Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6202 14 Mar 2026, 11:19

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 25:56.115 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:41.859
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 1:25.939
And I update APT using apt 8.759
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.267
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.893
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.184
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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42.794
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 9.918
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 16.306
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.309
And persistence is disabled 0.114
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 16.145
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.437
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:2.089
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.009
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 9.596
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.480
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.139
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 32.365
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.473
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.322
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.399
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.253
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.058
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.772
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.022
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34.185
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 8.210
And the system is very low on memory 6.540
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.188
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.969
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.105
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.422
And I free up some memory 0.829
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 10.294
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.624
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.777
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:56.374
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 9.284
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.478
And all tps features are active 1.403
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.094
When I disable the first tps feature 2.626
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.163
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 16.426
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:21.730
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.164
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.977
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
Tags: @product
13.982
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 8.130
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.076
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.121
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.080
When I disable the first tps feature 2.755
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.119
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.047
When I enable the first tps feature 2.550
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.055
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.045
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.865
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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13.286
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 7.503
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.080
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.055
And I disable the first tps feature 2.649
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.939
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.058
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.045
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
57.720
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 7.712
And the network is plugged 0.018
And Tor is ready 17.446
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.324
When I write some files expected to persist 1.268
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.059
# 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" 13.890
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.184
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:50.372
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.009
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.049
And the network is plugged 0.014
And Tor is ready 40.694
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.189
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.008
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:20.558
And I capture all network traffic 0.004
And the network is plugged 0.021
And Tor is ready 23.270
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.372
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.062
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.126
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.595
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.052
Tags: @product
50.997
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 9.149
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.137
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 14.436
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 26.274
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.238
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:19.241
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.014
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 23.284
When I enable persistence 21.289
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.500
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 39.318
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.405
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.332
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.617
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 25.349
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.193
When I cold reboot the computer 9.536
And the computer reboots Tails 41.714
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.377
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.177
Given I enable persistence 7.319
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 11.268
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.189
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.611
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
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2:24.768
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 8.718
# 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 32.357
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.773
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:10.911
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 23.008
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.076
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product
50.468
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 8.690
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.028
Then persistence is disabled 0.120
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 14.246
And all notifications have disappeared 8.858
When I delete the persistent partition 3.081
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.442
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.213
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:36.333
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 8.476
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.050
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.938
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:14.566
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.300
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.810
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
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52.205
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 8.903
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.075
When I try to enable persistence 1.139
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 17.013
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 12.345
And all notifications have disappeared 8.767
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.341
And all tps features are enabled 1.493
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.125
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.764
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:20.192
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 39.715
And I enable persistence 25.912
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 12.419
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.582
And persistence is enabled 1.562
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.922
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
23.912
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 7.516
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 15.800
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.595
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.295
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
33.359
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.007
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.956
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 14.502
When I enable persistence 7.055
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.045
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.799
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.998
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
42.913
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 21.905
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 12.078
When I try to enable persistence 1.297
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.615
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.241
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.332
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.057
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.217
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.164
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.324
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
53.630
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 8.667
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.067
When I try to enable persistence 1.161
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 13.833
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.260
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.042
When I log in to a new session 14.402
And all notifications have disappeared 10.257
# 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" 0.224
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.443
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.232
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.278
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.757
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.938
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
55.427
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 8.142
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 14.733
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.406
When I try to enable persistence 1.263
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 5.355
When I log in to a new session 11.913
And all notifications have disappeared 9.511
Then the Tor Browser starts 2.222
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.880
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.849
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000