Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6259 03 Apr 2026, 07:24

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 26:3.722 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:38.319
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 1:23.525
And I update APT using apt 7.584
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.293
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.915
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.141
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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46.010
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 8.685
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 22.351
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.341
And persistence is disabled 0.090
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 14.540
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.084
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:7.377
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 9.620
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.469
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.112
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 40.975
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.492
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.568
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.860
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.216
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.061
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.865
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.029
Tags: @product
39.515
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 7.458
And the system is very low on memory 12.932
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.687
When I try to create a persistent partition 6.183
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.116
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.359
And I free up some memory 0.831
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 0.952
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:49.263
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 8.341
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.546
And all tps features are active 1.131
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.131
When I disable the first tps feature 2.626
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.199
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 16.875
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:15.362
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.049
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.681
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.024
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13.301
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 7.750
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.114
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.056
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.075
When I disable the first tps feature 2.636
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.048
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.032
When I enable the first tps feature 2.477
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.049
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.059
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.937
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
13.120
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 7.260
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.106
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.058
And I disable the first tps feature 2.624
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.028
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.041
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.691
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:1.673
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 7.512
And the network is plugged 0.018
And Tor is ready 20.061
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.290
When I write some files expected to persist 1.089
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 20.392
# 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" 12.307
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.187
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:22.337
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 7.492
And the network is plugged 0.065
And Tor is ready 17.666
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.119
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 19.448
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:15.061
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.019
And Tor is ready 21.939
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.364
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.056
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.098
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.172
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.096
Tags: @product
53.316
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 8.559
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.187
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 20.105
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 23.463
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 2.185
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:20.190
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 8.986
When I enable persistence 41.602
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.261
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.853
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.304
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.259
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.534
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 25.033
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.177
When I cold reboot the computer 10.257
And the computer reboots Tails 38.461
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.302
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.216
Given I enable persistence 6.971
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.070
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.208
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.545
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.143
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.841
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
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2:31.186
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 8.118
# 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 41.394
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 15.837
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:3.379
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 22.457
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.267
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
Tags: @product
1:6.302
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.012
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.254
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 29.421
Then persistence is disabled 0.110
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 15.885
And all notifications have disappeared 9.045
When I delete the persistent partition 3.228
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.356
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.655
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:33.053
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 7.632
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.069
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.302
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:13.816
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.231
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.797
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
Tags: @product
52.936
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 8.266
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.080
When I try to enable persistence 1.175
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 17.731
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 12.580
And all notifications have disappeared 8.495
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.281
And all tps features are enabled 2.151
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.172
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.684
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:27.940
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 43.950
And I enable persistence 31.510
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.434
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.500
And persistence is enabled 1.543
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.220
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
23.207
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 7.273
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 15.321
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.612
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.099
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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35.757
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 8.327
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 18.626
When I enable persistence 6.966
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.044
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.792
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 2.296
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
43.088
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 8.409
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 25.116
When I try to enable persistence 1.260
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.349
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.227
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.386
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.080
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.288
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.969
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.787
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
49.977
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 7.834
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.108
When I try to enable persistence 1.327
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 15.146
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.207
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.035
When I log in to a new session 10.780
And all notifications have disappeared 9.593
# 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" 0.181
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.401
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.177
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.376
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.808
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.003
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
55.844
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 8.193
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 19.014
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.327
When I try to enable persistence 1.208
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.829
When I log in to a new session 12.303
And all notifications have disappeared 8.503
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.656
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.808
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.980
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000