Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6141 11 Feb 2026, 19:31

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 23:19.375 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:38.458
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:23.874
And I update APT using apt 6.893
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.381
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.308
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.008
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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31.063
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 9.083
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.636
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.300
And persistence is disabled 0.128
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 7.914
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.989
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:54.677
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.009
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 9.992
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.326
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.090
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 21.837
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.583
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.515
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:11.057
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.219
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.054
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.697
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product
33.246
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 8.824
And the system is very low on memory 3.353
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.184
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.683
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.169
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.423
And I free up some memory 0.867
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 12.275
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.465
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.040
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:39.115
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 9.183
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.413
And all tps features are active 1.780
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.591
When I disable the first tps feature 3.207
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.221
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.162
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:12.334
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.220
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.654
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
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14.725
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 7.978
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.088
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.055
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.052
When I disable the first tps feature 3.169
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.057
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.043
When I enable the first tps feature 3.126
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.056
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.098
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.149
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
14.908
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.011
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.885
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.087
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.086
And I disable the first tps feature 3.142
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.647
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.058
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.234
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:10.027
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 8.084
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 40.023
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.194
When I write some files expected to persist 1.210
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.537
# 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" 12.958
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.311
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:50.241
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 8.063
And the network is plugged 0.019
And Tor is ready 10.176
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.130
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.331
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:10.682
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.023
And Tor is ready 13.050
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.521
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.117
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.120
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.936
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.042
Tags: @product
45.749
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 9.893
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.088
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 14.083
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 20.684
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.799
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:2.531
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 9.233
When I enable persistence 14.917
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 14.390
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 39.649
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.418
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.250
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.557
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 27.023
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.170
When I cold reboot the computer 10.587
And the computer reboots Tails 40.280
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.304
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.243
Given I enable persistence 9.641
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.085
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.387
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.223
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.164
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.828
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.020
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2:27.621
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 9.723
# 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 35.881
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.873
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:9.216
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 23.926
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.162
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.012
Tags: @product
45.259
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 9.600
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.022
Then persistence is disabled 0.111
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 7.507
And all notifications have disappeared 9.259
When I delete the persistent partition 3.373
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.384
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.234
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:32.485
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 8.816
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.059
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.266
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:13.060
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.281
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.060
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
Tags: @product
47.140
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 8.823
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.062
When I try to enable persistence 1.158
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 13.105
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.638
And all notifications have disappeared 8.496
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.313
And all tps features are enabled 1.366
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.176
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.642
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:13.811
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 35.302
And I enable persistence 23.170
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 12.469
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.738
And persistence is enabled 2.129
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.341
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
25.168
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.530
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 17.054
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.583
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.722
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
28.466
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 8.839
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.419
When I enable persistence 7.931
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.073
And persistence is successfully enabled 2.203
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.819
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
28.824
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 8.595
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.622
When I try to enable persistence 1.298
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 5.107
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.248
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.591
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.056
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.140
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.163
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.199
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
47.600
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.010
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.556
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.056
When I try to enable persistence 1.179
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 9.789
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.165
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.035
When I log in to a new session 12.768
And all notifications have disappeared 9.062
# 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" 0.210
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.134
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.245
Then the Tor Browser starts 2.122
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.274
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.012
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
48.252
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 8.489
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.641
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.363
When I try to enable persistence 1.201
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 4.460
When I log in to a new session 12.191
And all notifications have disappeared 9.805
Then the Tor Browser starts 2.318
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.779
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.474
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000