Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6302 15 Apr 2026, 07:41

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 26:19.779 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:54.358
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 1:39.145
And I update APT using apt 7.969
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.394
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.849
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.994
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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47.482
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 9.403
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 23.982
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.328
And persistence is disabled 0.155
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 13.611
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.416
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:10.802
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 10.405
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.428
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.121
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 34.374
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.435
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.177
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.612
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.187
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.061
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.795
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
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41.252
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 8.180
And the system is very low on memory 13.609
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 1.009
When I try to create a persistent partition 5.321
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 2.536
And I free up some memory 0.951
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.475
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.059
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.105
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:54.986
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 9.553
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.482
And all tps features are active 1.581
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.280
When I disable the first tps feature 2.810
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.300
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 16.550
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:19.324
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.103
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.793
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
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13.693
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 7.525
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.128
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.058
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.085
When I disable the first tps feature 3.143
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.054
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.054
When I enable the first tps feature 2.537
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.055
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.050
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.333
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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15.262
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 enabled and logged in 8.057
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.092
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.072
And I disable the first tps feature 3.117
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.850
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.071
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.138
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:1.082
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 7.653
And the network is plugged 0.021
And Tor is ready 21.773
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.241
When I write some files expected to persist 1.343
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 16.327
# 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" 13.721
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.416
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:36.851
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 8.080
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 18.481
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.148
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 25.155
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:21.455
And I capture all network traffic 0.004
And the network is plugged 0.019
And Tor is ready 22.846
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.455
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.069
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.119
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.056
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.076
Tags: @product
58.619
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 without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.841
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.095
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 21.902
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 25.779
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.758
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:11.650
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 9.271
When I enable persistence 27.978
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.817
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 39.170
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.436
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.320
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.573
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 26.576
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.205
When I cold reboot the computer 10.683
And the computer reboots Tails 39.028
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.283
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.253
Given I enable persistence 8.601
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.103
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.353
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.834
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.158
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.754
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
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2:23.507
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 8.847
# 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 37.234
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.526
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:7.313
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 18.586
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.681
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.037
Tags: @product
53.828
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 9.149
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 18.502
Then persistence is disabled 0.104
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 13.800
And all notifications have disappeared 9.170
When I delete the persistent partition 2.710
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.389
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.045
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:32.220
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.017
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.844
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.087
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.680
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:14.326
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.282
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.748
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product
49.569
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 8.407
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.060
When I try to enable persistence 1.199
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 15.793
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 12.110
And all notifications have disappeared 8.258
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.349
And all tps features are enabled 1.105
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.286
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.202
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:26.764
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.009
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 48.841
And I enable persistence 23.264
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 12.389
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.497
And persistence is enabled 1.771
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.926
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
24.672
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.676
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 16.467
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.528
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.708
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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37.652
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 8.572
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 18.726
When I enable persistence 8.531
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.054
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.767
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.847
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
35.734
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 8.403
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 16.860
When I try to enable persistence 1.235
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 4.334
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.225
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.913
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.064
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.210
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.486
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.207
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
53.733
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 8.230
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.107
When I try to enable persistence 1.325
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 14.361
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.207
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.031
When I log in to a new session 13.203
And all notifications have disappeared 10.296
# 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" 0.349
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.507
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.227
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.999
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.884
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.713
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
56.051
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 8.381
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 16.558
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.306
When I try to enable persistence 1.246
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.987
When I log in to a new session 13.882
And all notifications have disappeared 9.773
Then the Tor Browser starts 2.054
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.860
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.146
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000