Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6330 28 Apr 2026, 20:05

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 22:24.969 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:3.627
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 1:50.157
And I update APT using apt 6.071
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.265
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.132
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.838
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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28.356
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 8.587
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.160
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.290
And persistence is disabled 0.096
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.221
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.154
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:39.726
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 9.108
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.442
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.101
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.666
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.452
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.406
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.108
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.357
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.082
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.678
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
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31.093
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 8.025
And the system is very low on memory 3.849
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.170
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.665
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.137
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.414
And I free up some memory 0.921
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 10.403
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.504
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.931
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:34.880
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 8.780
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.343
And all tps features are active 1.270
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.178
When I disable the first tps feature 2.652
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.300
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.875
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.063
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.416
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.954
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.033
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13.476
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 7.980
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.082
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.069
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.073
When I disable the first tps feature 2.515
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.053
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.041
When I enable the first tps feature 2.521
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.065
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.073
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.753
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
13.375
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 7.818
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.068
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.063
And I disable the first tps feature 2.490
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.878
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.054
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.929
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
53.927
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 7.503
And the network is plugged 0.018
And Tor is ready 17.694
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.265
When I write some files expected to persist 1.345
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 14.673
# 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" 12.426
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.361
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:22.473
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 7.369
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 16.435
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.133
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 18.857
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:15.944
And I capture all network traffic 0.004
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 23.098
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.402
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.063
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.131
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.791
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.083
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38.053
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 8.837
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.113
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 13.225
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 14.877
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.974
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:51.833
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 8.922
When I enable persistence 14.169
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.508
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.826
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.397
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.267
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.543
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 25.108
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.168
When I cold reboot the computer 10.777
And the computer reboots Tails 37.522
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.320
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.231
Given I enable persistence 6.955
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.071
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.265
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.622
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.152
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.673
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
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2:15.457
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 8.595
# 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 28.423
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.551
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:6.854
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 23.031
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.343
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.081
Tags: @product
39.421
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 8.064
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.271
Then persistence is disabled 0.173
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.818
And all notifications have disappeared 8.202
When I delete the persistent partition 3.475
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.416
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.908
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:23.155
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 8.036
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.065
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.682
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.088
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.282
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.690
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
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43.669
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 8.018
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.064
When I try to enable persistence 1.164
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 11.312
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.564
And all notifications have disappeared 8.395
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.465
And all tps features are enabled 1.476
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.207
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.649
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:6.773
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 33.092
And I enable persistence 20.148
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.225
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.542
And persistence is enabled 2.764
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.442
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
23.334
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 7.345
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 15.313
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.676
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.127
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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27.805
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 8.887
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 10.250
When I enable persistence 6.952
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.051
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.662
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.978
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
25.190
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 8.053
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.400
When I try to enable persistence 1.320
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.400
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.168
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.576
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.051
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.223
Then persistence is successfully enabled 0.994
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.365
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
44.250
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 8.117
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.056
When I try to enable persistence 1.203
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 9.512
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.218
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.026
When I log in to a new session 12.009
And all notifications have disappeared 8.274
# 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" 0.217
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.095
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.217
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.440
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.859
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.138
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
45.087
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 8.116
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.069
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.402
When I try to enable persistence 1.212
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.441
When I log in to a new session 10.382
And all notifications have disappeared 9.587
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.953
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.920
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.854
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000