Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6331 29 Apr 2026, 07:35

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 26:26.923 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:40.832
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 1:25.876
And I update APT using apt 7.924
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.223
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.808
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.990
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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45.840
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.011
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.896
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 18.933
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.297
And persistence is disabled 0.086
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 17.626
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.087
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:3.267
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 8.570
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.490
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.094
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 38.149
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.389
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 13.296
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.023
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.199
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.052
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.910
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
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48.157
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 7.464
And the system is very low on memory 21.980
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 1.255
When I try to create a persistent partition 5.410
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.127
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.352
And I free up some memory 0.821
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.690
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.055
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.741
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:41.411
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 8.333
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.302
And all tps features are active 1.251
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.775
When I disable the first tps feature 2.503
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.084
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 19.496
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.512
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.151
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.951
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
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13.042
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 7.354
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.199
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.051
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.152
When I disable the first tps feature 2.609
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.050
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.069
When I enable the first tps feature 2.460
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.049
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.045
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.048
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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12.814
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 7.222
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.061
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.054
And I disable the first tps feature 2.568
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.844
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.062
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.147
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
55.181
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 7.197
And the network is plugged 0.020
And Tor is ready 17.632
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.413
When I write some files expected to persist 1.157
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 16.502
# 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" 12.256
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.305
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:28.548
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 7.450
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 18.840
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.111
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 20.425
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:18.449
And I capture all network traffic 0.004
And the network is plugged 0.018
And Tor is ready 22.647
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.388
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.083
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.112
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.893
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.045
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1:1.715
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 8.876
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.205
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 20.403
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 31.228
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 2.601
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:10.029
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.029
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.930
When I enable persistence 35.583
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.075
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.499
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.419
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.225
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.512
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 25.546
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.171
When I cold reboot the computer 8.818
And the computer reboots Tails 36.857
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.299
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.215
Given I enable persistence 6.918
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.073
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.319
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.425
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.137
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.814
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
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2:45.139
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 8.987
# 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 40.710
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 30.833
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:1.579
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 23.028
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.375
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product
1:5.225
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 8.847
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 22.451
Then persistence is disabled 0.091
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 21.663
And all notifications have disappeared 9.002
When I delete the persistent partition 2.787
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.382
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.043
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:29.614
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 7.826
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.048
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 16.172
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.347
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.219
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.799
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product
53.816
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 8.056
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.052
When I try to enable persistence 1.204
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 22.543
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.590
And all notifications have disappeared 8.101
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.258
And all tps features are enabled 1.001
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.007
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.127
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:32.530
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 45.224
And I enable persistence 35.154
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.939
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.652
And persistence is enabled 1.559
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.116
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
22.617
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 7.301
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 14.804
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.510
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.858
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
50.395
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 8.111
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 33.663
When I enable persistence 7.002
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.041
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.577
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.266
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
37.025
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 7.472
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 21.205
When I try to enable persistence 1.294
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.337
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.181
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.304
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.060
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.135
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.033
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.366
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
53.601
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 7.425
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.056
When I try to enable persistence 1.255
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 18.550
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.254
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.027
When I log in to a new session 11.799
And all notifications have disappeared 9.174
# 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" 0.204
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.092
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.225
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.245
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.289
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.810
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
56.116
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 7.489
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 22.257
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.296
When I try to enable persistence 1.225
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.698
When I log in to a new session 11.139
And all notifications have disappeared 8.820
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.322
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.866
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.984
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000