Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6084 22 Jan 2026, 12:30

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 31:13.718 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:43.528
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 2:27.648
And I update APT using apt 8.512
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.317
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.049
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.984
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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38.379
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 12.238
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.453
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.303
And persistence is disabled 0.108
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 10.275
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.273
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:0.632
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 13.412
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.436
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.145
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 23.742
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.601
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.414
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:12.603
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.219
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.055
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.973
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
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40.154
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 12.780
And the system is very low on memory 4.294
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.313
When I try to create a persistent partition 5.888
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.151
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.525
And I free up some memory 0.937
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 12.735
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.527
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.681
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:52.912
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 enabled and logged in 13.407
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.352
And all tps features are active 2.133
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.479
When I disable the first tps feature 2.746
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.995
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.623
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:17.754
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.420
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.974
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
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16.996
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 10.543
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.067
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.064
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.063
When I disable the first tps feature 2.740
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.106
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.064
When I enable the first tps feature 3.221
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.074
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.050
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.039
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
16.325
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 enabled and logged in 10.215
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.085
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.100
And I disable the first tps feature 2.689
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.187
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.048
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.338
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
51.246
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.012
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 10.305
And the network is plugged 0.060
And Tor is ready 13.496
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.631
When I write some files expected to persist 1.287
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.737
# 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" 17.726
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.643
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:5.651
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 10.410
And the network is plugged 0.080
And Tor is ready 11.430
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.161
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.972
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:15.958
And I capture all network traffic 0.005
And the network is plugged 0.065
And Tor is ready 18.808
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.392
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.077
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.287
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.936
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.068
Tags: @product
51.928
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 without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 12.577
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.156
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 15.163
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 23.031
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.548
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:20.325
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 13.256
When I enable persistence 23.457
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 15.039
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 40.114
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.592
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.450
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.693
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 26.919
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.177
When I cold reboot the computer 7.620
And the computer reboots Tails 43.196
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.474
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.348
Given I enable persistence 11.419
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.122
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.422
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.848
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.169
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.691
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
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2:29.044
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 12.977
# 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 29.289
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.434
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:18.151
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 22.190
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.327
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product
47.539
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 10.608
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.880
Then persistence is disabled 0.164
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 7.987
And all notifications have disappeared 10.692
When I delete the persistent partition 2.775
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.431
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.131
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:38.526
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 11.728
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.054
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.498
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:19.992
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.252
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.856
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
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56.206
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 10.274
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.069
When I try to enable persistence 1.409
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 16.193
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 12.414
And all notifications have disappeared 9.951
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.400
And all tps features are enabled 2.293
And all tps features but the first one are active 2.200
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.674
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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6:10.947
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
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 5:27.147
And I enable persistence 29.313
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.483
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.596
And persistence is enabled 2.405
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.397
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
31.879
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 9.299
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 21.879
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.701
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.056
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
39.761
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 11.501
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 11.699
When I enable persistence 14.081
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.071
And persistence is successfully enabled 2.407
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.152
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
33.845
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 10.559
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 11.322
When I try to enable persistence 1.383
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 5.802
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.296
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.891
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.057
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.311
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.220
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.332
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
54.113
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 10.091
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.092
When I try to enable persistence 1.229
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 13.054
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.290
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.057
When I log in to a new session 12.318
And all notifications have disappeared 10.608
# 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" 0.300
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.572
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.288
Then the Tor Browser starts 2.012
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.195
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.907
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
53.773
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 10.191
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 11.521
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.390
When I try to enable persistence 1.257
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.739
When I log in to a new session 12.871
And all notifications have disappeared 9.589
Then the Tor Browser starts 2.730
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.481
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.464
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000