Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6329 28 Apr 2026, 14:02

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 20:48.674 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:31.805
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 1:18.776
And I update APT using apt 5.832
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.321
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.873
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.986
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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27.645
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 8.661
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.074
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.273
And persistence is disabled 0.107
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.529
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.719
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:34.655
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 logged in 8.208
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.364
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.099
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.170
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.450
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.324
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 58.767
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.229
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.040
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.544
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
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27.493
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 logged in 7.185
And the system is very low on memory 3.457
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.187
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.578
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.121
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.385
And I free up some memory 0.937
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.588
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.052
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.954
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:26.851
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 8.438
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.289
And all tps features are active 1.181
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.034
When I disable the first tps feature 2.468
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.053
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.353
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.821
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.209
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.829
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.036
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12.938
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 7.540
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.059
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.048
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.066
When I disable the first tps feature 2.474
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.122
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.045
When I enable the first tps feature 2.439
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.047
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.094
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.827
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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12.854
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 7.370
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.067
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.076
And I disable the first tps feature 2.484
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.813
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.041
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.873
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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56.061
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 7.241
And the network is plugged 0.021
And Tor is ready 16.106
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.213
When I write some files expected to persist 1.095
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 19.538
# 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" 11.843
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.254
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:22.884
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 7.275
And the network is plugged 0.018
And Tor is ready 15.846
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.118
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 24.878
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:11.687
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.020
And Tor is ready 22.507
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.336
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.077
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.114
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.858
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.061
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36.543
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 8.492
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 12.165
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 14.819
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.940
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:46.035
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 8.448
When I enable persistence 13.479
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.183
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.314
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.334
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.325
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.494
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 23.722
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.149
When I cold reboot the computer 10.173
And the computer reboots Tails 36.184
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.299
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.228
Given I enable persistence 7.077
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.069
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.246
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.130
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.173
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.773
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
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2:5.572
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 8.370
# 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 27.122
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.223
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:0.977
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 19.878
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.104
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.038
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37.050
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 8.325
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.661
Then persistence is disabled 0.102
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 3.819
And all notifications have disappeared 8.045
When I delete the persistent partition 2.765
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.331
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.705
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:15.774
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 7.690
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.052
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.281
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.536
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.213
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.018
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.025
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40.707
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 8.313
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.063
When I try to enable persistence 1.214
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 9.369
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.998
And all notifications have disappeared 7.971
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.261
And all tps features are enabled 1.288
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.226
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.522
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:0.496
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 29.806
And I enable persistence 18.404
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.021
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.596
And persistence is enabled 1.668
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.808
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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22.391
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 7.213
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 14.625
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.552
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.812
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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24.508
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 7.925
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 8.346
When I enable persistence 6.472
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.043
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.721
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.691
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
24.117
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 7.321
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.722
When I try to enable persistence 1.294
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.201
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.191
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.207
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.055
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.176
Then persistence is successfully enabled 0.946
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.675
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
41.518
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 7.307
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.069
When I try to enable persistence 1.152
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 8.583
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.140
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.024
When I log in to a new session 10.469
And all notifications have disappeared 8.991
# 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" 0.195
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.145
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.207
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.331
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.899
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.767
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
40.769
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 7.670
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.459
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.319
When I try to enable persistence 1.252
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.713
When I log in to a new session 10.061
And all notifications have disappeared 8.253
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.264
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.774
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.213
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000