Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6315 21 Apr 2026, 13:17

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 24:15.623 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:39.283
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:25.460
And I update APT using apt 6.447
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.278
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.097
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.843
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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32.017
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 9.385
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 17.041
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.274
And persistence is disabled 0.105
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.210
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.851
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:49.006
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 9.581
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.347
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.130
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 19.375
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.563
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.758
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:8.975
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.220
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.053
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.925
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
Tags: @product
31.724
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 8.012
And the system is very low on memory 3.664
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.262
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.901
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.148
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.624
And I free up some memory 1.086
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 10.128
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.895
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.332
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:40.912
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 9.196
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.308
And all tps features are active 1.199
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.015
When I disable the first tps feature 3.094
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.379
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.150
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:12.027
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.540
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.882
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.027
Tags: @product
13.848
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 8.283
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.060
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.055
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.079
When I disable the first tps feature 2.600
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.049
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.038
When I enable the first tps feature 2.543
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.097
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.040
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.888
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
14.121
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 8.226
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.147
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.062
And I disable the first tps feature 2.628
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.010
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.046
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.647
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:6.397
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 8.024
And the network is plugged 0.019
And Tor is ready 18.739
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.580
When I write some files expected to persist 1.665
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 24.166
# 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" 13.200
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.507
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:54.133
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 enabled and logged in 8.117
And the network is plugged 0.056
And Tor is ready 41.804
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 19.718
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:19.546
And I capture all network traffic 0.007
And the network is plugged 0.025
And Tor is ready 24.038
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.416
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.059
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.155
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.823
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.071
Tags: @product
44.545
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 9.085
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.099
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 16.912
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 17.447
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.861
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:3.976
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 10.136
When I enable persistence 16.504
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 14.058
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 39.554
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.527
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" 4.588
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 27.318
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.153
When I cold reboot the computer 10.952
And the computer reboots Tails 39.705
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.270
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.220
Given I enable persistence 8.262
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.073
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.251
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.917
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.216
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.979
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.013
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2:24.799
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 9.213
# 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 30.918
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.817
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:10.797
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 24.052
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.934
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.033
Tags: @product
40.784
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 8.272
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.969
Then persistence is disabled 0.127
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.724
And all notifications have disappeared 9.050
When I delete the persistent partition 3.254
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.386
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.198
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:28.878
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 8.116
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.121
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.831
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:10.482
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.325
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.938
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
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47.723
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.010
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.763
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.045
When I try to enable persistence 1.170
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 12.712
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.935
And all notifications have disappeared 8.849
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.387
And all tps features are enabled 1.551
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.307
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.834
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:24.604
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 49.013
And I enable persistence 21.144
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.842
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.734
And persistence is enabled 1.868
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.252
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
25.786
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 8.449
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 16.738
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.599
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.017
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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27.730
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 9.063
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 8.907
When I enable persistence 7.947
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.053
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.759
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.066
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
28.660
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.008
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.028
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.918
When I try to enable persistence 1.218
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.986
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.204
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.800
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.064
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.205
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.233
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.618
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
49.742
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 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.705
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.062
When I try to enable persistence 1.209
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 11.284
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.228
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.044
When I log in to a new session 12.977
And all notifications have disappeared 9.880
# 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" 0.259
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.602
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.310
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.334
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.843
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.351
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
46.945
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 8.569
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.602
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.337
When I try to enable persistence 1.183
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.164
When I log in to a new session 12.088
And all notifications have disappeared 8.866
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.930
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.202
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.428
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000