Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6274 07 Apr 2026, 18:40

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 25:29.117 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:41.137
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 1:26.213
And I update APT using apt 7.190
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.511
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.222
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.786
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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47.327
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 8.944
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 24.650
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.335
And persistence is disabled 0.136
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 13.259
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.140
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:58.461
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 9.280
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.662
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.089
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 31.301
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.492
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.927
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.463
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.169
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.074
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.931
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
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37.606
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 7.637
And the system is very low on memory 10.663
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 1.417
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.915
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.121
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.405
And I free up some memory 0.860
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.521
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.063
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.823
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:57.985
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 22.370
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.384
And all tps features are active 1.212
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.034
When I disable the first tps feature 2.575
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.156
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.940
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:16.969
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.342
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.081
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
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13.376
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 7.746
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.151
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.170
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.093
When I disable the first tps feature 2.561
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.054
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.039
When I enable the first tps feature 2.439
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.059
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.061
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.031
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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13.411
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 7.547
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.095
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.085
And I disable the first tps feature 2.765
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.857
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.059
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.863
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
55.783
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 7.478
And the network is plugged 0.021
And Tor is ready 17.861
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.224
When I write some files expected to persist 1.365
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 16.378
# 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" 12.454
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.185
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:21.491
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 0.015
And Tor is ready 18.357
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 13.648
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:18.108
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.018
And Tor is ready 23.281
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.420
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.064
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.116
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.908
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.046
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50.311
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 9.069
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.145
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 20.281
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 19.814
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.556
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:14.605
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 22.769
When I enable persistence 21.514
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.520
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 39.033
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.421
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.401
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.550
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 26.260
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.165
When I cold reboot the computer 9.106
And the computer reboots Tails 38.245
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.329
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.241
Given I enable persistence 7.430
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.081
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.223
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.159
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.147
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.798
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.012
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2:35.702
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 8.522
# 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 46.081
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.866
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:8.976
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 22.256
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.125
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product
57.876
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 8.294
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 26.382
Then persistence is disabled 0.115
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 10.576
And all notifications have disappeared 9.242
When I delete the persistent partition 2.823
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.441
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.097
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:28.266
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 8.558
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.089
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.236
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:8.107
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.275
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.970
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.032
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53.893
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 8.243
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.050
When I try to enable persistence 1.199
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 21.071
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.491
And all notifications have disappeared 8.213
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.254
And all tps features are enabled 0.981
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.387
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.880
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:22.487
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 42.756
And I enable persistence 25.983
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.355
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.645
And persistence is enabled 1.746
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.494
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
22.771
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 7.260
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 14.932
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.578
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.286
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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34.692
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 8.518
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 17.338
When I enable persistence 6.923
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.063
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.849
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.652
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
38.091
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 8.005
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 21.473
When I try to enable persistence 1.299
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.334
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.238
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.506
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.065
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.199
Then persistence is successfully enabled 0.968
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.960
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
53.311
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 7.767
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.105
When I try to enable persistence 1.173
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 15.959
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.195
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.028
When I log in to a new session 12.995
And all notifications have disappeared 10.076
# 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" 0.138
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.400
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.211
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.280
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.979
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.000
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
50.523
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 8.151
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 15.024
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.349
When I try to enable persistence 1.187
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.902
When I log in to a new session 10.763
And all notifications have disappeared 8.890
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.350
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.902
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.827
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000