Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6198 12 Mar 2026, 23:23

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 22:5.568 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:34.426
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 1:21.259
And I update APT using apt 6.002
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.258
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.904
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.940
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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29.905
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.192
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.656
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.299
And persistence is disabled 0.191
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.565
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.877
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:45.341
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 9.031
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.389
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.129
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 21.964
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.538
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.423
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.498
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.241
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.124
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.972
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
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30.598
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 logged in 8.050
And the system is very low on memory 3.201
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.292
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.740
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.142
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.427
And I free up some memory 1.041
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 10.317
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.386
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.558
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:36.177
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 9.009
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.322
And all tps features are active 1.299
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.409
When I disable the first tps feature 3.049
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.460
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.538
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.804
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.284
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.697
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.013
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13.592
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 7.546
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.077
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.076
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.052
When I disable the first tps feature 3.079
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.057
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.054
When I enable the first tps feature 2.520
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.053
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.074
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.705
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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13.658
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 7.937
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.079
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.059
And I disable the first tps feature 2.543
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.932
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.106
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.656
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:1.376
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 8.229
And the network is plugged 0.021
And Tor is ready 18.801
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.295
When I write some files expected to persist 1.400
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 20.416
# 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" 12.211
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.609
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:27.589
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 7.673
And the network is plugged 0.014
And Tor is ready 17.421
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.224
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 24.279
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:15.251
And I capture all network traffic 0.009
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 22.005
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.491
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.074
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.125
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.833
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.104
Tags: @product
42.157
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 8.623
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.097
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 13.153
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 19.282
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.167
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:45.889
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 8.714
When I enable persistence 12.858
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.648
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.759
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.295
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.203
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.515
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 24.996
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.162
When I cold reboot the computer 6.328
And the computer reboots Tails 37.154
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.370
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.316
Given I enable persistence 7.572
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.074
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.293
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.417
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.205
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.902
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
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2:16.600
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 8.729
# 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 30.862
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.307
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:5.438
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 23.262
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.054
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product
37.778
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 8.090
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 11.684
Then persistence is disabled 0.102
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.576
And all notifications have disappeared 8.334
When I delete the persistent partition 2.627
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.361
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.974
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:21.842
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 7.561
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.162
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.523
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.354
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.241
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.856
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.033
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40.694
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 8.079
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.054
When I try to enable persistence 1.154
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 9.565
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.265
And all notifications have disappeared 8.096
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.269
And all tps features are enabled 1.086
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.122
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.564
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:5.145
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 31.732
And I enable persistence 20.694
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.191
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.828
And persistence is enabled 1.698
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.941
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
23.029
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 7.222
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 15.271
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.534
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.701
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
25.139
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 8.483
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 8.306
When I enable persistence 6.709
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.046
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.593
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.643
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
23.902
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 7.898
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.945
When I try to enable persistence 1.318
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.790
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.212
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.468
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.070
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.195
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.003
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.945
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
44.042
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 8.044
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.065
When I try to enable persistence 1.182
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 8.847
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.299
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.025
When I log in to a new session 11.293
And all notifications have disappeared 9.307
# 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" 0.329
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.114
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.360
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.351
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.820
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.046
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
46.678
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.055
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.987
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.434
When I try to enable persistence 1.177
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.766
When I log in to a new session 10.355
And all notifications have disappeared 10.333
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.775
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.792
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.565
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000