Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6180 02 Mar 2026, 08:04

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 26:6.955 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:44.140
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 1:24.007
And I update APT using apt 6.234
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 11.627
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 2.271
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.717
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:6.636
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 8.688
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 17.485
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.242
And persistence is disabled 0.096
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 40.123
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.844
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:23.638
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 logged in 10.180
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.812
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.104
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 55.831
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.461
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 14.085
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.920
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.202
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.038
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.909
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.019
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38.262
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 7.407
And the system is very low on memory 13.420
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.758
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.692
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.081
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.344
And I free up some memory 0.775
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.716
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.065
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.184
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:5.585
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 8.502
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.385
And all tps features are active 1.255
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.089
When I disable the first tps feature 2.621
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.063
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 29.006
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:19.630
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.030
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.772
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
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12.920
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 7.455
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.098
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.063
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.055
When I disable the first tps feature 2.630
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.043
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.033
When I enable the first tps feature 2.451
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.047
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.038
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.844
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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13.033
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 7.253
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.098
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.092
And I disable the first tps feature 2.596
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.948
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.043
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.762
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
53.914
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 7.352
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 16.850
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.251
When I write some files expected to persist 1.127
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 16.540
# 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" 11.776
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.464
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:29.534
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 7.245
And the network is plugged 0.023
And Tor is ready 18.737
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.198
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 27.137
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:14.242
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 21.382
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.382
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.065
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.100
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.869
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.062
Tags: @product
54.271
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 8.557
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.132
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 16.620
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 27.960
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 2.903
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:6.277
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 8.502
When I enable persistence 32.868
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.025
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.424
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.379
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.253
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.520
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 25.170
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.138
When I cold reboot the computer 10.015
And the computer reboots Tails 36.070
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.280
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.183
Given I enable persistence 6.818
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.085
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.303
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.072
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.162
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.628
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
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2:34.240
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 8.337
# 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 49.795
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 13.794
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:0.723
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 21.589
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.086
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
Tags: @product
54.423
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 7.609
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.227
Then persistence is disabled 0.119
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 20.754
And all notifications have disappeared 8.612
When I delete the persistent partition 2.750
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.348
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.134
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:31.669
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 7.418
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.053
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 16.658
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.307
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.230
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.730
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product
45.817
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 7.661
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.095
When I try to enable persistence 1.286
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 15.101
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.397
And all notifications have disappeared 7.925
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.268
And all tps features are enabled 1.040
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.039
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.218
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:13.210
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 40.006
And I enable persistence 20.628
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.428
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.592
And persistence is enabled 1.554
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.060
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
22.205
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 7.274
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 14.435
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.495
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.200
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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34.221
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.023
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" 17.346
When I enable persistence 7.444
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.051
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.560
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.783
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
38.332
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 7.568
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 21.727
When I try to enable persistence 1.254
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 4.196
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.211
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.217
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.073
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.193
Then persistence is successfully enabled 0.888
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.279
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
49.661
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 7.549
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.073
When I try to enable persistence 1.215
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 16.169
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.194
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.025
When I log in to a new session 10.807
And all notifications have disappeared 8.835
# 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" 0.138
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.113
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.315
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.340
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.881
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.669
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
54.958
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 7.479
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 20.947
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.349
When I try to enable persistence 1.186
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.826
When I log in to a new session 10.749
And all notifications have disappeared 8.191
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.301
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.926
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.846
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000