Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6247 30 Mar 2026, 11:53

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 25:29.472 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:57.895
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 1:43.419
And I update APT using apt 7.226
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.262
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.987
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.750
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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50.984
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 8.790
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 25.151
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.390
And persistence is disabled 0.109
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 16.542
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.695
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:8.285
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 8.950
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.804
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.080
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 36.252
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 1.379
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 18.666
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.932
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.174
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.045
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.593
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.015
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39.833
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 logged in 7.477
And the system is very low on memory 11.845
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 1.548
When I try to create a persistent partition 5.200
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.115
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.405
And I free up some memory 1.046
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.690
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.504
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.953
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:43.223
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 8.361
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.484
And all tps features are active 1.637
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.182
When I disable the first tps feature 2.811
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.328
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 13.986
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:11.247
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.181
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.643
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
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13.734
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 7.657
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.072
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.074
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.107
When I disable the first tps feature 3.147
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.061
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.038
When I enable the first tps feature 2.471
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.055
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.047
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.024
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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13.384
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 7.322
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.102
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.056
And I disable the first tps feature 2.928
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.909
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.064
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.853
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:4.302
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 7.585
And the network is plugged 0.023
And Tor is ready 21.591
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.219
When I write some files expected to persist 1.320
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 20.382
# 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" 13.178
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.541
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:23.291
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 7.366
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 17.600
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.140
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 16.645
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:17.410
And I capture all network traffic 0.024
And the network is plugged 0.024
And Tor is ready 23.427
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.446
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.083
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.104
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.971
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.048
Tags: @product
58.922
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 stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.753
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.082
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 21.386
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 27.699
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.725
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:10.132
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 8.845
When I enable persistence 30.532
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.847
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.694
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.306
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.241
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.595
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 26.164
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.146
When I cold reboot the computer 8.025
And the computer reboots Tails 39.168
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.376
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.234
Given I enable persistence 7.093
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.079
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.265
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.371
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.143
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.830
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
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2:27.269
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 8.396
# 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 37.918
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.343
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:7.460
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 22.150
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.105
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product
56.585
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 8.500
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 18.971
Then persistence is disabled 0.195
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 16.131
And all notifications have disappeared 9.232
When I delete the persistent partition 3.188
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.364
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.767
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:26.586
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 8.380
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.091
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.802
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:8.073
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.237
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.630
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
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49.358
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 8.534
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.075
When I try to enable persistence 1.183
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 16.847
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.683
And all notifications have disappeared 8.402
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.298
And all tps features are enabled 1.149
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.183
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.076
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:13.624
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 36.576
And I enable persistence 23.635
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.173
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.624
And persistence is enabled 1.614
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.273
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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25.421
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 7.282
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 17.596
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.542
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.056
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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33.780
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 8.445
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 16.461
When I enable persistence 6.992
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.052
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.829
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.004
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
30.759
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 8.448
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 13.706
When I try to enable persistence 1.278
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.497
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.212
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.315
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.058
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.136
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.105
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.091
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
54.627
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 7.990
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.068
When I try to enable persistence 1.145
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 15.483
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.309
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.024
When I log in to a new session 13.560
And all notifications have disappeared 10.822
# 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" 0.180
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.482
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.240
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.457
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.861
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.778
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
47.469
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 8.174
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.432
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.331
When I try to enable persistence 1.151
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.268
When I log in to a new session 12.441
And all notifications have disappeared 8.082
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.491
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.094
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.239
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000