Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6160 23 Feb 2026, 12:00

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 25:0.972 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:37.880
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 1:23.530
And I update APT using apt 7.159
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.255
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.935
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.909
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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48.069
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 9.148
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 16.504
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.276
And persistence is disabled 0.117
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 22.023
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.534
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:6.253
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 10.206
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.300
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.113
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 33.144
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.504
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 14.594
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.131
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.194
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.062
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.926
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
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35.855
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 7.755
And the system is very low on memory 8.242
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.196
When I try to create a persistent partition 5.264
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.091
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.352
And I free up some memory 0.834
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 10.532
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.583
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.018
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:38.587
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 9.113
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.470
And all tps features are active 1.328
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.155
When I disable the first tps feature 3.385
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.319
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.101
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:9.418
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.295
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.894
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
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14.198
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 8.113
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.072
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.065
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.055
When I disable the first tps feature 3.075
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.053
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.037
When I enable the first tps feature 2.464
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.148
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.111
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.139
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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13.744
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 7.971
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.089
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.056
And I disable the first tps feature 2.682
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.860
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.083
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.156
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:4.376
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 7.517
And the network is plugged 0.023
And Tor is ready 20.760
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.292
When I write some files expected to persist 1.504
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 21.034
# 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" 13.242
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.489
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:32.442
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 enabled and logged in 7.959
And the network is plugged 0.024
And Tor is ready 19.547
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.169
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 19.634
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:22.068
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 22.435
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.394
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.062
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.127
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.885
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.149
Tags: @product
56.967
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 stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.220
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.198
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 15.829
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 30.719
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 2.377
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:10.991
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 9.413
When I enable persistence 26.232
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.341
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 39.153
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.397
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.313
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.605
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 27.710
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.148
When I cold reboot the computer 9.533
And the computer reboots Tails 40.524
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.355
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.225
Given I enable persistence 7.410
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.071
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.272
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.114
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.169
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.074
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
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2:29.843
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 8.290
# 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 34.946
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.574
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:13.527
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 21.504
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.114
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product
47.659
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 8.374
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.760
Then persistence is disabled 0.102
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 10.704
And all notifications have disappeared 9.431
When I delete the persistent partition 2.769
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.517
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.970
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:26.729
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 8.040
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.063
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.216
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:8.166
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.243
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.583
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.021
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52.464
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 8.083
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.064
When I try to enable persistence 1.272
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 18.428
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.972
And all notifications have disappeared 8.388
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.533
And all tps features are enabled 1.472
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.247
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.934
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:12.381
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 35.252
And I enable persistence 23.293
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.446
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.655
And persistence is enabled 1.733
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.153
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
24.271
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 7.713
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 15.887
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.669
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.165
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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30.317
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 8.212
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 12.948
When I enable persistence 7.065
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.054
And persistence is successfully enabled 2.036
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.131
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
34.936
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 8.085
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 17.046
When I try to enable persistence 1.323
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 4.014
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.234
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.818
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.072
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.188
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.153
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.879
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
50.352
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 8.074
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.069
When I try to enable persistence 1.208
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 13.673
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.230
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.024
When I log in to a new session 12.917
And all notifications have disappeared 9.156
# 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" 0.230
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.140
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.297
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.423
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.906
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.287
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
52.649
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 8.226
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 12.336
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.352
When I try to enable persistence 1.234
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.775
When I log in to a new session 12.571
And all notifications have disappeared 10.056
Then the Tor Browser starts 2.058
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.036
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 2.883
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000