Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6292 14 Apr 2026, 11:45

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 26:0.572 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:48.676
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 1:33.357
And I update APT using apt 7.623
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.337
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.358
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.792
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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44.157
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.011
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.788
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 24.353
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.348
And persistence is disabled 0.139
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 9.526
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.378
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:1.983
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 10.395
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.533
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.133
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 28.856
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.461
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 13.888
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.462
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.183
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.068
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.904
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
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36.858
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 7.942
And the system is very low on memory 9.031
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.181
When I try to create a persistent partition 5.110
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.164
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.500
And I free up some memory 1.111
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 10.302
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.514
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.006
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:48.332
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 9.087
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 1.275
And all tps features are active 1.458
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.094
When I disable the first tps feature 2.792
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.235
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 13.370
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:15.578
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.439
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.528
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
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14.236
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 8.527
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.147
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.065
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.065
When I disable the first tps feature 2.768
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.050
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.045
When I enable the first tps feature 2.462
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.048
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.054
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.096
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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14.361
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 8.206
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.101
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.358
And I disable the first tps feature 2.714
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.939
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.039
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.913
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:9.593
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.633
And the network is plugged 0.061
And Tor is ready 21.104
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.558
When I write some files expected to persist 1.453
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 25.085
# 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" 13.696
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.285
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:36.292
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.021
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.684
And the network is plugged 0.025
And Tor is ready 19.340
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 24.017
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:19.559
And I capture all network traffic 0.005
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 23.923
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.406
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.077
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.110
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.009
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.072
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52.771
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.011
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.314
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.188
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 19.954
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 22.313
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 2.482
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:11.799
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 9.657
When I enable persistence 23.705
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.439
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.966
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.523
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.610
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.663
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 28.104
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.169
When I cold reboot the computer 7.542
And the computer reboots Tails 41.742
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.463
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.294
Given I enable persistence 8.385
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.090
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.307
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 12.939
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.191
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.665
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.021
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2:42.290
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 9.687
# 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 47.003
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.944
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:11.317
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 25.337
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.999
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
Tags: @product
49.299
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 9.040
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 18.797
Then persistence is disabled 0.123
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 9.041
And all notifications have disappeared 8.974
When I delete the persistent partition 2.830
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.491
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.054
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:36.690
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 8.687
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.061
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.530
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:16.178
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.232
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.642
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.033
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54.233
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 9.626
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.075
When I try to enable persistence 1.188
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 18.997
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.402
And all notifications have disappeared 8.661
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.767
And all tps features are enabled 1.439
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.073
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.052
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:21.910
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 40.876
And I enable persistence 27.071
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.520
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.612
And persistence is enabled 1.830
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.186
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
24.595
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 7.565
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 16.253
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.776
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.798
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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31.024
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.756
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 12.591
When I enable persistence 7.724
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.073
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.878
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.780
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
34.063
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 8.756
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 15.166
When I try to enable persistence 1.292
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 4.702
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.176
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.537
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.064
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.226
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.139
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.926
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
54.615
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 8.284
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.054
When I try to enable persistence 1.175
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 16.857
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.238
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.029
When I log in to a new session 13.651
And all notifications have disappeared 9.252
# 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" 0.249
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.159
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.218
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.525
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.920
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.786
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
52.783
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 8.721
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 12.536
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.418
When I try to enable persistence 1.207
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 4.014
When I log in to a new session 12.660
And all notifications have disappeared 10.244
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.930
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.050
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.500
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000