Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6181 02 Mar 2026, 11:34

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 26:4.319 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:49.862
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 1:36.593
And I update APT using apt 6.130
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.251
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.887
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.759
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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59.813
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 8.558
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.737
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.260
And persistence is disabled 0.084
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 36.172
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.087
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:4.315
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 9.581
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 1.010
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.258
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 42.049
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.383
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.356
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 59.469
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.158
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.048
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.544
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
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40.569
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 7.478
And the system is very low on memory 15.599
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.804
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.560
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.099
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.377
And I free up some memory 0.835
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.764
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.049
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.145
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:46.513
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 8.963
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.414
And all tps features are active 1.476
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.071
When I disable the first tps feature 2.664
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.121
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 18.435
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:10.338
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.027
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.905
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
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13.287
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 7.666
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.087
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.055
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.056
When I disable the first tps feature 2.731
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.080
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.035
When I enable the first tps feature 2.485
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.050
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.039
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.379
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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13.274
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 7.390
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.098
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.041
And I disable the first tps feature 2.784
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.915
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.042
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.392
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:2.125
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 7.291
And the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 15.979
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.198
When I write some files expected to persist 1.065
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 25.386
# 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" 12.188
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.227
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:21.661
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 7.197
And the network is plugged 0.014
And Tor is ready 16.134
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.108
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 20.530
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:15.049
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.018
And Tor is ready 22.025
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.394
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.082
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.101
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.731
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.096
Tags: @product
1:8.184
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 21.413
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.150
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 14.440
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 31.179
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.746
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:4.767
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 8.552
When I enable persistence 30.740
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.129
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.972
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.340
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.195
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.513
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 25.526
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.148
When I cold reboot the computer 10.174
And the computer reboots Tails 35.269
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.301
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.203
Given I enable persistence 6.907
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.068
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.229
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.318
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.177
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.793
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
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2:46.572
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 7.633
# 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 50.754
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 21.454
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:4.457
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 22.272
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.001
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product
54.476
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 7.518
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.674
Then persistence is disabled 0.094
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 20.546
And all notifications have disappeared 8.729
When I delete the persistent partition 2.653
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.258
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.183
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:24.010
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 7.145
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.087
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.639
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.888
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.249
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.740
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
Tags: @product
45.745
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 7.530
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.057
When I try to enable persistence 1.247
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 13.469
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.841
And all notifications have disappeared 8.080
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.244
And all tps features are enabled 1.185
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.086
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.478
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:23.456
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 40.179
And I enable persistence 29.117
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.985
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.538
And persistence is enabled 1.635
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.651
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
22.247
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 7.004
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 14.726
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.517
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.367
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
35.074
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 7.664
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 19.170
When I enable persistence 6.548
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.057
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.633
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.872
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
38.868
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 7.453
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 22.683
When I try to enable persistence 1.249
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.770
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.181
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.332
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.072
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.172
Then persistence is successfully enabled 0.952
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.015
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
50.320
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 7.473
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.166
When I try to enable persistence 1.182
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 16.105
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.184
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.026
When I log in to a new session 12.073
And all notifications have disappeared 8.365
# 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" 0.164
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.496
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.158
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.195
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.726
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.901
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
59.172
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 7.681
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 23.117
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.301
When I try to enable persistence 1.194
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.937
When I log in to a new session 11.428
And all notifications have disappeared 9.038
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.692
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.779
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.763
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000