Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6197 12 Mar 2026, 14:37

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 22:44.596 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:36.394
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 1:21.932
And I update APT using apt 7.136
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.368
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.956
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.894
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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30.187
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 9.103
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.991
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.222
And persistence is disabled 0.082
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.787
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.851
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:40.416
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 9.155
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.402
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.122
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 19.228
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.555
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.984
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.679
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.206
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.079
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.882
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.015
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28.770
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 7.877
And the system is very low on memory 3.079
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.203
When I try to create a persistent partition 5.066
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.158
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.402
And I free up some memory 1.015
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.908
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.060
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.001
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:38.051
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 9.099
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.371
And all tps features are active 1.498
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.430
When I disable the first tps feature 2.603
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.222
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.386
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:9.283
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.155
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.746
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product
13.905
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 7.897
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.064
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.077
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.069
When I disable the first tps feature 3.097
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.047
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.052
When I enable the first tps feature 2.490
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.055
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.053
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.832
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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14.049
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 7.567
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.109
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.058
And I disable the first tps feature 2.726
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.548
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.038
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.751
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:0.260
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 8.040
And the network is plugged 0.020
And Tor is ready 17.299
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.187
When I write some files expected to persist 1.149
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 20.588
# 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" 12.974
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.618
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:47.456
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 7.682
And the network is plugged 0.019
And Tor is ready 16.770
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.123
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 20.315
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:18.955
And I capture all network traffic 0.009
And the network is plugged 0.030
And Tor is ready 42.926
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.409
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.068
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.144
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.886
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.044
Tags: @product
39.994
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.032
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.579
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.062
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 12.060
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 17.291
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.393
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:58.483
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 9.501
When I enable persistence 15.389
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.500
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.614
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.292
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.215
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.608
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 26.030
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.163
When I cold reboot the computer 10.526
And the computer reboots Tails 39.431
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.246
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.184
Given I enable persistence 8.826
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.090
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.225
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.492
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.144
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.965
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
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2:14.574
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 8.475
# 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 29.122
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.701
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:7.515
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 19.758
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.160
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.066
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40.265
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 8.494
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.741
Then persistence is disabled 0.108
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.034
And all notifications have disappeared 8.613
When I delete the persistent partition 2.908
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.364
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.970
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:25.056
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 7.672
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.060
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.908
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.171
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.243
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.691
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
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42.516
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 8.194
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.062
When I try to enable persistence 1.210
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 10.089
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.896
And all notifications have disappeared 8.031
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.259
And all tps features are enabled 1.030
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.740
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.924
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:8.299
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 32.545
And I enable persistence 21.869
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.593
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.614
And persistence is enabled 1.676
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.060
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
23.167
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 7.064
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 15.524
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.578
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.805
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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26.148
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
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 8.250
When I enable persistence 6.671
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.044
And persistence is successfully enabled 2.378
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.677
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
25.815
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 7.952
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.724
When I try to enable persistence 1.276
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.790
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.155
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.516
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.053
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.138
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.207
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.961
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
46.845
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 7.840
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.062
When I try to enable persistence 1.158
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 10.221
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.213
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.032
When I log in to a new session 11.981
And all notifications have disappeared 10.112
# 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" 0.189
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.614
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.238
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.303
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.876
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.966
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
43.935
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 8.002
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.032
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.318
When I try to enable persistence 1.182
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.794
When I log in to a new session 11.884
And all notifications have disappeared 8.214
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.479
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.026
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.012
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000