Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6184 04 Mar 2026, 12:02

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 25:36.630 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:41.796
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 1:25.489
And I update APT using apt 9.046
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.302
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.958
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.565
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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56.278
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 9.053
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 16.480
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.349
And persistence is disabled 0.140
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 30.255
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.001
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:8.439
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 22.892
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.324
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.109
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 27.955
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.456
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.360
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:8.066
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.190
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.083
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.955
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
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40.085
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 8.567
And the system is very low on memory 12.016
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.830
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.772
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.157
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.389
And I free up some memory 0.878
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.975
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.498
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.236
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:57.226
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 8.435
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 2.022
And all tps features are active 1.420
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.228
When I disable the first tps feature 3.228
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.321
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 20.263
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:17.154
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.151
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.619
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
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13.122
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 7.362
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.071
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.059
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.072
When I disable the first tps feature 2.846
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.063
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.077
When I enable the first tps feature 2.460
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.056
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.052
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.711
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
13.771
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 7.802
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.416
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.125
And I disable the first tps feature 2.495
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.889
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.042
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.088
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:3.820
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 7.672
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 17.759
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.489
When I write some files expected to persist 1.270
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 24.367
# 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" 12.243
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.499
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:30.449
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 7.673
And the network is plugged 0.023
And Tor is ready 17.721
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.218
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 24.654
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:15.604
And I capture all network traffic 0.004
And the network is plugged 0.024
And Tor is ready 23.913
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.422
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.086
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.101
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.911
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.038
Tags: @product
52.918
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 stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.763
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.145
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 14.253
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 28.755
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 2.007
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:15.270
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 8.803
When I enable persistence 32.098
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.234
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.688
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.575
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.285
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.647
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 26.685
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.132
When I cold reboot the computer 10.269
And the computer reboots Tails 41.730
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.315
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.234
Given I enable persistence 7.286
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.078
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.252
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.768
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.183
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.716
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.038
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2:32.873
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 8.087
# 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 37.440
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 14.468
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:6.671
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 26.205
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.166
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product
47.984
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 7.719
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.643
Then persistence is disabled 0.113
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 14.352
And all notifications have disappeared 9.028
When I delete the persistent partition 2.807
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.318
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.003
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:22.897
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.014
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.468
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.059
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.880
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.235
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.253
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.936
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
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45.696
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 7.498
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.047
When I try to enable persistence 1.192
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 13.986
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.224
And all notifications have disappeared 8.293
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.245
And all tps features are enabled 0.991
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.216
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.767
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:22.915
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 39.153
And I enable persistence 30.226
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.249
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.597
And persistence is enabled 1.688
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.119
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
22.836
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 7.634
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 14.685
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.516
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.205
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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37.445
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 8.121
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 18.669
When I enable persistence 8.536
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.054
And persistence is successfully enabled 2.063
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.251
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
30.565
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 7.946
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 13.579
When I try to enable persistence 1.301
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.995
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.184
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.370
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.062
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.161
Then persistence is successfully enabled 0.962
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.588
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
49.326
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.009
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 the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.076
When I try to enable persistence 1.169
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 13.135
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.210
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.025
When I log in to a new session 13.173
And all notifications have disappeared 9.057
# 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" 0.206
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.098
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.177
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.447
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.932
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.190
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
50.908
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 7.916
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 16.521
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.274
When I try to enable persistence 1.151
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.651
When I log in to a new session 12.455
And all notifications have disappeared 7.663
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.353
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.921
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.983
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000