Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6159 22 Feb 2026, 11:31

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 20:59.964 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:30.427
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:17.301
And I update APT using apt 5.955
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.323
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.846
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.841
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
28.941
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 8.421
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.871
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.263
And persistence is disabled 0.099
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 7.284
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.046
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:36.830
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 8.968
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.351
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.086
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.602
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.503
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.330
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 59.750
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.189
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.046
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.955
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.015
Tags: @product
28.905
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 logged in 7.465
And the system is very low on memory 4.001
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.172
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.507
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.084
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.333
And I free up some memory 0.833
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.423
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.082
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.845
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:28.927
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 8.271
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.275
And all tps features are active 1.108
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.056
When I disable the first tps feature 2.501
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.049
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.715
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.891
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.056
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.740
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.012
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13.050
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 7.544
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.064
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.046
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.060
When I disable the first tps feature 2.554
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.060
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.100
When I enable the first tps feature 2.506
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.054
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.057
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.707
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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13.216
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 7.312
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.060
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.089
And I disable the first tps feature 2.580
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.132
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.040
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.040
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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55.665
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 7.319
And the network is plugged 0.014
And Tor is ready 16.320
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.265
When I write some files expected to persist 1.450
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 18.521
# 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" 11.771
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.189
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:20.211
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 7.519
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 16.897
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.131
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 20.013
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:11.982
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 22.981
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.408
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.146
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.092
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.573
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.063
Tags: @product
38.215
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 8.507
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.072
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 11.689
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.947
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.648
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:42.367
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.028
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.561
When I enable persistence 12.579
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.435
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.515
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.359
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.242
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.562
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 24.499
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.164
When I cold reboot the computer 6.132
And the computer reboots Tails 35.754
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.307
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.252
Given I enable persistence 7.029
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.074
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.199
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.505
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.190
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.977
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
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2:5.197
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 8.309
# 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 28.183
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.439
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:2.179
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 21.084
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.899
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product
37.051
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.744
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.070
Then persistence is disabled 0.089
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.754
And all notifications have disappeared 8.330
When I delete the persistent partition 2.713
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.347
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.758
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:22.422
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 7.673
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.056
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.559
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.909
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.224
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.818
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.024
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41.044
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 create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.054
When I try to enable persistence 1.200
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 10.507
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.290
And all notifications have disappeared 8.067
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.236
And all tps features are enabled 0.911
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.070
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.668
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:1.022
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 29.987
And I enable persistence 19.180
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.718
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.603
And persistence is enabled 1.531
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.821
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
22.691
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 7.179
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 14.868
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.643
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.112
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
24.588
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 8.299
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 7.654
When I enable persistence 6.884
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.039
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.709
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.664
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
23.823
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 7.644
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.717
When I try to enable persistence 1.219
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.409
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.241
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.300
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.054
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.191
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.045
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.970
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
43.768
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 7.578
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.124
When I try to enable persistence 1.159
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 8.908
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.184
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.029
When I log in to a new session 10.456
And all notifications have disappeared 10.294
# 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" 0.131
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.483
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.175
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.324
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.917
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.077
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
41.595
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 8.036
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.431
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.329
When I try to enable persistence 1.173
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.037
When I log in to a new session 9.882
And all notifications have disappeared 8.593
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.258
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.854
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.714
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000