Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6291 14 Apr 2026, 07:14

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 20:30.613 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:30.599
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:17.646
And I update APT using apt 5.885
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.259
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.807
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.860
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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28.452
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 8.553
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.707
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.328
And persistence is disabled 0.151
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.711
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.960
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:36.756
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 8.517
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.284
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.104
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.447
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.403
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.292
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.426
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.238
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.041
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.492
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.028
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27.440
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 7.454
And the system is very low on memory 3.335
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.194
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.596
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.108
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.478
And I free up some memory 0.890
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.320
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.061
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.770
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:28.240
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 8.044
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.319
And all tps features are active 1.309
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.990
When I disable the first tps feature 2.486
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.146
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.699
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.235
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.010
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.597
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
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13.173
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 enabled and logged in 7.834
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.070
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.077
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.069
When I disable the first tps feature 2.531
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.052
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.036
When I enable the first tps feature 2.410
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.046
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.042
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.608
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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12.798
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 7.305
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.065
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.082
And I disable the first tps feature 2.472
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.825
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.047
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.967
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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45.386
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 7.369
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 18.193
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.198
When I write some files expected to persist 1.201
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.712
# 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" 11.694
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.368
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:16.740
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 7.580
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 16.183
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.126
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 19.786
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:10.654
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.022
And Tor is ready 21.785
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.364
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.052
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.163
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.586
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.045
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37.206
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 without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.179
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.088
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 13.061
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 14.877
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.481
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:43.710
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 8.221
When I enable persistence 12.559
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.065
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.325
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.335
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.220
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.483
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 24.896
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.129
When I cold reboot the computer 8.766
And the computer reboots Tails 35.535
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.244
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.211
Given I enable persistence 7.053
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.071
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.294
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.144
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.151
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.639
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.027
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2:7.886
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 8.023
# 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 27.898
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.032
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:0.970
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 22.961
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.254
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
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36.335
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 7.697
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.795
Then persistence is disabled 0.084
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 3.746
And all notifications have disappeared 8.055
When I delete the persistent partition 2.665
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.289
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.960
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:16.008
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 8.286
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.058
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.330
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.066
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.266
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.749
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.013
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39.452
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 7.713
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.073
When I try to enable persistence 1.199
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 9.543
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.717
And all notifications have disappeared 8.021
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.245
And all tps features are enabled 0.906
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.030
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.828
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:0.076
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 29.294
And I enable persistence 19.024
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.626
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.625
And persistence is enabled 1.505
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.183
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
21.319
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 7.213
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 13.505
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.600
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.875
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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24.214
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 7.975
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 7.731
When I enable persistence 6.675
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.050
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.780
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.025
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
23.655
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 7.593
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.494
When I try to enable persistence 1.271
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.466
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.141
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.439
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.046
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.236
Then persistence is successfully enabled 0.965
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.571
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
40.631
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 7.379
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.049
When I try to enable persistence 1.156
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 8.762
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.184
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.026
When I log in to a new session 9.929
And all notifications have disappeared 8.491
# 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" 0.251
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.090
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.197
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.242
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.870
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.687
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
40.527
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 7.583
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.375
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.361
When I try to enable persistence 1.180
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.611
When I log in to a new session 9.721
And all notifications have disappeared 8.548
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.307
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.836
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.786
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000