Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6146 13 Feb 2026, 12:03

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 27:28.220 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:31.294
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 2:15.906
And I update APT using apt 8.193
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.313
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.880
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.689
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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25.546
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.491
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 11.842
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.300
And persistence is disabled 0.095
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 3.815
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.798
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:46.385
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 9.944
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.310
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.103
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 16.681
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.504
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.578
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:10.970
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.232
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.058
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.000
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
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32.325
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 9.791
And the system is very low on memory 1.059
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.220
When I try to create a persistent partition 5.479
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.131
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.599
And I free up some memory 1.018
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 11.421
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.604
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.085
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:42.428
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 9.579
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.309
And all tps features are active 1.972
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.126
When I disable the first tps feature 2.603
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.857
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.687
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:14.350
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.942
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.975
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
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14.244
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 8.653
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.091
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.056
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.057
When I disable the first tps feature 2.567
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.062
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.043
When I enable the first tps feature 2.565
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.085
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.060
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.109
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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14.696
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.864
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.091
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.062
And I disable the first tps feature 2.591
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.035
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.051
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.257
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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45.992
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.857
And the network is plugged 0.083
And Tor is ready 9.897
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.537
When I write some files expected to persist 1.428
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.517
# 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" 17.671
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.349
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:54.355
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.902
And the network is plugged 0.065
And Tor is ready 9.602
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.156
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.552
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:14.794
And I capture all network traffic 0.006
And the network is plugged 0.054
And Tor is ready 12.465
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.464
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.101
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.187
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.109
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.045
Tags: @product
42.124
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.815
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 11.115
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 20.102
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.251
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:57.271
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.677
When I enable persistence 12.643
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 14.421
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 39.616
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.501
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.330
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.684
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 25.100
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.198
When I cold reboot the computer 8.669
And the computer reboots Tails 39.971
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.452
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.329
Given I enable persistence 10.197
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.092
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.418
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.810
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.152
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.775
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.012
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2:12.999
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 9.563
# 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 20.249
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.480
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:14.012
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 21.692
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.494
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product
38.195
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.488
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 11.859
Then persistence is disabled 0.094
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 3.595
And all notifications have disappeared 9.769
When I delete the persistent partition 2.980
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.406
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.598
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:29.898
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 9.332
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.066
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.536
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:12.633
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.329
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.993
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
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44.879
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.335
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.049
When I try to enable persistence 1.194
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 7.748
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.027
And all notifications have disappeared 9.624
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.503
And all tps features are enabled 2.322
And all tps features but the first one are active 2.074
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.924
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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5:47.291
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
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 5:11.966
And I enable persistence 22.269
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.188
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.720
And persistence is enabled 2.147
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.648
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
28.594
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
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 8.885
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 19.114
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.594
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.674
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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28.017
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.334
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 5.030
When I enable persistence 11.372
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.060
And persistence is successfully enabled 2.219
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.780
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
25.311
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.701
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 5.848
When I try to enable persistence 1.284
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.850
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.324
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.885
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.056
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.258
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.100
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.028
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
42.202
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.524
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.056
When I try to enable persistence 1.215
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 4.132
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.287
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.044
When I log in to a new session 11.089
And all notifications have disappeared 9.732
# 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" 0.269
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.579
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.215
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.919
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.133
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.665
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
44.164
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.314
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 4.883
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.408
When I try to enable persistence 1.230
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.389
When I log in to a new session 10.761
And all notifications have disappeared 9.698
Then the Tor Browser starts 2.384
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.093
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.677
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000