Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6183 04 Mar 2026, 08:24

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 32:55.605 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:11.614
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:56.495
And I update APT using apt 7.682
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.367
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.068
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.854
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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38.918
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 12.200
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 16.462
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.337
And persistence is disabled 0.113
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 9.805
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.193
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:2.262
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 13.595
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.439
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.113
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 24.216
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.587
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.849
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:15.191
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.204
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.065
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.591
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
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37.804
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 logged in 10.984
And the system is very low on memory 4.277
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.300
When I try to create a persistent partition 5.862
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.139
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.556
And I free up some memory 1.027
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 12.071
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.583
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.255
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:56.351
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 14.236
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.440
And all tps features are active 2.274
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.404
When I disable the first tps feature 2.706
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.996
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.116
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:20.155
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.021
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.101
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
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17.470
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.013
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 0.126
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.091
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.079
When I disable the first tps feature 2.850
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.071
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.045
When I enable the first tps feature 2.683
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.069
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.053
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.941
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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16.835
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.026
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 10.150
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.090
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.076
And I disable the first tps feature 3.295
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.165
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.057
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.116
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:10.537
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 10.405
And the network is plugged 0.062
And Tor is ready 23.914
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.929
When I write some files expected to persist 1.397
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 15.456
# 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" 18.371
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.348
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:50.811
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 11.412
And the network is plugged 0.065
And Tor is ready 20.364
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.164
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 24.716
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:30.021
And I capture all network traffic 0.010
And the network is plugged 0.083
And Tor is ready 23.104
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.464
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.092
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.308
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.201
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.069
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51.335
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 stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 12.743
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.135
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 14.398
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 23.058
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.903
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:23.992
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 12.557
When I enable persistence 22.799
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 15.146
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 40.329
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.535
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.429
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.721
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 27.849
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.207
When I cold reboot the computer 10.641
And the computer reboots Tails 42.703
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.482
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.362
Given I enable persistence 12.570
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.102
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.421
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.957
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.172
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.963
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
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2:35.310
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 11.988
# 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 29.087
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.338
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:17.076
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 27.820
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.186
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.015
Tags: @product
49.086
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.011
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 10.824
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.684
Then persistence is disabled 0.107
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 8.250
And all notifications have disappeared 10.670
When I delete the persistent partition 3.070
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.477
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.897
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:41.931
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 10.442
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.059
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.247
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:19.844
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.337
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.279
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
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57.955
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 10.969
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.067
When I try to enable persistence 1.290
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 16.637
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 13.008
And all notifications have disappeared 9.829
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.846
And all tps features are enabled 2.277
And all tps features but the first one are active 2.028
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.967
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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6:50.144
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 6:4.357
And I enable persistence 30.083
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 12.807
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.690
And persistence is enabled 2.205
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.432
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
31.165
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.456
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 20.998
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.710
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.799
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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42.411
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 13.442
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 11.696
When I enable persistence 14.274
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.054
And persistence is successfully enabled 2.942
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.267
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
35.416
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 11.451
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 13.853
When I try to enable persistence 1.324
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.984
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.330
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.943
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.055
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.293
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.178
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.283
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
57.068
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.025
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 10.323
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.080
When I try to enable persistence 1.220
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 13.952
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.205
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.053
When I log in to a new session 13.940
And all notifications have disappeared 11.078
# 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" 0.245
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.483
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.357
Then the Tor Browser starts 2.098
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.027
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.057
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
57.183
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 10.920
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 11.714
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.448
When I try to enable persistence 1.274
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 4.502
When I log in to a new session 12.803
And all notifications have disappeared 10.918
Then the Tor Browser starts 2.443
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.157
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 2.060
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000