Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6263 05 Apr 2026, 07:26

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 27:4.832 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:38.212
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 1:24.728
And I update APT using apt 6.350
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.229
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.904
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.148
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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47.143
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 8.932
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 20.484
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.299
And persistence is disabled 0.111
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 17.316
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.276
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:8.465
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 8.535
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 1.100
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.136
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 39.112
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.497
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 15.366
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.476
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.198
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.040
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.680
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
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42.234
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 7.719
And the system is very low on memory 16.056
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.738
When I try to create a persistent partition 5.648
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.099
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.342
And I free up some memory 0.825
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.755
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.049
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.600
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:2.603
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 8.755
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.380
And all tps features are active 1.262
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.930
When I disable the first tps feature 2.496
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.102
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 29.317
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:16.171
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.186
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.717
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
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13.346
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 7.642
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.230
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.061
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.120
When I disable the first tps feature 2.648
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.051
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.037
When I enable the first tps feature 2.443
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.057
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.053
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.916
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
13.854
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 7.718
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.069
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.070
And I disable the first tps feature 3.100
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.845
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.048
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.978
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:3.421
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 7.393
And the network is plugged 0.025
And Tor is ready 22.749
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.261
When I write some files expected to persist 1.099
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 19.451
# 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" 12.439
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.410
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:52.730
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 7.540
And the network is plugged 0.020
And Tor is ready 19.442
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.131
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 24.840
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:17.965
And I capture all network traffic 0.004
And the network is plugged 0.019
And Tor is ready 42.170
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.409
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.063
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.122
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.749
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.068
Tags: @product
1:10.874
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 8.980
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.430
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 34.293
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 26.169
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.301
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:16.169
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 9.037
When I enable persistence 36.923
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.343
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 39.067
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.310
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.274
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.560
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 27.067
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.165
When I cold reboot the computer 10.477
And the computer reboots Tails 37.051
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.292
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.172
Given I enable persistence 7.116
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.074
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.278
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.813
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.141
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.915
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
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2:56.087
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 9.188
# 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 56.225
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 20.171
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:6.473
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 24.029
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.249
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.015
Tags: @product
53.356
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 8.135
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 19.846
Then persistence is disabled 0.104
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 13.474
And all notifications have disappeared 8.714
When I delete the persistent partition 2.760
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.321
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.014
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:34.128
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 7.554
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.056
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.637
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:14.639
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.240
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.702
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
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47.017
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.857
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.063
When I try to enable persistence 1.155
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 16.649
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.995
And all notifications have disappeared 8.052
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.268
And all tps features are enabled 0.991
And all tps features but the first one are active 0.983
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.027
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:26.273
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 44.818
And I enable persistence 29.227
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.826
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.569
And persistence is enabled 1.831
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.821
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
25.254
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.200
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 17.458
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.595
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.203
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
33.006
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 7.908
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 16.738
When I enable persistence 6.446
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.050
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.862
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.863
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
34.137
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 7.493
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 18.255
When I try to enable persistence 1.215
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.385
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.141
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.356
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.060
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.177
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.052
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.671
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
53.057
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 7.589
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.129
When I try to enable persistence 1.197
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 18.383
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.216
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.025
When I log in to a new session 11.711
And all notifications have disappeared 9.180
# 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" 0.129
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.343
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.166
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.249
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.735
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.564
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
53.454
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 7.332
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 19.574
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.371
When I try to enable persistence 1.216
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.413
When I log in to a new session 10.426
And all notifications have disappeared 8.449
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.839
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.830
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.072
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000