Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6325 23 Apr 2026, 11:33

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 21:56.348 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:36.288
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:23.025
And I update APT using apt 5.794
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.242
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.225
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.014
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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29.551
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 9.038
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.599
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.320
And persistence is disabled 0.108
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.485
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.684
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:44.584
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 8.739
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.453
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.129
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 19.715
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.627
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.769
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.897
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.195
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.057
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.734
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
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28.662
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 7.769
And the system is very low on memory 3.421
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.147
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.825
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.100
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.382
And I free up some memory 0.821
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.118
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.074
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.570
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:35.845
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 8.482
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.335
And all tps features are active 1.312
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.146
When I disable the first tps feature 2.754
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.415
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.277
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.859
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.260
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.132
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
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13.013
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 7.676
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.069
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.058
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.061
When I disable the first tps feature 2.490
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.051
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.047
When I enable the first tps feature 2.444
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.060
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.054
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.753
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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13.211
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 7.493
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.071
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.059
And I disable the first tps feature 2.595
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.941
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.050
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.001
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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56.536
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 7.233
And the network is plugged 0.013
And Tor is ready 16.253
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.275
When I write some files expected to persist 1.228
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 18.684
# 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" 12.847
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.218
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:38.735
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 7.710
And the network is plugged 0.014
And Tor is ready 41.894
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.124
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.621
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:15.181
And I capture all network traffic 0.024
And the network is plugged 0.042
And Tor is ready 23.447
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.471
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.065
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.137
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.585
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.059
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40.475
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 stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.972
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.065
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 13.731
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.706
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.259
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:49.165
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 8.885
When I enable persistence 14.314
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.363
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.891
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.512
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.386
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.522
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 25.766
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.159
When I cold reboot the computer 6.378
And the computer reboots Tails 37.707
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.414
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.263
Given I enable persistence 7.299
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.073
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.272
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.805
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.147
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.733
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
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2:9.296
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 9.146
# 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 27.561
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.567
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:4.628
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 18.391
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.304
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product
37.800
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 7.974
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.132
Then persistence is disabled 0.098
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.245
And all notifications have disappeared 8.277
When I delete the persistent partition 2.672
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.398
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.912
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:17.626
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 7.821
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.065
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.538
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.982
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.219
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.617
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
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42.182
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 7.780
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.052
When I try to enable persistence 1.177
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 10.739
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.096
And all notifications have disappeared 8.376
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.414
And all tps features are enabled 1.385
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.158
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.539
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:3.403
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 30.676
And I enable persistence 19.450
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.120
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.595
And persistence is enabled 1.560
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.903
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
22.881
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 7.342
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 14.984
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.554
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.882
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
25.080
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 8.430
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 7.641
When I enable persistence 7.024
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.051
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.932
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.667
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
24.792
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 8.099
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.796
When I try to enable persistence 1.310
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.853
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.204
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.335
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.052
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.165
Then persistence is successfully enabled 0.975
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.020
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
43.843
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 7.678
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.068
When I try to enable persistence 1.168
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 8.843
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.190
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.032
When I log in to a new session 11.418
And all notifications have disappeared 9.259
# 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" 0.198
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.543
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.232
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.333
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.874
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.930
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
43.369
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 8.003
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.976
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.353
When I try to enable persistence 1.208
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.847
When I log in to a new session 11.115
And all notifications have disappeared 8.537
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.488
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 0.967
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000