Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6201 13 Mar 2026, 11:13

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 23:3.412 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:34.006
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:19.357
And I update APT using apt 7.270
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.363
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.014
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.803
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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30.684
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 9.138
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.878
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.297
And persistence is disabled 0.110
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 7.258
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.297
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:50.156
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 10.145
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.449
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.121
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 20.150
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.519
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.933
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:8.561
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.194
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.080
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.625
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
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32.268
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 8.080
And the system is very low on memory 3.349
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.213
When I try to create a persistent partition 5.119
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.098
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.490
And I free up some memory 0.862
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 11.500
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.553
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.004
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:38.196
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 8.725
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.415
And all tps features are active 1.401
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.553
When I disable the first tps feature 3.401
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.514
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.799
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:8.892
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.491
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.626
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
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14.450
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 8.420
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.058
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.067
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.070
When I disable the first tps feature 2.994
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.056
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.068
When I enable the first tps feature 2.559
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.071
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.082
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.016
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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13.648
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 8.052
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.061
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.075
And I disable the first tps feature 2.502
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.904
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.052
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.605
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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51.845
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 7.920
And the network is plugged 0.043
And Tor is ready 17.847
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.289
When I write some files expected to persist 1.516
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.029
# 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" 13.199
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.448
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:48.155
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 8.054
And the network is plugged 0.021
And Tor is ready 40.168
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.200
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 19.588
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:17.050
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.021
And Tor is ready 22.416
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.416
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.068
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.145
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.678
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.060
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43.254
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 9.371
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 12.489
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 20.306
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.696
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:56.067
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 9.290
When I enable persistence 13.844
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.647
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.903
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.456
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.306
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.705
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 26.103
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.242
When I cold reboot the computer 10.237
And the computer reboots Tails 38.753
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.354
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.243
Given I enable persistence 8.563
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.074
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.263
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.925
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.150
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.859
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.024
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2:22.675
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 8.557
# 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 31.214
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.710
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:17.503
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 19.690
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.098
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.022
Tags: @product
40.936
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 8.901
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.745
Then persistence is disabled 0.109
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.606
And all notifications have disappeared 8.290
When I delete the persistent partition 2.886
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.395
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.207
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:27.721
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 8.246
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.054
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.897
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:9.295
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.228
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.507
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.036
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43.859
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 7.761
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.057
When I try to enable persistence 1.276
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 11.151
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.816
And all notifications have disappeared 8.250
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.249
And all tps features are enabled 1.079
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.215
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.882
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:5.572
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 32.067
And I enable persistence 20.608
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.331
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.635
And persistence is enabled 1.929
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.571
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
25.076
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.696
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 16.798
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.582
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.691
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
24.934
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 7.726
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 8.129
When I enable persistence 6.914
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.056
And persistence is successfully enabled 2.107
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.886
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
26.228
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 7.868
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.835
When I try to enable persistence 1.294
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.892
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.205
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.620
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.071
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.143
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.297
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.154
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
47.251
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 7.978
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.048
When I try to enable persistence 1.152
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 9.701
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.267
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.030
When I log in to a new session 12.180
And all notifications have disappeared 10.744
# 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" 0.207
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.657
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.161
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.325
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.795
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.030
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
46.419
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 7.567
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.698
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.397
When I try to enable persistence 1.207
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.006
When I log in to a new session 12.397
And all notifications have disappeared 9.217
Then the Tor Browser starts 2.109
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.816
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.814
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000