Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6298 14 Apr 2026, 19:47

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 26:47.266 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:43.516
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 1:27.302
And I update APT using apt 8.820
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.290
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.103
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.835
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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46.936
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 8.992
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 22.341
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.259
And persistence is disabled 0.097
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 15.245
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:9.426
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 24.245
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.381
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.276
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 26.865
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.456
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 14.315
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.627
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.203
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.055
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.700
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
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1:2.099
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 20.954
And the system is very low on memory 21.413
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.709
When I try to create a persistent partition 5.204
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.102
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.392
And I free up some memory 0.826
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 10.018
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.477
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.955
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:55.793
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 8.822
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.403
And all tps features are active 1.288
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.400
When I disable the first tps feature 2.866
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.263
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 21.653
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:15.845
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.248
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.567
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.035
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13.133
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 7.646
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.091
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.068
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.081
When I disable the first tps feature 2.629
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.047
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.036
When I enable the first tps feature 2.430
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.052
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.048
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.680
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
13.881
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 7.512
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.113
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.097
And I disable the first tps feature 3.213
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.905
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.039
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.933
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:0.429
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 7.644
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 22.659
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.277
When I write some files expected to persist 1.559
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 15.509
# 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" 12.763
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.393
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:33.644
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 7.488
And the network is plugged 0.027
And Tor is ready 17.887
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.117
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 20.758
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:23.054
And I capture all network traffic 0.024
And the network is plugged 0.030
And Tor is ready 23.629
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.445
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.042
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.138
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.572
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.053
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59.772
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 8.699
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.167
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 20.509
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 29.395
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.295
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:15.880
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 9.023
When I enable persistence 33.703
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.547
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.866
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.454
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.316
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.513
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 27.651
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.177
When I cold reboot the computer 12.646
And the computer reboots Tails 36.738
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.306
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.233
Given I enable persistence 6.922
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.077
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.201
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.369
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.130
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.688
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
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2:43.465
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 8.771
# 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 47.955
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.827
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:10.305
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 18.606
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.397
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product
53.673
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 8.323
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 19.675
Then persistence is disabled 0.118
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 13.076
And all notifications have disappeared 9.217
When I delete the persistent partition 2.917
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.344
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.654
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:29.696
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 7.992
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.064
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.802
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:9.601
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.235
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.603
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product
49.905
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 8.029
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.112
When I try to enable persistence 1.189
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 17.557
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.047
And all notifications have disappeared 8.209
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.502
And all tps features are enabled 1.088
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.168
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.862
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:22.027
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 40.814
And I enable persistence 26.807
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 12.073
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.621
And persistence is enabled 1.709
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.656
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
23.917
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 7.227
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 16.179
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.510
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.387
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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40.070
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 8.302
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 21.907
When I enable persistence 8.071
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.045
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.742
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.814
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
38.241
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 8.028
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 21.133
When I try to enable persistence 1.299
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 4.054
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.189
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.310
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.064
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.189
Then persistence is successfully enabled 0.969
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.726
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
51.307
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 7.965
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.087
When I try to enable persistence 1.231
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 15.140
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.196
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.032
When I log in to a new session 12.180
And all notifications have disappeared 8.702
# 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" 0.259
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.649
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.327
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.485
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.048
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.991
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
1:0.445
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 7.775
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 21.473
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.417
When I try to enable persistence 1.220
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 5.353
When I log in to a new session 11.736
And all notifications have disappeared 9.022
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.487
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.957
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.858
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000