Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6290 13 Apr 2026, 17:27

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 26:29.276 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:50.459
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 1:36.243
And I update APT using apt 7.030
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.234
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.950
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.918
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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51.413
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 8.710
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 23.926
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.278
And persistence is disabled 0.100
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 18.397
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.363
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:26.945
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 8.369
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 1.328
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.131
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 51.816
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.408
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 18.194
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.464
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.182
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.047
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.781
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
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45.346
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 7.530
And the system is very low on memory 19.756
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.790
When I try to create a persistent partition 5.066
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.125
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.360
And I free up some memory 0.888
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.764
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.065
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.095
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:39.503
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 8.719
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.520
And all tps features are active 1.293
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.918
When I disable the first tps feature 2.782
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.164
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 13.803
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:8.144
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.156
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.809
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
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12.831
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 7.383
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.079
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.062
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.056
When I disable the first tps feature 2.611
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.075
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.043
When I enable the first tps feature 2.419
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.048
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.050
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.010
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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13.097
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 7.341
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.118
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.068
And I disable the first tps feature 2.668
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.854
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.046
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.720
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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59.477
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 7.200
And the network is plugged 0.014
And Tor is ready 18.180
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.184
When I write some files expected to persist 1.201
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 20.279
# 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" 12.415
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.405
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:22.617
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 7.155
And the network is plugged 0.014
And Tor is ready 17.256
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.142
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 20.114
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:15.696
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 21.695
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.357
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.059
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.104
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.681
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.079
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1:2.301
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 stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.708
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.125
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 21.198
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 31.268
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 2.051
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:11.518
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 8.922
When I enable persistence 36.567
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.100
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 39.037
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.335
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.248
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.542
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 25.152
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.141
When I cold reboot the computer 10.366
And the computer reboots Tails 35.631
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.260
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.201
Given I enable persistence 7.003
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.091
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.238
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.523
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.151
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.836
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
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2:49.907
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 20.885
# 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 38.373
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 23.851
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:2.897
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 23.899
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.849
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
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51.871
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 7.591
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 19.617
Then persistence is disabled 0.106
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 12.978
And all notifications have disappeared 8.584
When I delete the persistent partition 2.669
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.322
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.185
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:36.944
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 7.609
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.049
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 15.395
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:13.665
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.224
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.921
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
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46.205
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 7.544
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.080
When I try to enable persistence 1.192
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 15.514
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.610
And all notifications have disappeared 7.900
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.281
And all tps features are enabled 0.937
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.143
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.898
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:26.177
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 40.205
And I enable persistence 33.408
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.378
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.658
And persistence is enabled 1.526
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.057
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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22.950
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 7.064
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 15.394
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.490
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.496
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
33.848
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 7.567
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 17.979
When I enable persistence 6.690
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.044
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.566
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.002
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
35.685
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 7.472
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 19.728
When I try to enable persistence 1.270
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.212
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.279
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.428
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.054
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.142
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.097
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.162
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
53.262
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 7.443
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.106
When I try to enable persistence 1.149
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 18.911
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.136
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.022
When I log in to a new session 11.259
And all notifications have disappeared 9.412
# 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" 0.192
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.389
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.163
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.264
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.808
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.053
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
56.911
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 7.728
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 22.043
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.342
When I try to enable persistence 1.217
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.728
When I log in to a new session 11.512
And all notifications have disappeared 8.264
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.332
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.740
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.011
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000