Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6250 31 Mar 2026, 11:34

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 26:3.919 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:45.016
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 1:29.707
And I update APT using apt 8.086
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.295
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.926
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.841
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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44.484
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 8.845
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 23.230
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.296
And persistence is disabled 0.110
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 12.002
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.312
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:20.510
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 9.814
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.880
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.172
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 40.920
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.499
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 18.587
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:9.382
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.205
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.047
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.012
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.023
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40.156
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 7.969
And the system is very low on memory 13.883
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.757
When I try to create a persistent partition 5.228
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.114
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.453
And I free up some memory 0.838
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.844
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.066
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.907
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:44.358
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 9.666
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.424
And all tps features are active 1.238
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.003
When I disable the first tps feature 2.690
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.345
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.657
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:13.925
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.406
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.589
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
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26.234
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 20.702
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.062
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.083
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.050
When I disable the first tps feature 2.680
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.054
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.037
When I enable the first tps feature 2.444
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.064
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.053
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.994
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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13.263
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 7.300
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.073
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.059
And I disable the first tps feature 2.821
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.932
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.075
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.977
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:2.238
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 7.444
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 21.474
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.270
When I write some files expected to persist 1.147
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 18.891
# 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" 12.992
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.608
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:25.551
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 7.492
And the network is plugged 0.025
And Tor is ready 18.028
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.114
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 16.543
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:19.841
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 22.925
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.375
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.074
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.109
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.840
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.067
Tags: @product
53.984
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 8.880
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.078
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 20.203
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 23.823
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.651
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:5.289
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 8.693
When I enable persistence 27.737
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.966
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.973
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.482
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.337
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.631
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 26.061
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.152
When I cold reboot the computer 10.342
And the computer reboots Tails 36.734
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.273
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.210
Given I enable persistence 7.541
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.083
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.268
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.640
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.158
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.657
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
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2:38.544
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 8.617
# 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 39.604
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 19.727
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:7.476
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 23.118
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.160
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
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54.253
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 8.269
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 19.643
Then persistence is disabled 0.102
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 14.161
And all notifications have disappeared 9.018
When I delete the persistent partition 2.765
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.293
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.721
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:36.282
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 7.813
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.107
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.654
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:16.385
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.322
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.610
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
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48.354
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 7.980
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.048
When I try to enable persistence 1.193
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 16.317
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.343
And all notifications have disappeared 7.943
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.264
And all tps features are enabled 0.971
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.292
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.990
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:26.134
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 41.764
And I enable persistence 29.957
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.991
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.642
And persistence is enabled 1.776
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.857
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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23.288
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 7.426
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 15.319
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.543
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.133
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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34.244
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 8.166
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 16.752
When I enable persistence 7.269
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.043
And persistence is successfully enabled 2.012
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.113
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
31.082
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 7.940
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 14.248
When I try to enable persistence 1.325
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.724
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.191
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.423
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.063
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.141
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.024
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.931
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
52.015
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.013
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.776
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.050
When I try to enable persistence 1.186
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 16.576
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.320
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.046
When I log in to a new session 12.076
And all notifications have disappeared 8.649
# 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" 0.200
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.621
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.207
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.405
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.896
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.915
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
58.631
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 7.606
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 21.579
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.352
When I try to enable persistence 1.218
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.753
When I log in to a new session 12.178
And all notifications have disappeared 8.613
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.501
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.827
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.790
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000