Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6149 16 Feb 2026, 11:50

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 24:48.361 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:11.401
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 1:56.604
And I update APT using apt 7.336
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.351
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.109
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.949
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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49.064
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.015
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.157
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 17.521
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.370
And persistence is disabled 0.132
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 21.882
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.200
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:1.000
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 9.616
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.893
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.231
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 32.562
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.579
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.934
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.884
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.224
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.073
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.897
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
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37.443
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 8.145
And the system is very low on memory 9.418
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.402
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.969
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.156
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.584
And I free up some memory 0.917
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 10.217
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.631
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.261
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:46.369
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 9.477
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.370
And all tps features are active 1.187
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.214
When I disable the first tps feature 2.838
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.325
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.765
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:15.772
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.417
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.245
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.027
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13.882
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 7.720
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.095
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.053
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.111
When I disable the first tps feature 2.974
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.069
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.104
When I enable the first tps feature 2.632
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.068
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.051
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.923
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
13.587
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 7.841
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.069
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.052
And I disable the first tps feature 2.504
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.060
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.060
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.702
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
45.191
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 8.464
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 10.963
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.216
When I write some files expected to persist 1.750
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.366
# 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" 13.412
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.098
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:50.541
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 7.936
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 9.720
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.180
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.255
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:8.404
And I capture all network traffic 0.004
And the network is plugged 0.019
And Tor is ready 12.424
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.363
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.127
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.088
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.886
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.051
Tags: @product
51.542
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.012
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.197
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.181
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 15.499
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 25.663
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.892
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:8.629
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 9.051
When I enable persistence 25.505
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.406
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 39.063
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.377
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.294
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.610
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 26.965
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.193
When I cold reboot the computer 10.690
And the computer reboots Tails 39.255
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.291
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.175
Given I enable persistence 8.563
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.092
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.266
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.701
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.123
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.773
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
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2:35.070
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 9.447
# 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 46.127
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.767
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:11.523
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 19.204
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.149
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
Tags: @product
43.585
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 8.073
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.785
Then persistence is disabled 0.088
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 8.430
And all notifications have disappeared 8.786
When I delete the persistent partition 2.878
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.542
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.690
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:29.268
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 8.975
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.059
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.823
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:10.164
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.245
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.611
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
Tags: @product
49.088
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 7.842
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.064
When I try to enable persistence 1.178
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 15.081
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 13.015
And all notifications have disappeared 8.222
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.349
And all tps features are enabled 1.029
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.304
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.743
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:25.487
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 40.857
And I enable persistence 30.152
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.982
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.671
And persistence is enabled 1.821
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.209
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
25.950
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 7.432
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 17.936
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.580
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.885
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
34.927
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 7.855
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 16.180
When I enable persistence 8.564
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.061
And persistence is successfully enabled 2.266
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.906
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
30.856
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 7.706
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 14.803
When I try to enable persistence 1.287
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.020
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.199
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.537
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.083
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.190
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.025
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 2.081
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
50.463
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 8.055
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.064
When I try to enable persistence 1.176
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 13.255
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.250
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.056
When I log in to a new session 13.146
And all notifications have disappeared 9.262
# 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" 0.202
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.629
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.179
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.316
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.866
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 4.197
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
55.009
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 7.800
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 16.891
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.412
When I try to enable persistence 1.232
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 4.146
When I log in to a new session 11.071
And all notifications have disappeared 9.533
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.878
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.042
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.818
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000