Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6161 23 Feb 2026, 14:52

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 25:50.733 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:45.128
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 1:20.992
And I update APT using apt 16.405
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.667
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.062
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.753
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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48.526
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 8.539
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 16.216
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.330
And persistence is disabled 0.112
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 23.327
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.989
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:13.372
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 9.370
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.526
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.180
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 43.622
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.498
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 16.898
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.070
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.164
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.039
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.779
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
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40.620
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 7.515
And the system is very low on memory 14.738
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 1.434
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.684
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.090
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.380
And I free up some memory 0.836
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.881
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.058
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.932
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:39.646
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 8.290
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.460
And all tps features are active 1.189
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.154
When I disable the first tps feature 2.684
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.051
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 21.078
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.730
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.006
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.647
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
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13.233
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 7.871
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.066
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.056
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.057
When I disable the first tps feature 2.595
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.045
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.027
When I enable the first tps feature 2.420
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.050
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.042
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.010
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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13.031
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 7.328
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.064
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.055
And I disable the first tps feature 2.565
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.976
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.040
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.758
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
58.863
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 7.259
And the network is plugged 0.014
And Tor is ready 17.536
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.649
When I write some files expected to persist 1.205
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 20.102
# 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" 12.096
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.420
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:40.581
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 7.709
And the network is plugged 0.022
And Tor is ready 39.693
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.174
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 16.177
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:14.565
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 21.655
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.381
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.076
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.108
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.749
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.054
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1:1.928
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 8.639
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.171
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 17.496
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 34.621
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.596
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:5.798
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 8.322
When I enable persistence 36.351
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.253
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.534
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.344
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.199
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.530
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 25.441
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.115
When I cold reboot the computer 6.148
And the computer reboots Tails 35.969
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.306
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.159
Given I enable persistence 7.134
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.096
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.203
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.514
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.172
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.614
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.068
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2:30.275
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 8.190
# 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 45.386
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.817
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:2.745
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 21.135
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.129
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
Tags: @product
50.296
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 8.260
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.041
Then persistence is disabled 0.100
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 16.142
And all notifications have disappeared 8.845
When I delete the persistent partition 2.610
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.295
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.068
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:30.109
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 7.602
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.066
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.643
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:12.566
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.229
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.811
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.013
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48.367
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 7.597
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.068
When I try to enable persistence 1.174
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 16.575
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.445
And all notifications have disappeared 8.067
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.260
And all tps features are enabled 0.969
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.207
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.020
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:28.450
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 42.742
And I enable persistence 31.671
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.566
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.620
And persistence is enabled 1.848
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.954
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
23.157
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 7.248
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 15.285
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.623
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.661
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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38.942
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 8.255
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 19.023
When I enable persistence 9.760
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.083
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.820
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.884
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
35.644
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 7.626
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 19.103
When I try to enable persistence 1.275
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.760
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.231
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.375
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.093
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.187
Then persistence is successfully enabled 0.991
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.875
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
48.346
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 7.563
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.057
When I try to enable persistence 1.239
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 14.078
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.223
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.027
When I log in to a new session 11.693
And all notifications have disappeared 8.402
# 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" 0.199
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.419
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.173
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.244
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.023
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.093
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
56.411
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 8.145
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 18.857
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.306
When I try to enable persistence 1.175
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.296
When I log in to a new session 11.564
And all notifications have disappeared 9.562
Then the Tor Browser starts 2.735
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.767
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.901
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000