Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6153 18 Feb 2026, 08:47

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 20:2.473 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:28.649
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 1:16.231
And I update APT using apt 5.424
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.228
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.765
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.586
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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27.185
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 8.471
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.101
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.267
And persistence is disabled 0.105
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.239
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.611
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:37.763
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 8.645
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.363
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.099
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 19.459
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.538
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.280
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 59.117
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.211
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.046
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.003
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.040
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27.860
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 7.640
And the system is very low on memory 3.005
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.171
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.437
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.129
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.381
And I free up some memory 0.752
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.282
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.059
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.921
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:27.273
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 8.066
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.341
And all tps features are active 1.115
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.131
When I disable the first tps feature 2.570
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.167
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.804
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.022
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.054
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.924
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
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13.061
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.001
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 7.660
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.072
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.053
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.054
When I disable the first tps feature 2.504
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.064
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.038
When I enable the first tps feature 2.507
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.048
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.058
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.676
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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12.896
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 7.350
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.065
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.061
And I disable the first tps feature 2.533
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.843
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.041
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.838
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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39.802
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 7.177
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 9.988
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.192
When I write some files expected to persist 1.222
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.308
# 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" 11.895
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.482
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:38.913
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 7.335
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 9.233
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 9.411
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.021
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 12.108
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.400
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.099
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.086
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.853
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.098
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38.316
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 8.553
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.097
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 11.822
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.842
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.678
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:47.858
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 8.517
When I enable persistence 14.056
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.334
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.768
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.378
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.331
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.532
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 24.849
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.143
When I cold reboot the computer 10.198
And the computer reboots Tails 35.443
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.317
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.206
Given I enable persistence 7.028
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.079
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.304
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.219
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.148
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.997
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
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2:6.788
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 8.272
# 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 29.301
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.404
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:2.451
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 21.358
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.291
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.021
Tags: @product
36.484
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 7.703
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.183
Then persistence is disabled 0.121
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.470
And all notifications have disappeared 7.957
When I delete the persistent partition 2.649
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.398
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.679
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:19.021
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 7.593
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.048
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.236
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.919
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.223
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.643
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
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40.108
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 7.889
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.067
When I try to enable persistence 1.161
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 9.310
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.188
And all notifications have disappeared 8.038
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.249
And all tps features are enabled 1.113
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.090
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.883
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:2.547
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 30.365
And I enable persistence 19.894
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.959
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.600
And persistence is enabled 1.727
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.784
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
22.699
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 7.208
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 14.947
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.544
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.538
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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25.014
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 8.252
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 8.341
When I enable persistence 6.711
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.048
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.660
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.724
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
24.252
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 7.680
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.138
When I try to enable persistence 1.304
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.459
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.138
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.354
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.052
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.184
Then persistence is successfully enabled 0.940
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.003
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
44.002
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.013
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.079
When I try to enable persistence 1.176
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 9.691
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.204
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.025
When I log in to a new session 11.083
And all notifications have disappeared 8.531
# 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" 0.175
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.554
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.174
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.458
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.833
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.934
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
41.974
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 7.810
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.564
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.348
When I try to enable persistence 1.273
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.093
When I log in to a new session 9.831
And all notifications have disappeared 8.597
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.523
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.931
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.421
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000