Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6249 31 Mar 2026, 07:02

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 21:40.665 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:34.818
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:20.857
And I update APT using apt 6.720
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.315
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.925
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.991
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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29.897
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 9.025
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.299
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.278
And persistence is disabled 0.103
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.190
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.075
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:43.889
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 logged in 9.917
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.360
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.145
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 18.854
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.440
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.679
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.239
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.184
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.066
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.914
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
Tags: @product
28.170
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 7.664
And the system is very low on memory 3.284
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.276
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.716
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.109
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.329
And I free up some memory 0.842
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.887
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.058
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.706
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:34.142
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 8.993
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.400
And all tps features are active 1.337
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.027
When I disable the first tps feature 2.470
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.315
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.910
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.528
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.156
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.616
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.036
Tags: @product
13.911
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 7.851
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.100
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.073
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.047
When I disable the first tps feature 3.062
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.085
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.057
When I enable the first tps feature 2.483
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.088
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.060
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.889
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
13.140
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 7.405
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.076
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.069
And I disable the first tps feature 2.634
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.914
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.040
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.699
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
58.701
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 7.642
And the network is plugged 0.024
And Tor is ready 16.435
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.204
When I write some files expected to persist 1.346
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 20.326
# 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" 12.721
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.168
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:16.160
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 enabled and logged in 8.261
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 17.988
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.152
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.944
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:15.688
And I capture all network traffic 0.004
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 22.502
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.388
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.058
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.136
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.607
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.086
Tags: @product
40.430
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 8.950
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.076
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 13.670
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.732
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.581
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:50.134
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 9.384
When I enable persistence 13.477
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.495
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 39.281
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.451
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.287
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.653
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 25.896
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.160
When I cold reboot the computer 6.444
And the computer reboots Tails 38.221
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.316
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.196
Given I enable persistence 7.072
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.069
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.233
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.333
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.157
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.859
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
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2:8.379
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 8.562
# 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 27.352
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.991
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:6.620
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 18.851
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.572
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.016
Tags: @product
41.131
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 8.569
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.579
Then persistence is disabled 0.092
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.531
And all notifications have disappeared 8.605
When I delete the persistent partition 3.277
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.473
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.956
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:21.656
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 7.867
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.051
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.354
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.082
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.299
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.642
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.015
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41.950
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 8.354
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.070
When I try to enable persistence 1.183
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 10.203
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.180
And all notifications have disappeared 8.142
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.324
And all tps features are enabled 1.279
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.209
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.014
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:3.133
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 31.562
And I enable persistence 18.969
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.428
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.643
And persistence is enabled 1.530
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.888
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
22.294
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 7.129
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 14.600
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.565
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.939
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
24.116
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 8.444
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 7.791
When I enable persistence 6.119
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.060
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.699
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.073
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
25.860
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 8.489
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.481
When I try to enable persistence 1.189
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.797
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.189
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.443
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.073
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.173
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.023
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.911
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
43.813
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 7.674
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.062
When I try to enable persistence 1.154
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 9.402
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 0.032
When I log in to a new session 10.639
And all notifications have disappeared 9.421
# 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" 0.170
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.613
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.208
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.371
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.866
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.095
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
44.933
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 7.483
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.689
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.407
When I try to enable persistence 1.181
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.941
When I log in to a new session 11.819
And all notifications have disappeared 9.389
Then the Tor Browser starts 2.125
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.895
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.871
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000