Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6174 26 Feb 2026, 12:13

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 33:22.715 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:17.106
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.007
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 2:1.802
And I update APT using apt 7.569
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.475
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.258
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.964
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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39.557
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 13.250
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 16.451
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.322
And persistence is disabled 0.113
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 9.419
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.144
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:11.863
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 15.512
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.424
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.149
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 25.481
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.679
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.216
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:16.774
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.565
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.059
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.768
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
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38.706
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 11.242
And the system is very low on memory 4.127
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.468
When I try to create a persistent partition 5.337
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 2.669
And I free up some memory 1.071
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 13.036
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.593
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.751
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:4.174
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 13.925
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.387
And all tps features are active 2.421
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.731
When I disable the first tps feature 3.868
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.432
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 13.090
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:23.078
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.238
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.786
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
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18.103
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 11.398
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.105
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.091
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.077
When I disable the first tps feature 3.085
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.065
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.068
When I enable the first tps feature 3.069
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.071
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.069
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.935
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
16.943
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 10.322
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.105
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.071
And I disable the first tps feature 3.181
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.191
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.071
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.286
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:11.176
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 enabled and logged in 10.790
And the network is plugged 0.069
And Tor is ready 22.881
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.815
When I write some files expected to persist 1.465
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 16.272
# 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" 18.881
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.219
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:43.064
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 10.902
And the network is plugged 0.055
And Tor is ready 20.604
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.181
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.051
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:34.303
And I capture all network traffic 0.007
And the network is plugged 0.067
And Tor is ready 24.091
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.418
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.100
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.279
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.058
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.054
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55.600
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 stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 14.771
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.120
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 15.285
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 24.423
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.515
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:51.510
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 14.936
When I enable persistence 25.142
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 15.850
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 41.479
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.584
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.481
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.781
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 29.324
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.183
When I cold reboot the computer 11.182
And the computer reboots Tails 45.228
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.537
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.390
Given I enable persistence 22.405
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.120
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.429
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 18.273
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.179
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 4.153
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
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2:57.549
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 15.490
# 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 37.381
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.683
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:35.646
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 19.347
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.522
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.021
Tags: @product
49.395
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 12.496
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.987
Then persistence is disabled 0.199
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 7.945
And all notifications have disappeared 10.456
When I delete the persistent partition 2.871
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.438
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.303
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:42.965
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 12.952
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.064
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.146
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:19.165
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.636
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.954
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
Tags: @product
58.951
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 12.041
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.075
When I try to enable persistence 1.240
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 16.892
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 12.561
And all notifications have disappeared 9.654
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.522
And all tps features are enabled 2.705
And all tps features but the first one are active 2.256
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.254
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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6:9.585
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 5:26.096
And I enable persistence 28.508
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 12.222
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.663
And persistence is enabled 2.093
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.346
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
32.401
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 9.302
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 22.380
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.719
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.032
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
36.515
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.010
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 11.176
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 11.660
When I enable persistence 11.006
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.050
And persistence is successfully enabled 2.620
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.864
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
33.050
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 10.367
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 12.232
When I try to enable persistence 1.335
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 4.339
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.311
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.878
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.072
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.238
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.274
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.337
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
57.203
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 10.467
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.089
When I try to enable persistence 1.219
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 14.832
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.298
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.051
When I log in to a new session 13.289
And all notifications have disappeared 10.624
# 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" 0.223
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.516
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.350
Then the Tor Browser starts 2.052
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.186
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.935
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
57.290
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 10.825
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 12.288
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.349
When I try to enable persistence 1.284
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 4.417
When I log in to a new session 13.082
And all notifications have disappeared 10.572
Then the Tor Browser starts 2.238
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.231
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.362
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000