Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6307 18 Apr 2026, 11:19

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 21:42.633 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:36.183
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 1:22.613
And I update APT using apt 6.542
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.236
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.791
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.740
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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29.630
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 8.431
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.646
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.390
And persistence is disabled 0.139
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.022
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.685
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:40.233
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 9.075
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.353
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.118
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 18.198
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.492
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.450
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.249
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.246
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.048
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.559
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
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28.348
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 7.727
And the system is very low on memory 3.301
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.184
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.583
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.184
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.426
And I free up some memory 0.954
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.928
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.057
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.902
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:33.607
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 8.391
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.333
And all tps features are active 1.302
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.348
When I disable the first tps feature 2.544
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.132
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.652
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.490
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.411
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.633
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.033
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12.856
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 enabled and logged in 7.551
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.090
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.047
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.051
When I disable the first tps feature 2.505
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.053
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.035
When I enable the first tps feature 2.431
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.048
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.039
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.957
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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13.205
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 7.732
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.075
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.069
And I disable the first tps feature 2.464
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.818
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.045
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.045
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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56.132
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 7.504
And the network is plugged 0.018
And Tor is ready 15.528
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.216
When I write some files expected to persist 1.359
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 19.101
# 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" 12.403
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.156
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:9.357
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 7.260
And the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 17.069
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.166
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.997
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:13.494
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 23.576
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.517
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.093
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.143
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.997
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.039
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41.363
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 stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.195
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.082
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 14.080
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 17.004
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.578
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:53.404
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 8.873
When I enable persistence 14.142
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.987
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.698
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.458
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.347
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.535
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 0.163
When I cold reboot the computer 10.443
And the computer reboots Tails 37.360
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.431
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.299
Given I enable persistence 8.341
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.067
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.276
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.245
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.186
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.947
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
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2:13.598
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 8.362
# 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 28.422
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.042
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:4.610
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 22.159
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.076
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product
38.883
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 8.152
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.138
Then persistence is disabled 0.080
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.202
And all notifications have disappeared 8.282
When I delete the persistent partition 2.669
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.357
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.878
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:20.932
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 8.063
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.061
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.740
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.848
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.219
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.790
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
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41.324
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 8.242
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.046
When I try to enable persistence 1.138
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 10.363
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.982
And all notifications have disappeared 8.008
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.315
And all tps features are enabled 1.069
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.158
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.024
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:5.980
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 32.164
And I enable persistence 21.217
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.312
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.648
And persistence is enabled 1.635
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.909
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
24.399
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 7.460
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 16.248
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.689
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.861
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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25.514
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 8.128
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 8.963
When I enable persistence 6.732
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.057
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.632
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.734
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
26.970
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 8.438
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.187
When I try to enable persistence 1.301
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.796
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.198
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.668
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.055
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.187
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.135
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.120
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
45.755
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 7.982
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.057
When I try to enable persistence 1.143
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 11.341
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 0.029
When I log in to a new session 10.810
And all notifications have disappeared 9.389
# 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 0.102
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.275
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.454
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.847
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.986
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
44.953
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 7.953
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.080
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.354
When I try to enable persistence 1.173
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.974
When I log in to a new session 12.364
And all notifications have disappeared 7.909
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.284
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.858
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.087
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000