Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6262 04 Apr 2026, 11:07

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 22:25.365 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:3.438
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 1:49.853
And I update APT using apt 6.508
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.289
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.786
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.386
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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28.820
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 8.917
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.344
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.366
And persistence is disabled 0.165
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.026
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.199
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:40.171
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 8.215
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.294
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.098
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.924
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.408
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.766
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.235
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.171
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.056
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.572
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
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28.026
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 7.365
And the system is very low on memory 3.485
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.169
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.758
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.089
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.490
And I free up some memory 0.820
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.745
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.103
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.124
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:35.805
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 8.872
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.417
And all tps features are active 1.200
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.904
When I disable the first tps feature 2.479
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.169
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.285
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.265
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.208
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.942
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
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13.581
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 7.834
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.098
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.152
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.073
When I disable the first tps feature 2.642
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.055
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.079
When I enable the first tps feature 2.462
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.084
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.099
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.646
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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13.135
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 7.175
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.071
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.063
And I disable the first tps feature 2.742
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.020
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.061
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.648
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:4.586
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.008
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.496
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 17.459
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.337
When I write some files expected to persist 1.130
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 25.512
# 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" 12.633
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.282
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:26.057
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 7.209
And the network is plugged 0.027
And Tor is ready 16.194
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.133
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 24.122
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:15.568
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 22.225
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.360
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.079
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.115
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.778
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.057
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40.838
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 8.845
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.119
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 14.236
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.636
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.506
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:52.723
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 9.253
When I enable persistence 13.488
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.428
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.859
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.368
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.313
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.490
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 26.130
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.151
When I cold reboot the computer 10.266
And the computer reboots Tails 37.242
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.268
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.218
Given I enable persistence 7.463
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.071
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.207
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.356
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.143
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.601
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.033
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2:9.113
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 8.045
# 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 27.625
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.410
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:5.091
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 18.940
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.140
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product
39.095
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 7.921
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.909
Then persistence is disabled 0.101
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.342
And all notifications have disappeared 8.324
When I delete the persistent partition 3.025
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.469
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.666
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:22.163
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 7.707
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.063
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.324
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.823
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.245
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.773
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
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42.362
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 7.793
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.051
When I try to enable persistence 1.169
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 11.631
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.590
And all notifications have disappeared 8.370
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.247
And all tps features are enabled 1.284
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.223
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.023
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:4.519
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 31.184
And I enable persistence 20.274
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.045
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.524
And persistence is enabled 1.489
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.710
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
22.731
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 7.212
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 14.991
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.527
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.124
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
24.801
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 8.310
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 7.815
When I enable persistence 6.910
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.038
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.727
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.938
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
25.517
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 7.803
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.484
When I try to enable persistence 1.253
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 4.066
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.198
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.445
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.068
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.135
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.062
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.950
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
44.466
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 7.472
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.056
When I try to enable persistence 1.154
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 10.139
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.191
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.028
When I log in to a new session 10.704
And all notifications have disappeared 9.633
# 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" 0.206
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.539
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.274
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.299
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.766
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.636
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
43.407
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 7.847
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.729
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.320
When I try to enable persistence 1.177
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.713
When I log in to a new session 10.863
And all notifications have disappeared 9.276
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.398
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.081
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.568
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000