Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6148 15 Feb 2026, 11:55

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 25:31.959 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:38.833
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 1:23.179
And I update APT using apt 8.010
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.707
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.935
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.055
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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56.095
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 8.890
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 17.384
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.325
And persistence is disabled 0.130
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 29.364
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 2.172
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:16.149
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 9.171
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.631
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.110
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 45.588
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.588
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.502
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:8.297
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.217
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.041
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.782
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
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41.227
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 7.536
And the system is very low on memory 14.437
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.745
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.698
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.111
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.370
And I free up some memory 1.113
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.803
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.411
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.778
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:49.412
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 8.440
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.384
And all tps features are active 1.228
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.280
When I disable the first tps feature 2.677
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.409
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 19.981
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:11.359
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.651
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.098
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
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13.306
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 7.839
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.063
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.055
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.051
When I disable the first tps feature 2.597
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.053
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.035
When I enable the first tps feature 2.443
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.088
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.078
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.180
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
13.711
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 7.472
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.055
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.059
And I disable the first tps feature 3.171
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.890
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.062
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.195
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
44.885
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 7.343
And the network is plugged 0.060
And Tor is ready 10.605
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.157
When I write some files expected to persist 1.135
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.909
# 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" 12.673
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.396
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:53.227
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 7.725
And the network is plugged 0.024
And Tor is ready 11.495
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.141
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.208
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:10.370
And I capture all network traffic 0.006
And the network is plugged 0.022
And Tor is ready 11.721
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.357
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.073
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.079
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.812
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.098
Tags: @product
58.653
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 8.502
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.169
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 14.177
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 34.804
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.385
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:10.138
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 8.890
When I enable persistence 26.768
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.398
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.924
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.336
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.356
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.548
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 26.446
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.174
When I cold reboot the computer 9.158
And the computer reboots Tails 42.463
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.275
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.253
Given I enable persistence 7.796
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.086
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.244
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.842
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.172
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.867
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
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2:46.778
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 8.533
# 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 49.577
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 21.332
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:4.496
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 22.837
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.200
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product
55.954
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 8.729
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.997
Then persistence is disabled 0.111
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 20.324
And all notifications have disappeared 9.198
When I delete the persistent partition 3.238
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.355
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.230
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:32.699
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 8.516
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.055
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 13.112
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:10.774
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.240
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.710
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
Tags: @product
49.102
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.016
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.077
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.054
When I try to enable persistence 1.206
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 17.062
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.826
And all notifications have disappeared 8.281
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.345
And all tps features are enabled 1.127
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.120
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.920
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:27.373
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 46.320
And I enable persistence 28.149
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.831
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.541
And persistence is enabled 1.529
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.505
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
22.638
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 7.588
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 14.417
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.632
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.764
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
33.943
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 8.269
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 17.094
When I enable persistence 6.823
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.044
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.712
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.190
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
34.861
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 8.428
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 17.970
When I try to enable persistence 1.331
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.428
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.200
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.277
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.059
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.168
Then persistence is successfully enabled 0.997
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.206
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
52.939
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 8.124
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.049
When I try to enable persistence 1.204
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 16.222
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.191
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.025
When I log in to a new session 11.200
And all notifications have disappeared 10.614
# 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" 0.249
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.631
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.168
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.395
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.860
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
1:0.026
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 7.775
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 23.199
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.381
When I try to enable persistence 1.204
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 4.137
When I log in to a new session 10.681
And all notifications have disappeared 9.354
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.510
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.782
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.930
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000