Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6321 22 Apr 2026, 10:36

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 20:53.091 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:31.648
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 1:18.719
And I update APT using apt 5.922
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.204
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.802
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.602
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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27.038
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 8.294
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.840
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.274
And persistence is disabled 0.084
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.544
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.959
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:33.994
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 8.559
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.357
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.100
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 16.586
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.406
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.429
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 58.334
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.170
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.050
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.793
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
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28.185
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 7.506
And the system is very low on memory 3.236
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.146
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.814
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.084
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.340
And I free up some memory 0.760
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.238
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.057
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.043
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:27.801
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 8.163
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.275
And all tps features are active 1.011
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.812
When I disable the first tps feature 2.575
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.071
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.961
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.944
Then all tps features but the first one are active 0.984
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.080
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.032
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12.691
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 7.359
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.051
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.058
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.056
When I disable the first tps feature 2.489
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.069
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.039
When I enable the first tps feature 2.458
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.047
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.059
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.040
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
12.868
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 7.391
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.069
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.048
And I disable the first tps feature 2.471
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.842
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.930
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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59.869
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 7.309
And the network is plugged 0.019
And Tor is ready 15.626
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.168
When I write some files expected to persist 1.111
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 23.841
# 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" 11.793
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.417
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:16.814
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 7.310
And the network is plugged 0.021
And Tor is ready 16.015
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.113
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 19.732
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:11.130
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 21.949
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.354
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.058
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.106
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.960
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.055
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35.055
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 8.475
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.073
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 12.045
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 13.460
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.028
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:45.340
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 8.443
When I enable persistence 12.481
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.251
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.324
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.381
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.275
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.554
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 24.085
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.154
When I cold reboot the computer 8.840
And the computer reboots Tails 37.638
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.304
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.251
Given I enable persistence 6.837
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.072
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.239
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.070
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.132
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.989
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
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2:7.955
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 8.145
# 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 27.600
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.029
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:1.598
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 22.582
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.102
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
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36.428
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 7.739
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.644
Then persistence is disabled 0.106
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 3.871
And all notifications have disappeared 8.087
When I delete the persistent partition 2.666
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.313
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.881
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:17.565
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 7.750
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.071
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.876
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.639
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.228
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.707
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.020
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41.061
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 7.701
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.055
When I try to enable persistence 1.163
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 10.895
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.421
And all notifications have disappeared 8.257
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.296
And all tps features are enabled 1.161
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.109
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.736
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:1.630
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 30.478
And I enable persistence 18.696
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.273
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.600
And persistence is enabled 1.581
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.945
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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22.396
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.075
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 14.714
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.606
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.851
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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24.755
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 8.428
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 7.874
When I enable persistence 6.696
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.040
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.716
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.007
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
24.356
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 8.297
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.331
When I try to enable persistence 1.311
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.316
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.294
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.482
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.086
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.203
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.033
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.894
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
43.068
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 7.719
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.059
When I try to enable persistence 1.135
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 8.574
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.195
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.024
When I log in to a new session 11.316
And all notifications have disappeared 9.083
# 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" 0.161
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.445
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.176
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.338
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.838
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.753
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
42.562
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 7.640
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.863
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.422
When I try to enable persistence 1.175
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.098
When I log in to a new session 11.113
And all notifications have disappeared 8.069
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.401
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.776
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.810
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000