Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6182 03 Mar 2026, 11:42

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 21:24.286 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:31.895
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.009
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:18.871
And I update APT using apt 5.861
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.312
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.850
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.021
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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29.466
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 8.807
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.004
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.239
And persistence is disabled 0.097
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 7.318
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.979
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:40.146
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 8.970
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.390
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.112
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 18.882
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.425
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.364
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.663
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.282
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.055
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.614
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
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28.898
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 7.714
And the system is very low on memory 2.909
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.159
When I try to create a persistent partition 5.284
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.120
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.366
And I free up some memory 0.880
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.392
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.069
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.052
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:33.046
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 8.548
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.390
And all tps features are active 1.643
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.107
When I disable the first tps feature 2.598
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.174
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.673
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.695
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.216
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.684
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
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13.530
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 7.892
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.107
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.077
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.061
When I disable the first tps feature 2.588
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.078
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.040
When I enable the first tps feature 2.518
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.097
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.067
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.703
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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13.403
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 7.626
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.125
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.084
And I disable the first tps feature 2.601
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.921
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.871
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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44.112
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 7.414
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 15.579
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.285
When I write some files expected to persist 1.624
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.290
# 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" 11.900
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.228
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:20.035
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 8.096
And the network is plugged 0.021
And Tor is ready 16.372
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.161
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 14.780
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:16.937
And I capture all network traffic 0.005
And the network is plugged 0.021
And Tor is ready 22.850
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.567
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.050
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.170
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.801
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.092
Tags: @product
38.904
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 stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.894
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.071
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 11.987
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.949
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.391
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:48.343
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 8.791
When I enable persistence 13.942
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.996
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.727
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.418
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.295
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.589
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 25.858
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.160
When I cold reboot the computer 6.305
And the computer reboots Tails 37.253
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.284
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.213
Given I enable persistence 7.075
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.066
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.245
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.976
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.141
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.993
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.023
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2:11.917
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 7.817
# 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 28.733
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.566
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:2.983
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 22.816
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.229
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.020
Tags: @product
38.757
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 8.072
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.575
Then persistence is disabled 0.163
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.518
And all notifications have disappeared 8.054
When I delete the persistent partition 2.942
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.430
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.102
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:22.104
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.020
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.972
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.051
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.504
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.356
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.218
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.745
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
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42.433
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 7.713
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.061
When I try to enable persistence 1.168
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 10.819
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.816
And all notifications have disappeared 8.149
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.407
And all tps features are enabled 1.073
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.224
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.868
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:3.354
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 31.194
And I enable persistence 19.616
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.465
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.597
And persistence is enabled 1.479
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.241
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
23.272
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 7.408
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 15.284
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.578
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.943
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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27.850
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 8.879
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.651
When I enable persistence 7.330
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.072
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.916
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.025
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
26.328
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 7.739
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.700
When I try to enable persistence 1.223
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.856
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.184
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.444
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.063
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.139
Then persistence is successfully enabled 0.976
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.931
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
42.746
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 7.564
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.057
When I try to enable persistence 1.186
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 8.707
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.229
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.024
When I log in to a new session 11.464
And all notifications have disappeared 8.779
# 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" 0.179
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.154
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.222
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.307
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.869
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 2.400
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
43.734
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 8.207
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.539
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.312
When I try to enable persistence 1.157
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.640
When I log in to a new session 10.549
And all notifications have disappeared 8.973
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.489
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.864
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 2.301
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000