Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6277 08 Apr 2026, 14:13

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 21:54.484 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:34.743
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:20.759
And I update APT using apt 6.653
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.367
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.963
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.109
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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30.829
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 9.015
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 16.467
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.273
And persistence is disabled 0.101
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.972
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.964
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:39.992
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 9.634
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.392
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.119
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 18.421
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.405
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.419
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.339
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.208
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.052
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.797
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
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30.583
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 8.236
And the system is very low on memory 3.564
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.180
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.463
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.097
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.444
And I free up some memory 0.846
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 10.269
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.480
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.680
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:35.154
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 8.471
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.336
And all tps features are active 1.221
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.324
When I disable the first tps feature 2.634
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.359
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.740
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.700
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.365
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.679
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
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13.158
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 7.754
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.068
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.068
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.057
When I disable the first tps feature 2.533
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.053
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.040
When I enable the first tps feature 2.473
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.065
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.518
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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13.439
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 7.884
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.061
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.064
And I disable the first tps feature 2.499
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.882
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.047
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.745
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:2.222
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 7.476
And the network is plugged 0.044
And Tor is ready 16.732
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.372
When I write some files expected to persist 1.139
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 24.197
# 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" 12.258
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.638
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:20.842
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 7.480
And the network is plugged 0.028
And Tor is ready 16.344
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.108
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 18.995
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:14.838
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.022
And Tor is ready 22.410
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.419
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.065
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.123
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.978
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.061
Tags: @product
39.742
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 8.963
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.066
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 14.718
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 14.993
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.358
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:51.820
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 9.161
When I enable persistence 13.549
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.551
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.944
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.355
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.294
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.537
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 25.874
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.238
When I cold reboot the computer 8.908
And the computer reboots Tails 38.198
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.276
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.222
Given I enable persistence 7.147
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.080
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.267
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.059
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.152
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.039
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.045
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2:12.061
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 8.322
# 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 30.006
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.575
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:4.451
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 19.704
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.300
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
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40.277
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 8.509
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.177
Then persistence is disabled 0.120
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.281
And all notifications have disappeared 8.562
When I delete the persistent partition 3.298
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.328
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.080
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:21.133
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 8.105
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.046
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.537
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.165
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.278
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.550
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.015
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43.286
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 8.362
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.060
When I try to enable persistence 1.139
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 11.403
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.879
And all notifications have disappeared 8.099
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.897
And all tps features are enabled 1.396
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.046
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.971
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:3.846
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 31.040
And I enable persistence 20.784
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.858
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.609
And persistence is enabled 1.552
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.065
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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22.963
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 7.446
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 14.686
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.830
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.769
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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25.196
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 8.370
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 7.689
When I enable persistence 7.197
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.069
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.869
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.041
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
25.241
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 7.485
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.217
When I try to enable persistence 1.187
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 4.358
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.196
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.592
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.042
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.139
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.022
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.989
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
44.706
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 7.611
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.065
When I try to enable persistence 1.215
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 9.079
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 0.024
When I log in to a new session 11.867
And all notifications have disappeared 9.477
# 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" 0.120
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.451
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.189
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.313
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.074
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.071
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
43.242
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 8.221
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.353
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.348
When I try to enable persistence 1.175
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.418
When I log in to a new session 10.150
And all notifications have disappeared 8.588
Then the Tor Browser starts 2.100
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.884
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.293
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000