Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6304 15 Apr 2026, 13:01

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 22:2.956 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:50.173
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 1:36.263
And I update APT using apt 6.729
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.279
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.900
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.616
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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29.209
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 9.260
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.633
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.384
And persistence is disabled 0.118
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.812
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.330
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:37.623
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 8.570
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.344
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.113
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.626
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.566
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.105
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.067
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.174
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.054
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.600
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
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29.477
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 7.734
And the system is very low on memory 3.945
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.206
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.663
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.195
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.415
And I free up some memory 0.968
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.277
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.069
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.004
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:33.767
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 8.701
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.341
And all tps features are active 1.444
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.074
When I disable the first tps feature 2.481
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.113
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.152
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.407
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.049
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.958
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
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13.410
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 7.488
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.088
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.056
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.061
When I disable the first tps feature 3.075
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.067
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.037
When I enable the first tps feature 2.427
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.049
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.058
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.749
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
13.285
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 7.481
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.071
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.077
And I disable the first tps feature 2.524
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.067
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.062
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.991
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
57.480
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 7.631
And the network is plugged 0.018
And Tor is ready 16.052
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.248
When I write some files expected to persist 1.238
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 20.223
# 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" 12.068
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.432
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:21.421
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 8.043
And the network is plugged 0.018
And Tor is ready 16.835
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.186
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 18.808
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:14.274
And I capture all network traffic 0.004
And the network is plugged 0.018
And Tor is ready 22.516
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.438
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.148
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.128
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.918
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.053
Tags: @product
40.470
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 stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.786
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.100
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 13.748
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.834
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.554
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:51.935
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 8.890
When I enable persistence 14.539
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.434
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.457
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.490
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.285
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.525
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 25.465
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.167
When I cold reboot the computer 10.213
And the computer reboots Tails 36.745
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.349
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.212
Given I enable persistence 8.230
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.068
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.310
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.399
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.150
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.844
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
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2:13.126
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 8.544
# 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 27.801
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.900
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:6.669
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 23.211
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.018
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.013
Tags: @product
39.386
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 7.953
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.836
Then persistence is disabled 0.127
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.741
And all notifications have disappeared 8.518
When I delete the persistent partition 2.890
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.316
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.879
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:19.554
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 7.474
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.072
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.181
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.589
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.237
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.658
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.034
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44.988
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 8.190
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.054
When I try to enable persistence 1.238
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 11.565
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.566
And all notifications have disappeared 8.223
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.247
And all tps features are enabled 1.525
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.376
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.823
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:6.795
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 33.447
And I enable persistence 20.795
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.144
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.694
And persistence is enabled 1.714
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.245
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
22.742
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 7.244
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 14.827
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.670
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.093
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
25.014
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 8.140
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 8.156
When I enable persistence 6.797
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.049
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.871
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.760
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
24.515
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 8.056
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.924
When I try to enable persistence 1.206
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.394
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.167
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.445
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.069
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.189
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.062
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.039
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
43.920
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 8.196
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.056
When I try to enable persistence 1.263
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 8.616
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.160
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.031
When I log in to a new session 10.897
And all notifications have disappeared 9.258
# 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" 0.352
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.599
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.242
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.340
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.904
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.870
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
44.657
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 8.148
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.819
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.340
When I try to enable persistence 1.268
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.927
When I log in to a new session 10.968
And all notifications have disappeared 9.747
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.708
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.728
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.839
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000