Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6248 30 Mar 2026, 15:02

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 28:4.828 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:39.315
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:24.235
And I update APT using apt 7.905
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.244
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.929
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.953
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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50.080
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 9.006
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 22.956
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.239
And persistence is disabled 0.093
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 17.784
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.995
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:11.540
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 8.710
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.789
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.187
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 37.955
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.439
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 13.937
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:9.266
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.205
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.048
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.847
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
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38.206
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 7.521
And the system is very low on memory 11.743
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.827
When I try to create a persistent partition 5.545
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.097
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.439
And I free up some memory 0.764
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.207
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.059
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.767
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:59.803
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 9.330
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.658
And all tps features are active 1.218
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.098
When I disable the first tps feature 2.866
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.295
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 28.375
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:12.793
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.166
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.506
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
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12.975
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 7.411
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.097
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.067
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.088
When I disable the first tps feature 2.598
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.047
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.040
When I enable the first tps feature 2.512
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.063
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.048
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.596
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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12.998
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 7.341
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.120
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.059
And I disable the first tps feature 2.559
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.877
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.040
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.002
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:52.840
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 7.288
And the network is plugged 0.014
And Tor is ready 23.178
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.188
When I write some files expected to persist 1.182
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 2:8.661
# 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" 12.325
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.149
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:27.595
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 7.209
And the network is plugged 0.021
And Tor is ready 18.765
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.117
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 20.691
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:17.879
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.038
And Tor is ready 22.311
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.384
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.065
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.105
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.802
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.067
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59.173
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 8.842
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.226
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 20.499
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 28.604
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.371
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:6.845
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.782
When I enable persistence 25.832
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.735
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.832
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.369
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.300
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.537
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 25.673
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.126
When I cold reboot the computer 10.387
And the computer reboots Tails 40.445
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.275
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.206
Given I enable persistence 6.983
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.103
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.256
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.829
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.164
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.063
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
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2:19.639
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 7.442
# 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 34.993
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 13.804
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:2.111
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 21.286
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.093
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
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1:0.299
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 7.618
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 20.662
Then persistence is disabled 0.104
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 20.195
And all notifications have disappeared 8.757
When I delete the persistent partition 2.649
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.311
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.007
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:26.086
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 7.268
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.094
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 16.666
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.829
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.227
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.674
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.024
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50.027
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 7.539
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.064
When I try to enable persistence 1.263
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 17.659
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.785
And all notifications have disappeared 8.167
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.322
And all tps features are enabled 1.013
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.212
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.737
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:16.956
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 40.221
And I enable persistence 22.772
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.714
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.582
And persistence is enabled 1.665
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.167
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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34.776
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 20.080
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 14.048
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.647
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.113
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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39.340
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 8.107
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 22.262
When I enable persistence 6.921
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.054
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.994
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.195
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
48.612
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 21.226
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 17.259
When I try to enable persistence 1.220
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 4.921
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.241
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.370
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.081
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.177
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.112
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.680
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
51.530
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 7.994
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.059
When I try to enable persistence 1.160
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 15.137
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.173
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.028
When I log in to a new session 12.880
And all notifications have disappeared 8.603
# 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" 0.234
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.452
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.196
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.676
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.933
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.417
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
1:6.182
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 21.418
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 14.615
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.360
When I try to enable persistence 1.198
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.427
When I log in to a new session 11.474
And all notifications have disappeared 10.124
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.792
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.769
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.558
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000