Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6164 24 Feb 2026, 11:55

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 32:14.605 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:11.274
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:54.651
And I update APT using apt 6.018
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 9.425
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.179
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.802
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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28.692
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 9.992
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.949
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.330
And persistence is disabled 0.103
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.316
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.578
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:57.816
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 11.358
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.342
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.124
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 18.799
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.695
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.838
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:18.375
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.219
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.063
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.658
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product
36.794
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 10.415
And the system is very low on memory 1.293
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.315
When I try to create a persistent partition 5.082
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.233
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.779
And I free up some memory 1.195
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 14.742
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.737
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.224
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:52.037
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 10.699
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.400
And all tps features are active 2.324
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.473
When I disable the first tps feature 2.636
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.076
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.791
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:20.968
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.665
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.045
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product
17.127
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 9.831
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.088
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.063
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.063
When I disable the first tps feature 3.459
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.114
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.085
When I enable the first tps feature 3.242
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.100
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.077
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.724
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
17.424
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 10.051
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.115
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.072
And I disable the first tps feature 3.126
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 4.000
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.057
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.049
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:10.369
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 enabled and logged in 10.507
And the network is plugged 0.099
And Tor is ready 21.145
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.861
When I write some files expected to persist 1.531
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.456
# 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" 18.767
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.554
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:58.579
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.019
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 10.384
And the network is plugged 0.064
And Tor is ready 15.163
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.152
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 26.022
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:39.662
And I capture all network traffic 0.009
And the network is plugged 0.060
And Tor is ready 26.272
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.436
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.105
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.245
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.128
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.043
Tags: @product
47.346
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 stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 10.044
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.095
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 11.813
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 24.393
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.772
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:14.303
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 10.654
When I enable persistence 15.851
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 14.788
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 41.182
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.555
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.422
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.698
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 27.110
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.178
When I cold reboot the computer 8.724
And the computer reboots Tails 44.236
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.461
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.374
Given I enable persistence 12.258
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.100
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.376
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 12.188
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.139
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.745
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.012
Tags: @product
3:6.795
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 enabled and logged in 10.715
# 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 29.762
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.070
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:50.730
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 30.515
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.586
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product
40.684
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 9.896
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.799
Then persistence is disabled 0.110
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 3.939
And all notifications have disappeared 9.971
When I delete the persistent partition 3.483
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.483
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.781
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:40.104
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 9.759
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.077
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.208
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:21.343
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.715
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.813
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.013
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1:2.078
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 9.641
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.061
When I try to enable persistence 1.267
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 22.311
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 12.531
And all notifications have disappeared 10.194
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.469
And all tps features are enabled 2.595
And all tps features but the first one are active 2.005
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.823
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
6:26.114
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 5:40.338
And I enable persistence 27.813
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 14.364
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.814
And persistence is enabled 2.783
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.310
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
33.829
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.740
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 23.415
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.673
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.073
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
32.246
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 10.991
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 4.819
When I enable persistence 13.413
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.083
And persistence is successfully enabled 2.938
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.149
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
27.336
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 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.274
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 6.737
When I try to enable persistence 1.392
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 5.056
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.218
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.881
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.061
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.300
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.413
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.762
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
53.800
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 12.025
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.088
When I try to enable persistence 1.397
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 4.636
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.355
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.074
When I log in to a new session 14.171
And all notifications have disappeared 10.389
# 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" 0.543
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.824
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.589
Then the Tor Browser starts 5.185
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.519
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.509
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
59.846
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 9.954
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 5.411
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.387
When I try to enable persistence 1.268
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 4.674
When I log in to a new session 14.897
And all notifications have disappeared 14.372
Then the Tor Browser starts 7.379
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.500
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.206
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000