Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6303 15 Apr 2026, 11:47

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 25:39.499 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:50.262
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.013
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:35.668
And I update APT using apt 7.169
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.463
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.961
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.152
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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50.416
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 22.463
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 19.112
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.271
And persistence is disabled 0.109
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 8.458
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.937
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:54.130
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 9.208
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 1.472
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.262
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 23.773
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.543
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.149
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:8.256
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.359
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.103
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.793
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.039
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37.452
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 logged in 8.244
And the system is very low on memory 9.982
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.897
When I try to create a persistent partition 5.899
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.132
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.422
And I free up some memory 0.885
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.903
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.082
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.552
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:39.386
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.013
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 9.416
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.341
And all tps features are active 1.487
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.062
When I disable the first tps feature 2.700
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.574
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 13.449
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.165
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.188
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.148
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
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14.497
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 8.459
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.128
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.064
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.064
When I disable the first tps feature 3.051
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.051
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.057
When I enable the first tps feature 2.504
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.053
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.062
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.779
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
14.150
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 7.867
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.086
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.066
And I disable the first tps feature 3.141
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.951
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.036
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.600
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:9.531
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 7.699
And the network is plugged 0.021
And Tor is ready 20.432
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.359
When I write some files expected to persist 1.640
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 25.342
# 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" 14.035
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.301
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:38.686
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 8.658
And the network is plugged 0.021
And Tor is ready 18.117
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 25.649
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:22.374
And I capture all network traffic 0.007
And the network is plugged 0.044
And Tor is ready 23.055
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.475
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.053
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.111
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.879
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.060
Tags: @product
54.116
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 without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.396
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.335
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 20.287
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 23.096
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.461
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:16.235
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 9.835
When I enable persistence 26.623
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.991
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 39.247
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.419
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.264
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.589
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 27.443
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.175
When I cold reboot the computer 10.268
And the computer reboots Tails 42.878
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.285
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.197
Given I enable persistence 9.132
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.072
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.242
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.407
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.160
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.828
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.038
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2:28.532
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 9.137
# 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 37.724
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.731
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:9.991
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 19.946
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.283
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
Tags: @product
49.379
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 9.063
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 18.955
Then persistence is disabled 0.134
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 8.655
And all notifications have disappeared 9.450
When I delete the persistent partition 2.758
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.361
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.895
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:39.053
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 8.059
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.058
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.368
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:20.328
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.237
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.823
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.038
Tags: @product
54.012
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 8.344
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.069
When I try to enable persistence 1.276
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 18.567
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 12.877
And all notifications have disappeared 8.538
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.376
And all tps features are enabled 1.454
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.508
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.946
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:13.561
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 36.793
And I enable persistence 22.411
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.403
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.621
And persistence is enabled 2.330
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.156
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
24.862
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.814
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 16.377
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.670
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.291
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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33.059
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.015
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.909
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 14.209
When I enable persistence 7.513
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.060
And persistence is successfully enabled 2.365
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.082
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
31.857
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 8.430
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 12.592
When I try to enable persistence 1.329
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 5.339
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.222
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.617
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.059
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.194
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.071
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.936
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
54.527
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.139
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.100
When I try to enable persistence 1.206
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 17.181
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.232
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.031
When I log in to a new session 11.770
And all notifications have disappeared 10.157
# 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" 0.213
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.651
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.255
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.648
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.939
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.805
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
51.786
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 7.836
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 13.474
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.373
When I try to enable persistence 1.248
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.843
When I log in to a new session 12.316
And all notifications have disappeared 8.943
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.905
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.845
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.298
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000