Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6140 11 Feb 2026, 12:04

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 20:30.205 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:28.814
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 1:16.326
And I update APT using apt 5.523
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.207
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.756
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.911
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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27.085
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 8.499
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 11.710
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.257
And persistence is disabled 0.090
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.527
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.680
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:36.439
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 8.455
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.336
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.094
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.322
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.407
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.546
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.043
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.191
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.041
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.831
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.036
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27.572
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.027
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 7.465
And the system is very low on memory 2.797
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.181
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.704
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 2.454
And I free up some memory 0.845
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.973
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.062
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.658
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:28.120
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 8.144
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.336
And all tps features are active 1.150
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.061
When I disable the first tps feature 2.507
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.201
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.302
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.178
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.237
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.591
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
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13.102
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 7.748
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.060
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.071
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.057
When I disable the first tps feature 2.498
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.067
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.041
When I enable the first tps feature 2.435
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.063
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.059
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.609
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
12.860
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 7.328
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.091
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.053
And I disable the first tps feature 2.497
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.835
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.054
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.891
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:9.567
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 7.177
And the network is plugged 0.022
And Tor is ready 40.002
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.190
When I write some files expected to persist 1.137
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.216
# 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" 11.820
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.257
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:37.700
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 7.195
And the network is plugged 0.030
And Tor is ready 9.602
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.147
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.927
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.913
And I capture all network traffic 0.013
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 12.262
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.428
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.069
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.093
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.550
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.047
Tags: @product
39.097
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 8.753
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.091
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 11.601
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 17.652
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.010
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:43.552
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 8.731
When I enable persistence 12.512
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.665
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.817
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.298
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.274
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.512
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 23.383
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.147
When I cold reboot the computer 8.946
And the computer reboots Tails 35.338
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.315
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.287
Given I enable persistence 6.812
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.070
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.269
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.025
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.142
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.827
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
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2:9.750
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 8.098
# 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 27.264
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.692
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:1.742
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 22.952
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.859
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product
37.047
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 7.614
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.240
Then persistence is disabled 0.102
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.510
And all notifications have disappeared 8.477
When I delete the persistent partition 2.711
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.390
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.709
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:17.060
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 7.685
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.053
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.551
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.554
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.215
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.695
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.028
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40.836
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 7.812
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.055
When I try to enable persistence 1.149
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 10.299
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.900
And all notifications have disappeared 8.235
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.251
And all tps features are enabled 1.092
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.041
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.889
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:1.346
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 30.550
And I enable persistence 19.014
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.629
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.571
And persistence is enabled 1.580
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.994
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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22.293
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 7.056
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 14.734
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.501
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.906
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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24.401
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 8.226
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 7.529
When I enable persistence 6.795
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.058
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.791
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.808
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
25.789
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 8.189
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.125
When I try to enable persistence 1.188
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.511
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.187
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.412
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.051
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.174
Then persistence is successfully enabled 0.949
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.325
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
45.227
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 7.780
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.052
When I try to enable persistence 1.174
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 10.820
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.261
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.029
When I log in to a new session 10.684
And all notifications have disappeared 9.601
# 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" 0.263
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.394
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.155
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.208
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.801
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.222
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
42.537
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 7.734
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.795
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.348
When I try to enable persistence 1.186
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.402
When I log in to a new session 11.173
And all notifications have disappeared 8.668
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.390
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.838
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.686
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000