Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6295 14 Apr 2026, 12:56

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 26:1.054 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:41.464
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:26.532
And I update APT using apt 7.780
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.257
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.894
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.850
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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48.102
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 9.708
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 23.035
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.300
And persistence is disabled 0.114
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 14.942
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.267
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:7.913
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 23.696
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.346
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.096
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 24.382
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.483
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.744
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:9.901
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.209
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.052
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.870
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
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36.776
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 8.168
And the system is very low on memory 8.028
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.609
When I try to create a persistent partition 5.253
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.184
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.395
And I free up some memory 0.909
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 10.632
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.595
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.047
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:48.987
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 8.941
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.693
And all tps features are active 1.478
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.419
When I disable the first tps feature 3.175
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.585
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.788
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:17.552
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.353
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.995
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
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14.417
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 8.639
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.073
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.071
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.095
When I disable the first tps feature 2.748
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.063
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.057
When I enable the first tps feature 2.516
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.086
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.064
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.137
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
13.989
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 8.027
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.073
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.094
And I disable the first tps feature 2.784
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.957
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.051
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.800
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:11.527
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 7.613
And the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 22.514
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.364
When I write some files expected to persist 1.634
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 25.206
# 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" 14.177
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.402
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:50.927
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 8.067
And the network is plugged 0.022
And Tor is ready 18.650
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.120
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 16.995
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:23.547
And I capture all network traffic 0.004
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 42.947
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.369
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.066
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.119
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.026
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.089
Tags: @product
57.987
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 9.607
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.251
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 24.207
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 22.921
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.676
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:13.133
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 9.908
When I enable persistence 25.628
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.506
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 39.775
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.464
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.342
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.735
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 26.705
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.152
When I cold reboot the computer 11.084
And the computer reboots Tails 39.311
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.331
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.391
Given I enable persistence 8.722
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.093
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.313
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.469
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.194
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.795
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
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2:31.685
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 8.288
# 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 35.609
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.984
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:13.052
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 21.750
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.329
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
Tags: @product
48.481
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 8.637
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 17.822
Then persistence is disabled 0.100
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 8.897
And all notifications have disappeared 9.574
When I delete the persistent partition 2.968
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.481
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.852
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:32.364
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 7.806
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.083
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.527
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:13.671
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.276
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.082
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.019
Tags: @product
51.207
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 8.780
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.112
When I try to enable persistence 1.227
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 16.624
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.775
And all notifications have disappeared 8.660
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.284
And all tps features are enabled 1.446
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.296
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.681
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:18.275
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 36.645
And I enable persistence 26.210
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 13.088
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.559
And persistence is enabled 1.772
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.295
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
22.392
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 7.537
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 14.276
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.579
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.146
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
36.597
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 8.679
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 19.261
When I enable persistence 6.737
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.047
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.871
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.759
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
34.599
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 8.346
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 16.547
When I try to enable persistence 1.291
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 4.302
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.261
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.541
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.100
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.209
Then persistence is successfully enabled 0.998
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.705
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
50.896
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 8.455
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.088
When I try to enable persistence 1.251
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 12.589
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.218
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.033
When I log in to a new session 13.221
And all notifications have disappeared 9.453
# 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" 0.250
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.616
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.273
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.431
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.012
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.357
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
49.326
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.008
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.380
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 12.298
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.409
When I try to enable persistence 1.244
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.200
When I log in to a new session 11.235
And all notifications have disappeared 9.256
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.456
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.843
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.293
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000