Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6305 16 Apr 2026, 11:25

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 22:15.592 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:36.649
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 1:23.311
And I update APT using apt 6.099
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.270
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.968
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.621
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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28.198
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 8.961
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.594
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.264
And persistence is disabled 0.117
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.259
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.813
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:41.266
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 8.849
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.353
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.108
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 19.076
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.433
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.602
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.598
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.188
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.054
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.987
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
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29.363
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 7.466
And the system is very low on memory 3.474
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.284
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.403
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.129
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.427
And I free up some memory 0.853
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.827
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.495
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.941
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:31.887
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.011
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.525
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.441
And all tps features are active 1.352
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.604
When I disable the first tps feature 2.608
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.326
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.904
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.926
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.198
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.111
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
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13.349
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 7.978
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.055
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.058
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.055
When I disable the first tps feature 2.570
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.053
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.057
When I enable the first tps feature 2.425
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.047
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.046
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.857
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
13.224
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 7.558
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.069
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.051
And I disable the first tps feature 2.607
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.881
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.055
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.019
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
57.530
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 7.331
And the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 15.842
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.291
When I write some files expected to persist 1.130
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 20.383
# 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" 12.533
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.304
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:50.386
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 7.745
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 40.028
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.146
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 24.092
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:15.097
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 22.617
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.412
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.059
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.148
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.997
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.045
Tags: @product
40.072
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 9.100
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.097
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 14.517
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 15.357
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.083
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.004
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2:52.506
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 9.169
When I enable persistence 14.321
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.287
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.783
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.318
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.274
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.524
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 25.549
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.166
When I cold reboot the computer 10.176
And the computer reboots Tails 36.786
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.277
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.218
Given I enable persistence 7.381
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.070
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.262
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.817
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.119
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.789
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
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2:12.775
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 8.333
# 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 29.989
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.718
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:4.980
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 22.754
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.043
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
Tags: @product
38.778
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 7.905
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.068
Then persistence is disabled 0.111
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.387
And all notifications have disappeared 8.117
When I delete the persistent partition 2.795
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.392
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.015
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:23.018
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 7.546
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.069
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.904
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.204
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.293
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.786
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.033
Tags: @product
42.635
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 7.699
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.054
When I try to enable persistence 1.228
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 11.090
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.937
And all notifications have disappeared 8.181
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.245
And all tps features are enabled 1.029
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.169
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.600
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:3.951
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 31.794
And I enable persistence 20.264
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.613
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.544
And persistence is enabled 1.733
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.895
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
22.672
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 7.497
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 14.552
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.622
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.554
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
25.871
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 8.470
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 7.812
When I enable persistence 7.751
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.066
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.771
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.959
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
24.490
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.021
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.911
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.605
When I try to enable persistence 1.235
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.049
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.195
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.359
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.050
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.139
Then persistence is successfully enabled 0.943
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.927
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
43.959
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 7.727
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.099
When I try to enable persistence 1.209
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 9.255
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.198
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.030
When I log in to a new session 11.738
And all notifications have disappeared 8.838
# 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" 0.160
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.087
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.217
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 0.909
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.819
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
43.004
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 8.031
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.793
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.405
When I try to enable persistence 1.262
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.121
When I log in to a new session 10.729
And all notifications have disappeared 8.104
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.693
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.863
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.674
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000