Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6332 29 Apr 2026, 11:28

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 23:12.653 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:38.708
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.014
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:24.586
And I update APT using apt 6.870
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.313
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.938
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.637
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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31.705
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.628
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 16.272
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.293
And persistence is disabled 0.123
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.386
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.697
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:43.729
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 9.067
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.450
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.121
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 20.145
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.531
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.130
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.865
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.362
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.054
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.181
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
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31.886
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 8.473
And the system is very low on memory 4.092
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.223
When I try to create a persistent partition 5.021
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.096
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.414
And I free up some memory 0.906
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 10.158
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.500
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.947
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:38.219
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 8.429
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.341
And all tps features are active 1.679
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.258
When I disable the first tps feature 2.604
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.382
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.501
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:11.687
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.334
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.493
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.020
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13.222
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.530
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.072
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.062
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.123
When I disable the first tps feature 2.650
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.052
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.040
When I enable the first tps feature 2.553
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.069
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.067
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.006
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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13.549
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 7.891
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.067
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.075
And I disable the first tps feature 2.555
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.908
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.050
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.763
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:0.247
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.161
And the network is plugged 0.025
And Tor is ready 17.729
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.238
When I write some files expected to persist 1.442
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 19.592
# 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" 13.058
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.606
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:33.319
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 8.281
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 19.573
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.190
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 19.500
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:21.843
And I capture all network traffic 0.017
And the network is plugged 0.049
And Tor is ready 23.265
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.384
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.061
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.136
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.999
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.057
Tags: @product
42.819
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 9.113
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.115
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 15.242
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 17.348
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.517
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:57.601
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 9.625
When I enable persistence 14.182
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.519
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.871
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.407
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.318
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.524
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 25.796
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.147
When I cold reboot the computer 10.454
And the computer reboots Tails 39.625
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.340
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.274
Given I enable persistence 8.482
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.126
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.287
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.436
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.181
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.790
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
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2:25.282
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 8.920
# 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 33.008
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.779
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:19.163
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 18.410
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.999
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.018
Tags: @product
39.572
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 8.197
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.197
Then persistence is disabled 0.112
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.368
And all notifications have disappeared 8.476
When I delete the persistent partition 2.752
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.467
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.697
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:27.516
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 8.374
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.075
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.618
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:9.172
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.275
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.798
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
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44.899
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 8.192
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.055
When I try to enable persistence 1.242
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 10.937
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 12.095
And all notifications have disappeared 8.651
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.297
And all tps features are enabled 1.282
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.144
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.841
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:7.945
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 32.557
And I enable persistence 21.619
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.542
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.722
And persistence is enabled 2.504
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.034
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
24.817
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
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 7.827
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 16.293
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.696
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.973
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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29.906
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.427
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 10.371
When I enable persistence 8.641
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.050
And persistence is successfully enabled 2.415
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.948
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
29.247
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 8.982
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.698
When I try to enable persistence 1.348
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 5.543
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.254
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.794
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.102
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.324
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.198
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.312
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
49.461
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 8.278
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.190
When I try to enable persistence 1.218
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 10.315
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.197
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.037
When I log in to a new session 12.299
And all notifications have disappeared 10.219
# 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" 0.328
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.618
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.294
Then the Tor Browser starts 2.021
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.442
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.193
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
48.992
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 9.494
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.050
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.388
When I try to enable persistence 1.214
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 5.138
When I log in to a new session 12.107
And all notifications have disappeared 9.155
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.562
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.880
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.782
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000