Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6156 19 Feb 2026, 12:02

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 25:8.322 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:39.906
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 1:25.016
And I update APT using apt 7.662
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.288
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.939
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.971
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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42.020
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 9.134
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.437
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.372
And persistence is disabled 0.143
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 17.931
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.014
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:55.355
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 9.506
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.496
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.121
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 30.126
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.594
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.763
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.505
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.200
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.041
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.495
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
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34.124
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 7.611
And the system is very low on memory 5.825
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.337
When I try to create a persistent partition 5.167
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.120
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.475
And I free up some memory 0.811
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 11.170
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.605
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.930
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:47.186
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 enabled and logged in 9.145
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.528
And all tps features are active 1.367
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.211
When I disable the first tps feature 3.210
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.541
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 14.338
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:13.569
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.273
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.040
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
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14.565
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 8.529
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.076
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.057
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.072
When I disable the first tps feature 3.116
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.070
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.048
When I enable the first tps feature 2.468
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.057
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.068
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.701
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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13.405
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 7.759
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.061
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.055
And I disable the first tps feature 2.558
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.917
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.052
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.927
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
59.478
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 7.689
And the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 17.264
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.256
When I write some files expected to persist 1.393
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 19.674
# 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 0.392
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:31.668
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 8.019
And the network is plugged 0.021
And Tor is ready 18.325
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.146
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 20.874
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:19.536
And I capture all network traffic 0.005
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 23.996
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.403
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.104
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.217
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.736
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.120
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56.486
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 stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.252
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.133
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 14.782
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 31.318
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.472
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:14.327
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 9.734
When I enable persistence 31.060
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.570
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.956
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.428
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.338
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.598
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 27.032
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.217
When I cold reboot the computer 8.105
And the computer reboots Tails 39.641
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.286
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.293
Given I enable persistence 8.321
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.060
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.242
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.254
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.184
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.775
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
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2:22.510
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 8.569
# 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 34.600
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.607
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:7.431
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 23.301
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.386
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product
49.248
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 8.482
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 16.137
Then persistence is disabled 0.135
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 11.791
And all notifications have disappeared 8.980
When I delete the persistent partition 3.300
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.421
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.405
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:31.828
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 8.263
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.053
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.286
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:12.962
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.262
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.555
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.052
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54.051
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 8.425
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.065
When I try to enable persistence 1.176
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 20.516
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.773
And all notifications have disappeared 8.234
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.403
And all tps features are enabled 1.113
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.343
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.880
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:15.065
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 36.990
And I enable persistence 23.259
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 12.205
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.737
And persistence is enabled 1.871
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.062
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
24.732
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.011
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 7.532
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 16.617
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.582
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.433
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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38.454
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 8.936
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 20.430
When I enable persistence 7.166
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.061
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.859
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.403
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
38.975
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 8.596
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 20.428
When I try to enable persistence 1.250
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 4.626
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.223
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.540
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.075
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.189
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.042
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.812
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
51.881
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 the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.077
When I try to enable persistence 1.195
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 12.895
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.233
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.032
When I log in to a new session 12.800
And all notifications have disappeared 10.581
# 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" 0.267
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.848
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.272
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.713
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.888
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.013
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
53.048
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 7.790
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 15.501
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.409
When I try to enable persistence 1.216
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.122
When I log in to a new session 12.349
And all notifications have disappeared 8.600
Then the Tor Browser starts 2.184
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.873
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.991
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000