Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6152 17 Feb 2026, 14:10

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 21:58.511 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:34.964
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 1:21.300
And I update APT using apt 5.915
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.479
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.270
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.350
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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31.457
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 9.378
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.665
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.339
And persistence is disabled 0.118
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 7.956
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.786
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:45.849
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 9.728
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.341
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.102
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 20.048
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.513
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.520
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.337
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.186
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.071
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.910
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
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31.146
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 8.188
And the system is very low on memory 3.127
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.294
When I try to create a persistent partition 5.319
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.151
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.480
And I free up some memory 0.930
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 10.075
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.577
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.723
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:38.209
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 9.037
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.398
And all tps features are active 1.357
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.479
When I disable the first tps feature 2.604
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.160
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.213
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:8.847
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.110
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.588
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
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14.296
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 8.192
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.074
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.077
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.055
When I disable the first tps feature 3.146
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.050
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.039
When I enable the first tps feature 2.529
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.052
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.077
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.917
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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13.256
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 7.328
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.079
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.058
And I disable the first tps feature 2.767
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.978
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.051
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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42.391
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 7.958
And the network is plugged 0.026
And Tor is ready 10.068
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.209
When I write some files expected to persist 1.351
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.591
# 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" 13.184
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.466
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:48.002
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 8.049
And the network is plugged 0.020
And Tor is ready 9.674
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.176
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.812
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:10.896
And I capture all network traffic 0.005
And the network is plugged 0.025
And Tor is ready 11.736
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.419
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.066
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.118
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.932
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.050
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39.993
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 stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.233
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.076
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 11.975
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 17.707
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.316
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:55.903
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 9.414
When I enable persistence 14.702
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.569
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 39.109
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.324
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.284
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.507
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 27.141
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.181
When I cold reboot the computer 9.013
And the computer reboots Tails 38.061
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.320
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.232
Given I enable persistence 8.549
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.096
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.346
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.891
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.158
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.907
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.023
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2:32.426
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 8.686
# 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 33.983
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.934
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:18.340
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 21.481
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.490
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.013
Tags: @product
40.652
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 8.144
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.990
Then persistence is disabled 0.109
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.457
And all notifications have disappeared 8.750
When I delete the persistent partition 2.771
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.427
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.672
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:22.767
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 enabled and logged in 7.723
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.050
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.914
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.831
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.247
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.030
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
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44.592
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 8.556
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.050
When I try to enable persistence 1.237
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 10.929
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.934
And all notifications have disappeared 8.282
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.290
And all tps features are enabled 1.074
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.237
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.625
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:11.249
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 33.069
And I enable persistence 24.234
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.377
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.697
And persistence is enabled 1.870
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.110
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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27.468
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 7.347
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 19.533
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.587
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.882
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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26.138
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 8.894
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 7.680
When I enable persistence 7.501
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.061
And persistence is successfully enabled 2.001
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.705
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
25.669
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 8.093
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.733
When I try to enable persistence 1.325
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.641
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.233
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.361
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.114
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.150
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.014
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.604
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
46.020
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 8.195
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.056
When I try to enable persistence 1.199
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 9.706
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.212
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.035
When I log in to a new session 11.526
And all notifications have disappeared 9.667
# 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" 0.195
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.554
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.201
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.559
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.909
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.306
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
46.054
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 8.406
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.825
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.363
When I try to enable persistence 1.156
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.774
When I log in to a new session 11.196
And all notifications have disappeared 9.146
Then the Tor Browser starts 2.379
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.805
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.004
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000