Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6139 11 Feb 2026, 07:58

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 21:24.498 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:32.839
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 1:19.186
And I update APT using apt 6.578
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.226
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.847
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.909
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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30.379
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 8.915
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.478
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.270
And persistence is disabled 0.113
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 7.602
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.936
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:37.155
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 8.874
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.286
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.107
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 19.071
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.441
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.618
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.464
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.212
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.077
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.611
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
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29.624
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 7.581
And the system is very low on memory 2.982
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.255
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.643
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.108
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.427
And I free up some memory 1.007
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 10.112
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.505
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.602
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:33.776
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 8.458
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.414
And all tps features are active 1.375
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.444
When I disable the first tps feature 2.634
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.303
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.053
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.870
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.221
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.479
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
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13.560
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 8.002
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.057
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.058
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.063
When I disable the first tps feature 2.610
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.053
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.038
When I enable the first tps feature 2.442
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.125
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.109
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.721
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
13.142
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 7.556
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.083
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.049
And I disable the first tps feature 2.528
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.885
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.038
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.646
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
40.587
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 7.635
And the network is plugged 0.060
And Tor is ready 10.058
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.196
When I write some files expected to persist 1.122
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.630
# 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" 11.883
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.231
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:13.525
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 7.676
And the network is plugged 0.014
And Tor is ready 9.459
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.118
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.512
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.964
And I capture all network traffic 0.005
And the network is plugged 0.073
And Tor is ready 42.134
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.395
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.057
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.115
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.882
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.042
Tags: @product
40.534
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 stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.491
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.136
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 12.367
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 18.538
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.120
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:46.032
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 8.819
When I enable persistence 14.841
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.453
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.873
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.406
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.271
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.611
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 24.406
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.151
When I cold reboot the computer 6.663
And the computer reboots Tails 36.495
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.379
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.226
Given I enable persistence 7.297
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.072
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.296
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.519
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.245
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.793
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.029
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2:21.700
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 8.763
# 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 30.827
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.003
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:13.067
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 19.038
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.233
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product
37.915
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 8.151
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.407
Then persistence is disabled 0.086
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.749
And all notifications have disappeared 8.127
When I delete the persistent partition 3.032
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.360
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.901
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:23.754
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 8.423
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.050
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.010
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:8.019
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.249
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.536
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.065
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45.416
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 8.242
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.072
When I try to enable persistence 1.206
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 12.966
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.155
And all notifications have disappeared 8.198
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.297
And all tps features are enabled 1.032
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.245
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.914
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:3.057
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 30.201
And I enable persistence 19.686
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.083
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.589
And persistence is enabled 1.495
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.745
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
23.151
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 7.539
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 14.913
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.698
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.651
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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26.656
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 8.582
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 8.821
When I enable persistence 7.225
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.045
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.981
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.588
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
25.048
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 7.807
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.288
When I try to enable persistence 1.323
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.477
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.215
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.545
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.073
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.199
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.116
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.784
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
42.484
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 7.545
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.185
When I try to enable persistence 1.165
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 9.433
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.200
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.026
When I log in to a new session 10.310
And all notifications have disappeared 8.887
# 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" 0.183
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.107
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.254
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.360
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.824
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.834
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
44.156
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 7.974
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.112
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.331
When I try to enable persistence 1.148
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.453
When I log in to a new session 11.137
And all notifications have disappeared 8.658
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.468
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.872
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.724
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000