Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6150 17 Feb 2026, 12:45

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 35:28.988 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:55.234
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.013
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 2:35.247
And I update APT using apt 8.546
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 9.384
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 2.055
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.253
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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43.835
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 with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 14.655
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 18.046
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.408
And persistence is disabled 0.158
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 10.566
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.391
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:15.995
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 15.043
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.486
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.142
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 28.454
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.598
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.155
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:22.349
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.616
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.148
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.443
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.016
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48.796
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.014
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 18.133
And the system is very low on memory 5.890
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.295
When I try to create a persistent partition 5.649
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.150
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.665
And I free up some memory 1.106
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 14.262
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.643
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.368
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:7.327
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.013
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 14.442
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.506
And all tps features are active 2.508
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.400
When I disable the first tps feature 3.220
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.775
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.593
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:26.616
Then all tps features but the first one are active 3.263
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.706
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
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18.281
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 11.478
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.106
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.064
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.075
When I disable the first tps feature 3.172
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.060
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.044
When I enable the first tps feature 3.086
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.087
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.105
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.177
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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16.230
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.013
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 9.855
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.085
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.081
And I disable the first tps feature 2.850
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.280
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.076
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.889
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:0.389
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 11.179
And the network is plugged 0.070
And Tor is ready 15.766
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.711
When I write some files expected to persist 1.505
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.520
# 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" 19.635
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.517
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:15.376
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.013
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 10.430
And the network is plugged 0.062
And Tor is ready 11.311
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.190
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.626
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:27.953
And I capture all network traffic 0.009
And the network is plugged 0.075
And Tor is ready 12.882
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.447
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.127
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.257
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 5.557
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.191
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56.030
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 without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 14.214
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.172
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 16.103
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 24.540
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 2.485
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:39.096
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 with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 13.654
When I enable persistence 26.480
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 15.501
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 41.299
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.528
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 1.012
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.810
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 28.244
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.194
When I cold reboot the computer 13.209
And the computer reboots Tails 47.495
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.551
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.363
Given I enable persistence 12.619
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.093
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.436
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 12.367
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.232
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.952
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.029
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2:43.710
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 12.881
# 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 32.098
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.496
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:25.691
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 21.542
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.557
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product
53.844
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 10.688
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 17.530
Then persistence is disabled 0.133
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 9.644
And all notifications have disappeared 10.995
When I delete the persistent partition 4.243
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.608
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.557
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:52.277
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 with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 12.071
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.053
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.144
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:27.361
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.646
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 2.646
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
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1:13.405
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 11.971
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.066
When I try to enable persistence 1.390
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 19.546
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 21.705
And all notifications have disappeared 12.470
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.484
And all tps features are enabled 2.514
And all tps features but the first one are active 2.256
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.137
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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7:36.634
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 6:45.904
And I enable persistence 34.117
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 13.166
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.890
And persistence is enabled 2.556
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.414
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
34.097
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 10.409
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 22.793
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.894
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.129
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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40.838
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.007
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 10.841
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 13.102
When I enable persistence 13.912
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.080
And persistence is successfully enabled 2.901
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.514
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
34.392
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 10.234
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 12.133
When I try to enable persistence 1.334
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 4.259
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.302
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.947
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.069
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.360
Then persistence is successfully enabled 2.751
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.262
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
1:2.678
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 10.495
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.075
When I try to enable persistence 1.251
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 15.209
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.299
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.050
When I log in to a new session 15.527
And all notifications have disappeared 11.807
# 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" 0.265
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 1.251
When I close the "whisperback" window 2.066
Then the Tor Browser starts 2.246
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.131
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.454
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
1:0.513
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 10.208
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 13.232
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.401
When I try to enable persistence 1.272
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 4.584
When I log in to a new session 13.458
And all notifications have disappeared 12.146
Then the Tor Browser starts 2.959
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.249
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.313
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000