Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6322 22 Apr 2026, 11:45

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 26:6.240 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:44.746
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 1:29.800
And I update APT using apt 7.398
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.348
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.199
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.851
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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49.982
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 9.192
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 24.232
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.257
And persistence is disabled 0.126
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 16.173
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.988
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:13.963
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 10.100
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.653
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.149
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 37.737
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.581
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.763
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:11.742
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.193
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.041
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.947
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
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35.322
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 8.271
And the system is very low on memory 7.929
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.301
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.798
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.126
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.397
And I free up some memory 0.868
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 10.083
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.546
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.142
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:46.723
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 9.137
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.577
And all tps features are active 1.516
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.350
When I disable the first tps feature 3.045
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.290
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.665
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:14.923
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.216
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.591
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
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14.984
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.009
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.890
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.098
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.121
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.069
When I disable the first tps feature 3.143
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.054
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.047
When I enable the first tps feature 2.452
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.053
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.054
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.861
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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14.329
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 7.927
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.088
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.103
And I disable the first tps feature 3.150
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.006
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.053
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.047
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:3.110
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 8.075
And the network is plugged 0.023
And Tor is ready 18.407
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.261
When I write some files expected to persist 1.327
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 20.701
# 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" 14.314
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.199
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:33.714
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 8.261
And the network is plugged 0.031
And Tor is ready 18.868
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.303
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 19.869
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:22.491
And I capture all network traffic 0.032
And the network is plugged 0.073
And Tor is ready 23.201
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.379
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.074
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.128
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.752
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.057
Tags: @product
46.923
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 without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.216
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.100
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 18.988
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 17.618
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.938
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:11.348
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 9.409
When I enable persistence 29.030
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.361
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 39.147
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.423
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.301
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.541
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 26.889
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.145
When I cold reboot the computer 9.679
And the computer reboots Tails 40.175
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.349
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.209
Given I enable persistence 7.026
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.072
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.254
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.142
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.187
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.742
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.029
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2:23.757
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 8.668
# 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 36.957
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.426
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:7.993
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 19.711
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.960
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.036
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1:3.067
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 9.394
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 25.937
Then persistence is disabled 0.097
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 15.524
And all notifications have disappeared 9.113
When I delete the persistent partition 2.664
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.334
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.023
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:34.355
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 8.585
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.062
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 15.847
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:9.571
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.287
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.880
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
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54.917
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 8.913
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.075
When I try to enable persistence 1.261
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 19.834
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.573
And all notifications have disappeared 8.839
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.413
And all tps features are enabled 1.640
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.363
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 2.611
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:18.842
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 36.823
And I enable persistence 26.170
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 13.277
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.672
And persistence is enabled 1.897
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.278
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
23.175
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 7.259
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 15.329
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.586
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.008
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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34.806
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 8.714
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 16.891
When I enable persistence 7.184
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.062
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.954
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.023
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
37.836
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.017
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.249
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 16.187
When I try to enable persistence 1.323
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 7.252
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.262
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.867
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.413
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.151
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.130
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.428
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
56.515
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 8.140
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.113
When I try to enable persistence 1.228
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 17.959
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.271
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.030
When I log in to a new session 14.091
And all notifications have disappeared 9.218
# 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" 0.208
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.519
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.238
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.458
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.036
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.159
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
1:3.816
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.020
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.932
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 20.472
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.425
When I try to enable persistence 1.300
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 4.438
When I log in to a new session 13.937
And all notifications have disappeared 10.172
Then the Tor Browser starts 2.135
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.001
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.219
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000