Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6167 24 Feb 2026, 22:41

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 25:57.918 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:38.567
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 1:24.429
And I update APT using apt 6.811
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.434
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.892
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.772
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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43.605
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 9.001
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 16.571
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.421
And persistence is disabled 0.153
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 17.457
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.113
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:6.690
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 10.100
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.751
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.133
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 38.031
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.572
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.575
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.230
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.208
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.087
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.696
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
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36.118
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 8.000
And the system is very low on memory 8.799
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.254
When I try to create a persistent partition 5.220
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.146
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.458
And I free up some memory 0.848
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.901
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.488
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.021
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:54.792
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 9.619
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.352
And all tps features are active 1.614
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.367
When I disable the first tps feature 3.316
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.701
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 19.442
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:15.182
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.196
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.810
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
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14.119
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 8.484
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.068
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.047
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.055
When I disable the first tps feature 2.795
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.046
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.054
When I enable the first tps feature 2.460
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.058
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.047
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.725
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
14.092
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 7.792
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.064
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.056
And I disable the first tps feature 3.126
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.991
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.062
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.900
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:6.014
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 7.466
And the network is plugged 0.081
And Tor is ready 18.342
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.387
When I write some files expected to persist 1.414
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 25.340
# 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" 12.981
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.348
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:36.615
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 7.895
And the network is plugged 0.044
And Tor is ready 18.549
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.128
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 25.099
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:20.822
And I capture all network traffic 0.004
And the network is plugged 0.020
And Tor is ready 23.482
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.383
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.063
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.121
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.814
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.043
Tags: @product
56.066
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 9.085
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.118
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 15.359
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 30.504
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.519
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:12.933
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 9.176
When I enable persistence 29.631
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.824
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 39.375
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.386
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.314
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.545
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 28.340
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.126
When I cold reboot the computer 7.923
And the computer reboots Tails 38.771
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.293
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.225
Given I enable persistence 7.739
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.086
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.261
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.728
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.181
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.954
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.023
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2:36.514
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 8.938
# 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 43.052
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.064
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:7.097
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 25.361
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.386
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.012
Tags: @product
50.443
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 8.250
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.347
Then persistence is disabled 0.130
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 14.234
And all notifications have disappeared 9.369
When I delete the persistent partition 2.728
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.383
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.830
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:26.800
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 7.934
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.096
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.171
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:8.302
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.295
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.047
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product
51.188
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 7.965
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.093
When I try to enable persistence 1.165
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 16.676
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 13.015
And all notifications have disappeared 8.444
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.362
And all tps features are enabled 1.362
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.103
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.611
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:28.716
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 41.300
And I enable persistence 31.649
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 12.950
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.702
And persistence is enabled 2.113
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.993
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
25.005
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 7.669
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 16.699
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.635
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.056
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
39.362
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 8.075
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 20.944
When I enable persistence 8.401
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.043
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.895
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.699
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
30.415
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 7.585
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 13.903
When I try to enable persistence 1.256
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.195
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.256
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.626
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.060
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.180
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.350
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.043
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
53.220
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 8.133
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.140
When I try to enable persistence 1.263
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 12.981
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.206
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.066
When I log in to a new session 13.600
And all notifications have disappeared 10.311
# 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" 0.293
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.802
When I close the "whisperback" window 2.110
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.420
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.888
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 2.443
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
56.635
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 8.513
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 15.938
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.457
When I try to enable persistence 1.200
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.638
When I log in to a new session 12.543
And all notifications have disappeared 9.449
Then the Tor Browser starts 3.056
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.837
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.224
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000