Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6268 06 Apr 2026, 17:56

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 25:44.574 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:46.130
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 1:30.021
And I update APT using apt 7.391
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.497
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 2.220
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.791
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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52.253
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 8.883
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 22.151
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.352
And persistence is disabled 0.106
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 20.757
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.685
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:8.770
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 logged in 8.925
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 1.168
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.226
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 34.929
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.543
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 14.610
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:8.109
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.204
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.052
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.713
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
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43.866
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 logged in 7.830
And the system is very low on memory 17.408
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.607
When I try to create a persistent partition 5.672
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.104
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.361
And I free up some memory 0.897
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.915
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.069
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.064
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:43.977
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 enabled and logged in 9.041
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.380
And all tps features are active 1.344
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.829
When I disable the first tps feature 2.501
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.179
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 14.390
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:12.137
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.171
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.945
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
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13.249
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 7.668
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.095
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.060
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.118
When I disable the first tps feature 2.613
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.057
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.040
When I enable the first tps feature 2.484
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.061
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.050
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.953
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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13.734
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 7.944
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.111
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.119
And I disable the first tps feature 2.658
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.852
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.048
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.015
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:4.167
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.710
And the network is plugged 0.025
And Tor is ready 21.758
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.253
When I write some files expected to persist 1.010
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 20.912
# 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" 12.495
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.191
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:25.489
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 7.679
And the network is plugged 0.019
And Tor is ready 19.292
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.137
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 19.858
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:15.547
And I capture all network traffic 0.004
And the network is plugged 0.021
And Tor is ready 22.290
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.462
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.067
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.108
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.893
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.047
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53.796
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 8.882
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.226
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 19.847
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 23.839
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.771
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:7.637
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 9.072
When I enable persistence 27.334
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.521
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.933
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.356
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.283
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.517
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 26.262
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.154
When I cold reboot the computer 10.404
And the computer reboots Tails 38.685
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.309
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.274
Given I enable persistence 7.090
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.089
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.275
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.833
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.238
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.902
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.012
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2:24.826
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 8.228
# 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 43.063
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.533
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:6.564
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 18.436
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.147
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.042
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55.074
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.009
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.907
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 20.233
Then persistence is disabled 0.109
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 14.468
And all notifications have disappeared 9.164
When I delete the persistent partition 2.805
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.386
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.723
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:26.135
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 7.384
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.053
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.704
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.761
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.231
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.643
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
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49.032
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 7.648
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.068
When I try to enable persistence 1.197
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 17.473
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.620
And all notifications have disappeared 8.322
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.307
And all tps features are enabled 1.187
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.207
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.794
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:17.360
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 40.253
And I enable persistence 23.335
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.416
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.619
And persistence is enabled 1.734
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 5.493
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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22.915
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 7.147
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 15.203
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.564
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.926
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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38.604
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 8.079
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 21.788
When I enable persistence 6.878
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.066
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.791
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.962
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
42.053
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.212
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 25.802
When I try to enable persistence 1.237
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.006
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.207
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.333
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.054
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.141
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.058
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.898
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
52.179
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 7.818
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.088
When I try to enable persistence 1.157
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 15.872
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 0.042
When I log in to a new session 11.273
And all notifications have disappeared 10.377
# 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" 0.244
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.440
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.194
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.440
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.022
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.650
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
1:3.319
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 8.207
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 26.669
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.372
When I try to enable persistence 1.185
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.680
When I log in to a new session 11.313
And all notifications have disappeared 8.429
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.698
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.762
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.053
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000