Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6176 27 Feb 2026, 07:59

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 27:54.907 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:38.007
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:24.717
And I update APT using apt 6.177
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.252
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.860
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.743
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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43.251
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 8.477
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 16.211
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.270
And persistence is disabled 0.112
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 18.179
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 2.831
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:6.020
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 24.175
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.411
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.121
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 25.227
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.419
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.929
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.524
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.170
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.040
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.912
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.018
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37.075
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 7.498
And the system is very low on memory 11.418
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 1.101
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.914
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 2.356
And I free up some memory 0.798
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.840
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.054
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.005
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:56.253
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 8.851
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.257
And all tps features are active 1.261
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.060
When I disable the first tps feature 3.157
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.067
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 29.029
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:9.455
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.112
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.648
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
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12.601
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 7.342
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.058
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.061
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.050
When I disable the first tps feature 2.492
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.051
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.036
When I enable the first tps feature 2.408
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.047
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.052
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.819
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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13.186
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 7.349
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.092
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.095
And I disable the first tps feature 2.606
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.992
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.050
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.736
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:42.532
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 7.164
And the network is plugged 0.018
And Tor is ready 17.508
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.189
When I write some files expected to persist 1.110
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 2:4.717
# 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" 11.823
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.361
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:27.559
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 7.441
And the network is plugged 0.044
And Tor is ready 18.156
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.102
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 26.149
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:12.602
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 22.439
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.426
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.067
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.107
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.989
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.050
Tags: @product
58.549
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 stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.113
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.340
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 16.062
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 32.033
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.632
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:6.374
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.015
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 21.310
When I enable persistence 21.785
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.031
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.610
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.263
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.193
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.462
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 24.486
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.137
When I cold reboot the computer 8.696
And the computer reboots Tails 36.716
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.285
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.158
Given I enable persistence 6.952
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.082
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.242
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.823
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.134
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.986
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
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2:30.889
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 enabled and logged in 7.630
# 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 40.458
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 16.946
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:4.886
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 20.967
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.325
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product
52.361
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 7.494
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.176
Then persistence is disabled 0.118
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 19.000
And all notifications have disappeared 8.566
When I delete the persistent partition 2.688
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.316
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.982
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:29.347
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 7.425
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.067
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 18.162
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.482
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.209
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.962
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.021
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52.085
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 7.492
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.060
When I try to enable persistence 1.266
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 21.279
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.668
And all notifications have disappeared 8.026
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.220
And all tps features are enabled 1.031
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.040
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.905
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:32.320
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 52.811
And I enable persistence 27.376
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.213
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.498
And persistence is enabled 1.419
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.539
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
35.322
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 19.659
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 15.152
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.511
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.336
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
33.753
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 7.818
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 17.395
When I enable persistence 6.741
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.050
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.747
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.868
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
45.028
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 7.530
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 29.091
When I try to enable persistence 1.291
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.418
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.200
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.303
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.049
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.225
Then persistence is successfully enabled 0.919
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.417
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
52.521
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 7.603
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.119
When I try to enable persistence 1.228
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 18.477
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.189
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.032
When I log in to a new session 12.511
And all notifications have disappeared 7.724
# 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" 0.118
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.083
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.205
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.311
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.913
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.880
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
1:9.864
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 7.615
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 36.058
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.331
When I try to enable persistence 1.137
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.524
When I log in to a new session 10.909
And all notifications have disappeared 8.174
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.355
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.757
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.007
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000