Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6285 10 Apr 2026, 11:21

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 21:36.383 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:35.885
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 1:21.713
And I update APT using apt 7.040
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.269
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.862
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.483
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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29.111
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 9.149
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.531
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.397
And persistence is disabled 0.149
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.883
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.876
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:42.827
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 8.706
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.382
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.120
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 19.379
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.555
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.729
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.689
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.221
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.042
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.918
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.038
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29.700
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.014
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 7.496
And the system is very low on memory 3.938
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.232
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.880
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.122
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.445
And I free up some memory 0.889
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.592
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.102
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.153
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:33.422
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 8.698
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.312
And all tps features are active 1.130
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.865
When I disable the first tps feature 2.535
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.097
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.256
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.348
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.176
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.853
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.020
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13.127
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 7.752
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.062
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.053
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.056
When I disable the first tps feature 2.543
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.056
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.048
When I enable the first tps feature 2.447
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.054
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.051
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.617
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
13.104
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 7.429
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.087
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.061
And I disable the first tps feature 2.531
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.943
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.051
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.805
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
46.586
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 7.832
And the network is plugged 0.020
And Tor is ready 17.606
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.292
When I write some files expected to persist 1.135
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.061
# 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" 12.638
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.243
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:23.468
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 7.538
And the network is plugged 0.024
And Tor is ready 17.198
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.151
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 20.170
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:14.761
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 22.981
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.406
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.071
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.142
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.932
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.058
Tags: @product
38.997
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 8.622
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.087
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 12.613
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.673
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.385
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:47.164
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.573
When I enable persistence 15.071
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.508
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.772
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.298
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.228
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.521
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 24.488
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.152
When I cold reboot the computer 6.307
And the computer reboots Tails 37.129
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.295
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.242
Given I enable persistence 7.392
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.081
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.206
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.690
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.202
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.811
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.067
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2:12.984
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 8.508
# 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 26.315
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.556
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:5.612
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 23.991
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.143
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
Tags: @product
38.723
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.124
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.362
Then persistence is disabled 0.117
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.925
And all notifications have disappeared 8.137
When I delete the persistent partition 2.695
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.361
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.043
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:20.846
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 persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.541
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.051
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.088
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.933
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.231
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.912
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.016
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42.666
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.007
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 create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.067
When I try to enable persistence 1.195
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 10.255
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.406
And all notifications have disappeared 7.847
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.327
And all tps features are enabled 1.285
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.145
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.653
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:5.473
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 30.735
And I enable persistence 20.933
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.325
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.709
And persistence is enabled 1.769
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.199
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
24.023
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 7.177
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 16.302
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.544
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.684
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
24.535
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 8.208
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 8.052
When I enable persistence 6.533
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.047
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.692
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.700
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
25.370
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 8.324
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.683
When I try to enable persistence 1.447
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.856
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.144
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.528
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.058
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.204
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.123
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.904
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
42.374
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 7.794
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.067
When I try to enable persistence 1.187
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 9.490
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.205
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.034
When I log in to a new session 9.926
And all notifications have disappeared 8.757
# 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" 0.209
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.138
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.219
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.481
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.862
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.983
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
45.987
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 7.863
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.197
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.392
When I try to enable persistence 1.206
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.807
When I log in to a new session 12.099
And all notifications have disappeared 8.951
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.595
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.875
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.848
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000