Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6260 03 Apr 2026, 11:25

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 25:44.266 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:47.064
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 1:28.998
And I update APT using apt 10.015
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 7.112
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.938
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.800
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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44.448
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 9.464
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 20.040
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.319
And persistence is disabled 0.105
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 14.519
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 5.187
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:10.694
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 9.362
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.562
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.166
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 41.184
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.477
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.543
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.123
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.218
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.054
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.847
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
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39.054
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 7.779
And the system is very low on memory 10.535
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 1.013
When I try to create a persistent partition 5.481
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.101
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.367
And I free up some memory 0.815
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 10.468
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.491
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.115
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:46.424
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 9.183
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.491
And all tps features are active 1.320
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.089
When I disable the first tps feature 3.162
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.249
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.744
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:15.891
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.292
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.879
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
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13.623
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
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.059
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.074
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.065
When I disable the first tps feature 3.081
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.055
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.063
When I enable the first tps feature 2.484
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.058
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.048
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.588
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
13.638
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 7.785
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.145
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.056
And I disable the first tps feature 2.692
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.909
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.048
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.640
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:0.053
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 7.825
And the network is plugged 0.032
And Tor is ready 21.345
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.342
When I write some files expected to persist 1.217
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 15.836
# 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" 13.453
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.382
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:44.943
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 8.143
And the network is plugged 0.014
And Tor is ready 18.630
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.192
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 21.332
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:13.496
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.021
And Tor is ready 42.372
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.455
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.103
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.177
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.928
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.056
Tags: @product
56.744
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 9.287
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.115
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 20.165
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 26.175
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 2.183
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:7.677
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 9.452
When I enable persistence 22.582
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.492
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 39.340
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.412
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.295
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.566
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 27.877
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.169
When I cold reboot the computer 10.839
And the computer reboots Tails 39.594
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.326
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.245
Given I enable persistence 7.876
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.080
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.257
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.089
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.176
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.815
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
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2:19.417
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 8.773
# 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 33.933
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.713
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:4.807
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 21.188
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.293
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
Tags: @product
55.022
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 8.770
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 20.159
Then persistence is disabled 0.131
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 13.226
And all notifications have disappeared 9.480
When I delete the persistent partition 2.901
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.354
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.295
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:28.368
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 7.972
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.099
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.203
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:9.772
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.319
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.089
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.024
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50.265
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 8.452
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.068
When I try to enable persistence 1.165
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 16.320
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.662
And all notifications have disappeared 8.695
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.350
And all tps features are enabled 1.499
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.049
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.720
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:23.718
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 39.345
And I enable persistence 29.019
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 12.956
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.566
And persistence is enabled 1.830
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.289
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
23.865
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 7.487
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 15.788
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.588
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.939
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
41.656
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 9.522
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 22.488
When I enable persistence 7.632
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.075
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.937
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.073
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
32.830
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 8.310
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 14.997
When I try to enable persistence 1.260
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 4.110
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.186
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.615
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.054
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.193
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.100
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 2.063
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
50.395
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 8.092
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.053
When I try to enable persistence 1.212
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 12.640
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.229
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.027
When I log in to a new session 12.551
And all notifications have disappeared 10.064
# 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" 0.251
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.766
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.312
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.485
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.706
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.948
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
54.358
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.519
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 15.928
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.371
When I try to enable persistence 1.257
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.402
When I log in to a new session 11.873
And all notifications have disappeared 10.061
Then the Tor Browser starts 2.006
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.939
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.272
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000