Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6261 04 Apr 2026, 06:56

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 20:58.240 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:31.373
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 1:18.266
And I update APT using apt 5.822
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.227
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.057
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.947
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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27.337
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.473
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.406
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.277
And persistence is disabled 0.092
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.087
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.904
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:42.177
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 21.542
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.267
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.104
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 16.497
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.420
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.345
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 57.795
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.159
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.583
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product
27.680
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 7.296
And the system is very low on memory 3.519
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.187
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.642
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 2.328
And I free up some memory 0.778
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.704
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.107
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.618
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:25.353
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 8.397
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.312
And all tps features are active 1.323
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.766
When I disable the first tps feature 2.489
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.140
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.736
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.041
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.145
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.894
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
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12.737
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.016
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.413
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.065
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.067
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.052
When I disable the first tps feature 2.556
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.053
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.039
When I enable the first tps feature 2.404
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.044
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.040
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.061
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
13.077
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 7.498
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.056
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.061
And I disable the first tps feature 2.578
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.846
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.036
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.726
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
56.177
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 7.336
And the network is plugged 0.013
And Tor is ready 15.745
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.173
When I write some files expected to persist 1.156
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 19.858
# 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" 11.894
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.110
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:15.667
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 7.232
And the network is plugged 0.020
And Tor is ready 15.900
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.118
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 19.629
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:10.059
And I capture all network traffic 0.005
And the network is plugged 0.020
And Tor is ready 22.132
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.369
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.080
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.099
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.591
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.054
Tags: @product
36.078
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 8.444
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.083
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 12.826
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 13.723
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.109
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:43.018
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 8.337
When I enable persistence 12.510
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.199
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.262
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.395
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.320
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.535
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 24.313
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.118
When I cold reboot the computer 8.759
And the computer reboots Tails 35.519
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.259
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.158
Given I enable persistence 6.748
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.076
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.222
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.107
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.171
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.825
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.013
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2:6.249
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 enabled and logged in 8.101
# 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 25.156
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.518
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:0.929
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 22.544
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.960
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product
39.574
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 8.152
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.672
Then persistence is disabled 0.113
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.449
And all notifications have disappeared 9.038
When I delete the persistent partition 2.743
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.404
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.771
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:21.823
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 7.839
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.043
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.481
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.183
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.275
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.951
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
Tags: @product
41.458
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 8.580
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.052
When I try to enable persistence 1.193
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 10.210
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.729
And all notifications have disappeared 8.100
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.265
And all tps features are enabled 1.073
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.252
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.904
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:2.588
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 31.421
And I enable persistence 19.248
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.705
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.614
And persistence is enabled 1.598
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.813
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
22.849
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 7.229
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 15.088
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.531
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.925
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
24.165
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 8.247
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 7.641
When I enable persistence 6.681
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.038
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.556
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.600
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
23.538
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 7.689
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.802
When I try to enable persistence 1.314
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.003
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.176
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.377
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.048
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.169
Then persistence is successfully enabled 0.956
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.718
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
42.882
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 7.718
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.057
When I try to enable persistence 1.197
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 8.830
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.231
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.050
When I log in to a new session 10.971
And all notifications have disappeared 8.821
# 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" 0.165
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.434
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.177
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.257
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.966
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.946
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
42.431
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 7.804
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.462
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.424
When I try to enable persistence 1.187
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.772
When I log in to a new session 10.868
And all notifications have disappeared 8.560
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.504
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.846
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.912
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000