Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6286 11 Apr 2026, 07:21

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 22:2.830 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:35.277
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 1:21.717
And I update APT using apt 6.339
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.257
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.962
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.274
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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30.466
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 9.271
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.395
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.353
And persistence is disabled 0.092
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.354
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.833
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:38.870
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 8.623
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.421
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.203
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 18.029
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.419
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.364
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.526
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.230
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.051
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.856
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
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29.357
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 7.415
And the system is very low on memory 4.163
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.187
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.818
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 2.420
And I free up some memory 0.824
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.356
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.048
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.985
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:31.256
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 8.879
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.347
And all tps features are active 1.247
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.058
When I disable the first tps feature 2.568
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.250
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.761
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.090
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.053
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.959
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.047
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13.548
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 7.871
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.057
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.067
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.061
When I disable the first tps feature 2.693
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.089
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.044
When I enable the first tps feature 2.557
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.046
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.058
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.661
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
13.282
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 7.418
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.092
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.064
And I disable the first tps feature 2.538
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.060
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.109
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.987
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
58.938
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 7.636
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 16.904
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.309
When I write some files expected to persist 1.355
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 20.204
# 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" 12.511
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.380
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:37.097
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.010
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.787
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 16.136
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.123
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 14.736
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:15.241
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.014
And Tor is ready 42.446
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.394
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.071
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.124
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.761
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.067
Tags: @product
41.273
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 9.281
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.057
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 14.514
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.419
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.714
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:53.334
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 9.013
When I enable persistence 14.177
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.679
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.836
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.361
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.280
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.647
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 26.232
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.137
When I cold reboot the computer 10.442
And the computer reboots Tails 37.858
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.324
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.221
Given I enable persistence 7.438
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.087
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.257
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.197
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.140
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.030
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
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2:10.715
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 8.896
# 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 27.703
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.574
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:3.178
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 21.362
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.972
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
Tags: @product
39.164
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 8.246
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.884
Then persistence is disabled 0.091
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.145
And all notifications have disappeared 8.587
When I delete the persistent partition 2.828
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.381
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.574
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:21.199
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 7.873
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.063
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.219
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.773
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.268
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.490
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
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42.611
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 7.817
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.049
When I try to enable persistence 1.191
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 11.039
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.312
And all notifications have disappeared 8.496
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.306
And all tps features are enabled 1.311
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.086
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.654
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:5.475
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 31.423
And I enable persistence 20.898
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.917
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.537
And persistence is enabled 1.698
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.197
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
23.398
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 7.532
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 15.327
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.538
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.103
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
24.950
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 8.220
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 7.907
When I enable persistence 6.786
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.058
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.977
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.856
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
24.475
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 7.815
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.986
When I try to enable persistence 1.350
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.529
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.184
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.365
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.070
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.153
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.018
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.757
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
43.736
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 7.817
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.055
When I try to enable persistence 1.168
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 8.397
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.266
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.028
When I log in to a new session 12.372
And all notifications have disappeared 8.634
# 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" 0.187
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.469
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.188
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.309
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.838
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.211
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
44.398
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 8.213
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.788
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.369
When I try to enable persistence 1.191
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.248
When I log in to a new session 10.993
And all notifications have disappeared 9.149
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.422
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 1.175
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000