Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6199 13 Mar 2026, 00:12

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 21:21.298 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:34.356
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 1:20.537
And I update APT using apt 6.661
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.280
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.877
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.097
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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29.091
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 9.058
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.738
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.352
And persistence is disabled 0.094
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.848
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.895
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:40.055
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 8.824
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.417
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.099
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 18.609
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.494
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.667
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.681
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.193
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.066
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.738
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
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28.337
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 7.503
And the system is very low on memory 3.027
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.168
When I try to create a persistent partition 5.187
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.165
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.445
And I free up some memory 0.890
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.883
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.064
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.938
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:29.325
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 8.744
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.357
And all tps features are active 1.296
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.015
When I disable the first tps feature 2.558
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.205
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.511
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.436
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.199
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.886
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
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13.716
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 8.114
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.066
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.065
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.086
When I disable the first tps feature 2.591
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.052
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.039
When I enable the first tps feature 2.591
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.048
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.059
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.076
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
12.997
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 7.439
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.061
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.065
And I disable the first tps feature 2.496
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.896
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.039
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.794
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
57.457
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 7.181
And the network is plugged 0.037
And Tor is ready 15.885
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.302
When I write some files expected to persist 1.496
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 20.485
# 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" 12.068
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.362
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:26.160
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 7.574
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 16.130
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.108
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 24.608
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:14.784
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.020
And Tor is ready 22.213
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.500
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.059
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.137
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.749
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.058
Tags: @product
39.492
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 stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.975
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.086
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 11.633
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 17.797
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.318
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:50.767
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 8.923
When I enable persistence 13.721
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.456
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.896
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.331
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.303
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.555
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 25.577
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.162
When I cold reboot the computer 10.402
And the computer reboots Tails 36.109
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.307
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.238
Given I enable persistence 7.285
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.084
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.205
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.079
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.128
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.582
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.023
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2:13.177
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 8.306
# 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 29.939
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.587
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:3.660
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 21.683
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.090
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
Tags: @product
38.931
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 7.994
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.285
Then persistence is disabled 0.111
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.089
And all notifications have disappeared 8.319
When I delete the persistent partition 2.720
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.410
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.858
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:19.350
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 7.225
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.044
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.571
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.292
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.216
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.913
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.005
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39.348
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 7.542
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.053
When I try to enable persistence 1.154
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 9.537
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.714
And all notifications have disappeared 8.021
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.250
And all tps features are enabled 0.942
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.131
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.928
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:0.079
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 29.264
And I enable persistence 19.255
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.524
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.540
And persistence is enabled 1.494
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.004
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
21.728
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 6.989
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 14.211
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.526
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.992
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
22.990
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 7.660
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 7.310
When I enable persistence 6.392
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.042
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.583
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.752
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
22.346
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 7.422
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.234
When I try to enable persistence 1.277
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.665
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.172
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.364
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.048
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.206
Then persistence is successfully enabled 0.953
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.828
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
40.989
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 7.596
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.056
When I try to enable persistence 1.159
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 8.125
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.195
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.024
When I log in to a new session 10.602
And all notifications have disappeared 8.705
# 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" 0.169
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.100
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.177
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.218
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.857
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.020
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
40.597
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 7.380
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.429
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.300
When I try to enable persistence 1.201
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.895
When I log in to a new session 9.597
And all notifications have disappeared 8.529
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.461
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.800
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.686
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000