Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6129 09 Feb 2026, 18:19

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 26:10.309 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:35.032
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 1:20.578
And I update APT using apt 6.482
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.922
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.049
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.736
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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58.795
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 8.897
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 16.033
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.283
And persistence is disabled 0.095
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 33.486
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.294
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:12.746
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 9.250
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.901
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.108
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 44.666
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.523
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 14.084
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.981
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.186
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.802
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.012
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39.944
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 7.620
And the system is very low on memory 14.327
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 1.027
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.855
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.086
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.380
And I free up some memory 0.786
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.805
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.055
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.917
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:49.911
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 8.492
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.513
And all tps features are active 1.156
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.851
When I disable the first tps feature 2.464
Then all tps features but the first one are active 0.984
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 22.291
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:11.040
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.114
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.924
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.012
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25.659
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 20.417
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.066
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.039
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.060
When I disable the first tps feature 2.476
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.059
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.048
When I enable the first tps feature 2.397
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.048
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.043
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.576
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
12.727
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 7.187
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.062
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.054
And I disable the first tps feature 2.540
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.840
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.042
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.053
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:16.076
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 7.106
And the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 39.027
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.209
When I write some files expected to persist 1.083
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 16.515
# 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" 12.117
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.236
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:43.553
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 7.198
And the network is plugged 0.019
And Tor is ready 10.256
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.137
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.009
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.128
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.020
And Tor is ready 11.171
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.453
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.073
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.082
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.817
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.100
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1:15.522
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 8.615
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.238
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 17.287
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 48.381
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.901
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:9.591
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 8.811
When I enable persistence 32.913
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.174
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.493
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.314
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.245
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.516
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 25.274
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.158
When I cold reboot the computer 9.151
And the computer reboots Tails 40.654
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.307
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.167
Given I enable persistence 6.876
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.068
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.248
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.044
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.168
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.762
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
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2:51.294
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 8.365
# 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 51.593
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 23.903
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:4.086
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 23.345
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.114
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.023
Tags: @product
55.936
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 7.774
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.342
Then persistence is disabled 0.091
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 21.926
And all notifications have disappeared 8.785
When I delete the persistent partition 2.682
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.334
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.026
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:30.713
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 7.402
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.049
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.634
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:10.380
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.246
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.513
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.019
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48.383
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 7.470
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.069
When I try to enable persistence 1.345
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 17.688
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.542
And all notifications have disappeared 7.909
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.265
And all tps features are enabled 0.988
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.104
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.993
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:24.815
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 43.034
And I enable persistence 29.641
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.126
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.558
And persistence is enabled 1.453
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.112
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
23.520
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 7.002
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 15.879
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.639
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.022
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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34.209
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 7.720
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 18.971
When I enable persistence 5.868
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.055
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.594
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.028
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
39.824
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 7.355
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 24.684
When I try to enable persistence 1.236
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.875
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.205
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.325
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.065
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.172
Then persistence is successfully enabled 0.902
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.234
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
49.341
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 7.343
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.057
When I try to enable persistence 1.268
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 14.057
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.202
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.054
When I log in to a new session 12.888
And all notifications have disappeared 8.896
# 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" 0.146
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.075
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.168
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.305
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.877
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.137
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
52.708
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 7.432
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 18.875
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.336
When I try to enable persistence 1.356
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.875
When I log in to a new session 10.478
And all notifications have disappeared 8.282
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.266
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.805
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.086
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000