Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6190 10 Mar 2026, 06:56

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 20:51.372 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:28.640
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 1:16.221
And I update APT using apt 5.280
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.231
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.908
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.610
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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28.278
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 8.620
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.050
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.289
And persistence is disabled 0.162
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 7.154
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.942
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:34.784
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 8.213
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.337
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.159
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 18.888
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 8.007
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 58.510
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.164
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.046
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.891
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
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27.767
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 7.367
And the system is very low on memory 3.206
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.310
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.756
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.101
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.466
And I free up some memory 0.831
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.677
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.049
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.986
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:29.244
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 8.146
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.343
And all tps features are active 1.055
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.932
When I disable the first tps feature 2.539
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.050
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.879
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.153
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.142
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.961
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.012
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12.669
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 7.366
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.060
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.065
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.055
When I disable the first tps feature 2.459
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.056
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.041
When I enable the first tps feature 2.433
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.074
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.055
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.526
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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12.893
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 7.420
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.060
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.050
And I disable the first tps feature 2.511
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.810
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.039
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.875
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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55.578
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 7.223
And the network is plugged 0.023
And Tor is ready 15.121
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.249
When I write some files expected to persist 1.153
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 19.647
# 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" 12.159
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.252
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:9.643
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 7.358
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 14.987
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.110
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 14.540
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:10.348
And I capture all network traffic 0.004
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 21.684
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.395
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.073
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.106
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.677
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.051
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38.754
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 8.571
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.088
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 11.613
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 17.481
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.485
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:56.308
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 21.417
When I enable persistence 12.333
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.326
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.677
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.440
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.284
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.601
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 24.323
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.150
When I cold reboot the computer 8.719
And the computer reboots Tails 35.210
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.304
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.215
Given I enable persistence 7.197
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.081
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.220
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.638
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.165
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.998
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.029
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2:4.678
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 7.892
# 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 26.661
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.314
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:2.327
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 22.482
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.024
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product
36.969
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 7.685
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.029
Then persistence is disabled 0.152
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.829
And all notifications have disappeared 8.209
When I delete the persistent partition 2.708
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.354
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.889
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:18.528
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 7.754
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.071
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.267
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.208
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.225
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.713
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
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40.772
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 7.799
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.050
When I try to enable persistence 1.238
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 9.867
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.228
And all notifications have disappeared 8.128
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.252
And all tps features are enabled 0.954
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.253
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.996
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:2.424
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 30.654
And I enable persistence 19.899
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.574
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.612
And persistence is enabled 1.683
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.972
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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22.320
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.104
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 14.730
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.485
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.913
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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24.660
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 8.236
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 7.786
When I enable persistence 6.981
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.053
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.602
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.512
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
23.174
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 7.712
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.646
When I try to enable persistence 1.182
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.949
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.190
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.378
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.055
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.185
Then persistence is successfully enabled 0.873
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.620
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
41.414
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 7.367
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.068
When I try to enable persistence 1.204
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 9.022
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.224
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.024
When I log in to a new session 10.235
And all notifications have disappeared 8.497
# 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" 0.204
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.142
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.284
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.297
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.842
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.824
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
41.863
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 7.539
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.504
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.325
When I try to enable persistence 1.169
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.720
When I log in to a new session 11.061
And all notifications have disappeared 8.254
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.421
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.868
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.990
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000