Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6081 20 Jan 2026, 12:02

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 27:18.006 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:34.532
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 1:19.491
And I update APT using apt 7.752
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.228
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.060
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.709
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:0.468
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 8.578
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 16.994
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.272
And persistence is disabled 0.103
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 34.520
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 2.543
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:16.734
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 9.649
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 1.539
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.115
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 47.213
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.474
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.994
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.531
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.168
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.046
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.696
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.023
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36.458
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 7.684
And the system is very low on memory 11.048
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.644
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.996
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.101
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.338
And I free up some memory 0.814
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.771
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.059
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.899
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:6.353
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 22.036
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.304
And all tps features are active 1.111
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.786
When I disable the first tps feature 2.485
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.059
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 26.360
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:10.230
Then all tps features but the first one are active 0.977
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.923
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.018
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13.071
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 7.628
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.085
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.084
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.076
When I disable the first tps feature 2.535
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.058
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.033
When I enable the first tps feature 2.445
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.086
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.040
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.958
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
12.732
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 7.165
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.056
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.073
And I disable the first tps feature 2.507
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.856
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.073
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.285
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
51.458
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 7.239
And the network is plugged 0.019
And Tor is ready 10.236
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.159
When I write some files expected to persist 1.334
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 20.552
# 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" 11.916
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.427
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:55.018
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 7.198
And the network is plugged 0.021
And Tor is ready 10.833
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.115
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.637
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.247
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.020
And Tor is ready 11.417
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.387
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.054
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.082
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.882
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.092
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1:3.463
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 8.456
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.163
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 16.364
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 37.478
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.172
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:21.692
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 9.021
When I enable persistence 50.052
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.367
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.370
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.410
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.198
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.492
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 25.341
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.131
When I cold reboot the computer 10.178
And the computer reboots Tails 33.933
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.355
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.281
Given I enable persistence 6.927
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.080
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.262
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 0.163
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.690
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.021
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3:17.081
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 8.330
# 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 59.260
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 33.028
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:13.847
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 22.613
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.311
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.017
Tags: @product
51.487
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 7.776
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.247
Then persistence is disabled 0.094
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 18.652
And all notifications have disappeared 8.768
When I delete the persistent partition 2.682
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.265
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.208
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:37.480
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 7.548
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.050
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 14.034
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:15.599
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.248
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.828
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.015
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49.168
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 7.832
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.064
When I try to enable persistence 1.219
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 17.794
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.204
And all notifications have disappeared 7.881
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.236
And all tps features are enabled 0.890
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.919
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:41.531
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 55.666
And I enable persistence 33.940
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.747
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.638
And persistence is enabled 1.539
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.084
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
21.927
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 7.248
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 14.056
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.622
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.246
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
48.263
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 8.583
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 31.608
When I enable persistence 6.516
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.046
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.508
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.766
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
38.641
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 7.412
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 22.961
When I try to enable persistence 1.269
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.294
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.187
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.352
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.070
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.151
Then persistence is successfully enabled 0.940
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.857
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
48.717
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 7.457
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.248
When I try to enable persistence 1.174
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 15.026
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.186
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.026
When I log in to a new session 11.329
And all notifications have disappeared 8.754
# 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" 0.207
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.086
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.201
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.288
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.730
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.932
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
1:11.719
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 with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.821
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 34.389
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.341
When I try to enable persistence 1.186
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.116
When I log in to a new session 11.291
And all notifications have disappeared 10.020
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.836
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.716
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 5.573
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000