Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6192 10 Mar 2026, 14:41

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 25:35.438 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:40.526
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:26.074
And I update APT using apt 7.136
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.332
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.982
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.025
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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48.311
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 9.473
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 17.233
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.329
And persistence is disabled 0.129
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 21.144
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.312
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:7.511
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 9.662
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 1.127
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.084
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 37.016
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.521
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.792
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:9.068
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.174
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.063
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.945
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.013
Tags: @product
38.466
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 8.949
And the system is very low on memory 9.327
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.165
When I try to create a persistent partition 5.315
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 2.446
And I free up some memory 0.810
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 10.725
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.624
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.173
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:52.196
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 9.279
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.528
And all tps features are active 1.523
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.417
When I disable the first tps feature 3.497
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.801
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 14.420
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:17.446
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.282
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.660
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
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14.078
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 8.405
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.095
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.059
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.102
When I disable the first tps feature 2.781
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.049
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.037
When I enable the first tps feature 2.427
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.056
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.063
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.238
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
14.161
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 7.831
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.117
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.080
And I disable the first tps feature 3.065
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.016
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.050
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.801
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:4.970
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 7.769
And the network is plugged 0.027
And Tor is ready 17.544
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.337
When I write some files expected to persist 1.461
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 24.487
# 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" 13.343
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.339
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:37.154
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 8.105
And the network is plugged 0.027
And Tor is ready 17.888
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.138
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 24.715
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:22.903
And I capture all network traffic 0.004
And the network is plugged 0.024
And Tor is ready 22.831
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.338
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.072
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.105
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.689
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.035
Tags: @product
50.682
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 8.962
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.161
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 16.237
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 24.320
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.227
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:3.905
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 8.920
When I enable persistence 19.556
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.589
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 39.311
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.446
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.318
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.543
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 26.157
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.148
When I cold reboot the computer 6.456
And the computer reboots Tails 43.330
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.451
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.301
Given I enable persistence 8.291
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.084
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.268
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.482
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.246
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.958
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
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2:26.670
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 8.364
# 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 34.774
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.118
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:13.182
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 20.229
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.222
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
Tags: @product
49.115
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 8.465
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.065
Then persistence is disabled 0.111
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 12.788
And all notifications have disappeared 9.472
When I delete the persistent partition 2.873
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.337
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.881
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:29.943
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 8.203
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.072
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.721
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:12.703
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.241
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.898
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
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52.538
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 8.629
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.178
When I try to enable persistence 1.244
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 16.777
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 12.541
And all notifications have disappeared 8.538
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 2.117
And all tps features are enabled 1.397
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.114
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.863
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:21.642
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 40.556
And I enable persistence 26.857
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.945
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.643
And persistence is enabled 1.639
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.911
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
24.183
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.651
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 15.918
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.613
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.267
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
36.985
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 9.291
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 19.374
When I enable persistence 6.590
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.045
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.684
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.947
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
34.196
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 8.515
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 15.901
When I try to enable persistence 1.264
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 4.332
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.185
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.627
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.096
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.171
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.103
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.190
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
53.314
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 8.512
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.071
When I try to enable persistence 1.185
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 13.875
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.164
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.039
When I log in to a new session 13.971
And all notifications have disappeared 9.869
# 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" 0.371
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.645
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.227
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.551
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.829
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.071
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
54.883
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 8.605
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 15.881
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.300
When I try to enable persistence 1.167
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.703
When I log in to a new session 11.931
And all notifications have disappeared 9.578
Then the Tor Browser starts 2.604
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.111
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.016
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000