Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6306 17 Apr 2026, 11:41

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 26:28.783 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:47.269
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 1:32.593
And I update APT using apt 7.240
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.302
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.133
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.741
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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39.952
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 9.267
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 22.180
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.323
And persistence is disabled 0.117
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 8.064
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.990
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:7.419
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 9.552
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.566
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.165
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 34.130
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.460
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 13.420
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:8.851
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.216
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.055
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.797
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.021
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43.663
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 8.217
And the system is very low on memory 16.300
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 1.145
When I try to create a persistent partition 5.039
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.109
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.430
And I free up some memory 0.908
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.401
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.111
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.856
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:44.920
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 enabled and logged in 9.306
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.531
And all tps features are active 1.336
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.976
When I disable the first tps feature 2.622
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.503
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.447
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:14.855
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.340
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.030
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
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13.637
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 7.900
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.074
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.056
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.065
When I disable the first tps feature 2.627
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.088
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.053
When I enable the first tps feature 2.568
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.074
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.128
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.754
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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14.064
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 7.903
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.090
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.131
And I disable the first tps feature 2.894
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.960
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.083
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.814
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:6.722
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 7.751
And the network is plugged 0.019
And Tor is ready 22.747
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.254
When I write some files expected to persist 1.362
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 21.131
# 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" 13.455
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.119
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:35.257
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 8.079
And the network is plugged 0.029
And Tor is ready 18.948
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.141
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 25.350
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:18.830
And I capture all network traffic 0.005
And the network is plugged 0.020
And Tor is ready 23.252
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.367
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.076
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.155
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.616
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.063
Tags: @product
53.162
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 9.415
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.126
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 19.674
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 22.945
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.530
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:12.900
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 21.992
When I enable persistence 17.748
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.751
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 39.307
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.442
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.353
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.602
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 25.545
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.178
When I cold reboot the computer 6.667
And the computer reboots Tails 43.782
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.291
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.258
Given I enable persistence 7.045
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.087
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.340
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.286
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.219
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.023
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
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2:30.795
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 8.478
# 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 37.689
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.041
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:10.179
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 24.406
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.994
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
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1:4.297
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 9.757
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 22.862
Then persistence is disabled 0.102
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 18.982
And all notifications have disappeared 8.709
When I delete the persistent partition 3.550
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.332
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.388
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:52.589
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 23.463
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.122
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.610
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:17.157
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.236
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.816
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.021
Tags: @product
52.669
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.014
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.811
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.132
When I try to enable persistence 1.210
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 16.656
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 12.863
And all notifications have disappeared 8.714
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.382
And all tps features are enabled 1.603
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.294
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.973
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:24.667
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 43.675
And I enable persistence 26.854
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.775
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.557
And persistence is enabled 1.804
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.800
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
23.328
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 7.550
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 15.064
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.713
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.257
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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40.665
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.012
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.905
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 20.227
When I enable persistence 9.112
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.084
And persistence is successfully enabled 2.335
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.909
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
34.533
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 8.362
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 17.307
When I try to enable persistence 1.257
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.574
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.203
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.471
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.075
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.187
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.092
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.932
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
54.446
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 8.433
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.093
When I try to enable persistence 1.220
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 17.369
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.189
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.101
When I log in to a new session 11.874
And all notifications have disappeared 9.889
# 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" 0.216
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.570
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.236
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.399
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.852
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.926
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
51.818
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 8.005
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 13.486
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.352
When I try to enable persistence 1.225
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.652
When I log in to a new session 12.533
And all notifications have disappeared 8.934
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.736
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.892
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 2.168
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000