is disabled 0.082
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.491
And all notifications have disappeared 8.294
When I delete the persistent partition 2.683
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.362
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.702
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:13.810
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 7.622
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.046
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.376
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.534
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.229
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.863
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
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40.257
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 7.327
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.048
When I try to enable persistence 1.164
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 10.384
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.764
And all notifications have disappeared 8.287
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.279
And all tps features are enabled 0.998
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.002
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.994
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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59.391
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 29.595
And I enable persistence 18.601
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.250
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.537
And persistence is enabled 1.406
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.851
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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22.625
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 6.977
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 15.066
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.581
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.634
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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24.467
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 7.598
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 8.484
When I enable persistence 6.460
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.046
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.878
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.783
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
24.530
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 7.679
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.196
When I try to enable persistence 1.265
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.445
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.227
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.478
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.050
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.206
Then persistence is successfully enabled 0.980
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.717
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
42.353
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.007
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.751
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.097
When I try to enable persistence 1.218
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 8.461
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.218
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.024
When I log in to a new session 9.930
And all notifications have disappeared 9.864
# 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" 0.173
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.377
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.201
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.222
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.812
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.845
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
41.295
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 7.535
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.763
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.360
When I try to enable persistence 1.166
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.555
When I log in to a new session 10.215
And all notifications have disappeared 8.680
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.281
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.737
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.927
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000