Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6166 24 Feb 2026, 22:39

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 25:16.149 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:36.849
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 1:22.354
And I update APT using apt 7.124
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.317
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.053
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.420
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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46.783
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 9.402
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 16.467
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.427
And persistence is disabled 0.128
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 20.357
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.394
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:12.308
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 23.358
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.292
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.123
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 29.288
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.789
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.865
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:9.199
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.316
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.074
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.581
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
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41.178
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 logged in 8.524
And the system is very low on memory 12.020
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 1.108
When I try to create a persistent partition 5.300
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.158
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.464
And I free up some memory 0.852
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 10.298
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.450
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.788
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:47.156
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 8.816
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.520
And all tps features are active 1.138
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.291
When I disable the first tps feature 3.266
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.475
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 13.033
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:15.206
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.408
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.614
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.017
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14.108
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 7.676
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.073
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.087
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.083
When I disable the first tps feature 3.400
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.081
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.050
When I enable the first tps feature 2.533
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.075
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.046
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.671
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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13.843
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.021
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.898
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.106
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.070
And I disable the first tps feature 2.667
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.014
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.085
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.264
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:3.090
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 7.917
And the network is plugged 0.033
And Tor is ready 19.699
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.225
When I write some files expected to persist 1.270
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 20.346
# 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" 13.596
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.332
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:17.604
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 7.789
And the network is plugged 0.023
And Tor is ready 18.472
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.125
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 19.896
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.116
And I capture all network traffic 0.014
And the network is plugged 0.046
And Tor is ready 23.437
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.424
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.057
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.199
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.850
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.055
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52.688
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 without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.556
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.625
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 16.699
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 24.806
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.481
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:7.256
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 9.288
When I enable persistence 22.527
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.565
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 39.236
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.456
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.377
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.594
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 27.310
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.187
When I cold reboot the computer 9.730
And the computer reboots Tails 39.943
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.455
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.195
Given I enable persistence 8.132
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.088
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.241
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.736
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.186
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.597
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
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2:28.157
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 persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.683
# 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 35.729
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.594
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:8.830
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 23.319
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.066
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
Tags: @product
48.266
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 8.298
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.317
Then persistence is disabled 0.117
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 11.900
And all notifications have disappeared 8.871
When I delete the persistent partition 3.340
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.418
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.113
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:33.756
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 8.082
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.049
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.442
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:13.953
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.228
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.571
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
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51.432
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 8.462
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.045
When I try to enable persistence 1.289
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 16.313
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 12.605
And all notifications have disappeared 8.429
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.398
And all tps features are enabled 1.557
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.332
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.006
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:17.391
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 36.271
And I enable persistence 26.837
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.881
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.647
And persistence is enabled 1.753
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.114
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
23.394
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 7.358
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 15.515
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.520
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.974
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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39.755
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 8.637
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 21.137
When I enable persistence 8.086
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.055
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.838
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.589
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
33.470
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 8.814
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 14.573
When I try to enable persistence 1.278
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 4.430
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.228
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.680
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.070
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.231
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.162
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.891
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
53.919
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 7.917
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.079
When I try to enable persistence 1.190
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 14.728
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.200
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.026
When I log in to a new session 13.772
And all notifications have disappeared 9.911
# 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" 0.229
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.498
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.182
Then the Tor Browser starts 2.173
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.008
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.800
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
53.737
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.008
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.357
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 15.038
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.379
When I try to enable persistence 1.229
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.527
When I log in to a new session 12.700
And all notifications have disappeared 9.458
Then the Tor Browser starts 2.127
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 0.724
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000