Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6144 12 Feb 2026, 12:13

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 24:39.575 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:35.015
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 1:22.425
And I update APT using apt 5.391
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.288
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.910
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.921
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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59.355
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 9.400
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 16.180
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.282
And persistence is disabled 0.117
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 33.374
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.287
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:6.465
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 9.038
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.430
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.088
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 39.036
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.455
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.488
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.721
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.163
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.043
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.852
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.043
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38.586
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 7.686
And the system is very low on memory 11.983
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 1.255
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.601
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.114
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.442
And I free up some memory 0.955
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.490
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.057
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.868
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:41.258
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 8.478
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.521
And all tps features are active 1.581
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.270
When I disable the first tps feature 2.647
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.277
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 15.696
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.741
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.562
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.020
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13.914
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 8.077
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.104
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.052
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.046
When I disable the first tps feature 2.964
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.050
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.042
When I enable the first tps feature 2.469
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.060
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.844
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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13.328
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 7.348
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.059
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.056
And I disable the first tps feature 2.601
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.225
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.036
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.143
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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42.120
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 7.523
And the network is plugged 0.014
And Tor is ready 10.465
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.180
When I write some files expected to persist 1.405
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.731
# 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" 12.800
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.233
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:57.186
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 7.690
And the network is plugged 0.020
And Tor is ready 12.992
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.129
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 13.967
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:9.477
And I capture all network traffic 0.004
And the network is plugged 0.019
And Tor is ready 12.279
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.386
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.063
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.153
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.843
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.077
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1:3.444
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 8.842
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.401
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 15.677
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 37.523
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.329
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:16.027
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 9.101
When I enable persistence 33.250
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.456
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.703
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.386
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.258
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.588
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 26.422
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.141
When I cold reboot the computer 10.520
And the computer reboots Tails 40.919
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.312
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.246
Given I enable persistence 7.556
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.076
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.260
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.629
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.193
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.932
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
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2:27.285
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 8.265
# 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 37.580
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 13.459
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:6.330
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 21.649
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.088
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.020
Tags: @product
48.488
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 7.652
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.999
Then persistence is disabled 0.086
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 13.798
And all notifications have disappeared 8.681
When I delete the persistent partition 2.878
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.391
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.905
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:26.145
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 7.575
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.049
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.695
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.514
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.309
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.619
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
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49.195
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 7.670
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.070
When I try to enable persistence 1.267
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 17.256
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.140
And all notifications have disappeared 8.275
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.311
And all tps features are enabled 1.079
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.125
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.543
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:25.244
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 40.920
And I enable persistence 30.301
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.386
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.655
And persistence is enabled 1.980
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.758
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
24.646
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 7.618
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 16.450
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.577
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.657
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
32.948
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 7.546
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 15.248
When I enable persistence 8.061
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.087
And persistence is successfully enabled 2.006
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.034
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
31.446
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 7.645
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 15.245
When I try to enable persistence 1.252
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.660
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.185
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.277
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.055
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.148
Then persistence is successfully enabled 0.976
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.900
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
51.206
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 7.843
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.124
When I try to enable persistence 1.176
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 15.806
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.172
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.023
When I log in to a new session 12.039
And all notifications have disappeared 9.329
# 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" 0.157
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.103
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.219
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.401
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.808
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.984
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
56.261
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 7.562
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 19.962
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.385
When I try to enable persistence 1.203
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.637
When I log in to a new session 11.681
And all notifications have disappeared 8.597
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.475
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.756
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.099
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000