Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6270 07 Apr 2026, 11:24

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 26:7.340 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:52.024
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 1:35.755
And I update APT using apt 9.021
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.364
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.883
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.879
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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58.361
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 8.697
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 24.516
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.252
And persistence is disabled 0.096
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 24.798
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.547
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:26.202
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 9.578
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 1.444
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.441
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 52.836
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.413
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 18.075
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.111
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.240
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.060
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.834
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.022
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41.224
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 7.758
And the system is very low on memory 13.613
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.893
When I try to create a persistent partition 6.883
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.123
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.381
And I free up some memory 0.804
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.716
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.049
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.057
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:44.435
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 9.035
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.344
And all tps features are active 1.184
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.010
When I disable the first tps feature 2.693
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.114
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 16.847
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:9.922
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.281
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.907
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
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13.270
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
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.081
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.103
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.072
When I disable the first tps feature 2.535
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.050
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.047
When I enable the first tps feature 2.430
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.064
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.089
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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13.159
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 7.392
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.113
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.072
And I disable the first tps feature 2.583
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.932
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.063
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.719
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:5.188
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 7.384
And the network is plugged 0.020
And Tor is ready 21.987
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.615
When I write some files expected to persist 1.314
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 20.864
# 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" 13.001
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.167
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:32.377
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 8.060
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 19.902
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.132
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 21.129
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:20.506
And I capture all network traffic 0.005
And the network is plugged 0.021
And Tor is ready 21.980
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.368
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.082
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.170
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.975
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.056
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57.034
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 8.941
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.173
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 18.947
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 27.972
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.593
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:7.522
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 9.038
When I enable persistence 25.705
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.655
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 39.080
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.355
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.244
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.509
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 27.279
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.175
When I cold reboot the computer 7.953
And the computer reboots Tails 39.774
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.310
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.249
Given I enable persistence 8.466
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.084
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.338
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.127
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.173
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.023
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
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2:34.501
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 8.904
# 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 38.939
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 13.028
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:10.710
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 22.919
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.275
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product
48.718
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 8.169
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 19.840
Then persistence is disabled 0.124
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 7.650
And all notifications have disappeared 9.143
When I delete the persistent partition 3.273
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.517
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.700
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:30.083
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 8.278
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.053
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.240
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:10.275
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.235
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.785
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
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51.907
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 8.159
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.069
When I try to enable persistence 1.230
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 15.264
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 13.395
And all notifications have disappeared 8.672
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.856
And all tps features are enabled 1.787
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.471
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.019
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:20.125
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 37.312
And I enable persistence 27.441
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 12.725
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.678
And persistence is enabled 1.967
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.018
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
24.403
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 7.700
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 16.152
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.550
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.064
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
31.548
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 8.521
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 12.711
When I enable persistence 8.087
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.094
And persistence is successfully enabled 2.134
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.846
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
31.818
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 7.880
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 15.416
When I try to enable persistence 1.280
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.329
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.192
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.499
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.082
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.190
Then persistence is successfully enabled 0.944
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.084
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
54.238
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 8.152
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.069
When I try to enable persistence 1.167
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 15.103
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.227
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.027
When I log in to a new session 13.145
And all notifications have disappeared 10.946
# 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" 0.188
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.725
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.351
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.369
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.764
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.073
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
49.193
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.077
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 11.004
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.345
When I try to enable persistence 1.202
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.341
When I log in to a new session 13.073
And all notifications have disappeared 9.224
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.952
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.972
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.684
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000