Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6334 29 Apr 2026, 13:13

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 22:27.543 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:29.118
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 1:16.209
And I update APT using apt 5.861
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.257
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.790
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.640
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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28.353
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 8.583
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.451
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.313
And persistence is disabled 0.095
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.909
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.483
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:36.055
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 8.341
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.257
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.124
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.433
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.398
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.341
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 59.922
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.188
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.047
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.801
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
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27.879
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 7.501
And the system is very low on memory 3.481
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.179
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.414
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.097
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.397
And I free up some memory 0.907
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.841
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.058
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.903
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:28.265
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 8.079
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.301
And all tps features are active 1.299
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.923
When I disable the first tps feature 2.524
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.118
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.721
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.144
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.152
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.949
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
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13.193
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 7.805
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.080
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.062
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.047
When I disable the first tps feature 2.434
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.053
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.033
When I enable the first tps feature 2.473
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.067
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.134
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.016
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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13.050
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 7.488
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.088
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.063
And I disable the first tps feature 2.480
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.860
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.069
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.733
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
57.317
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 7.204
And the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 17.164
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.306
When I write some files expected to persist 1.067
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 19.641
# 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" 11.917
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.500
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:51.081
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 7.647
And the network is plugged 0.029
And Tor is ready 16.040
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 2:3.415
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.024
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.019
And Tor is ready 22.250
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.364
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.062
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.089
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.693
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.075
Tags: @product
37.736
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 8.677
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.077
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 14.210
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 13.769
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.592
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:44.754
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 8.815
When I enable persistence 12.384
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.347
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.128
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.340
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.248
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.471
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 23.767
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.183
When I cold reboot the computer 10.164
And the computer reboots Tails 36.048
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.268
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.212
Given I enable persistence 6.613
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.069
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.201
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.344
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.141
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.027
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.017
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2:11.570
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 8.190
# 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 28.780
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.486
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:1.449
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 23.664
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.074
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product
36.715
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 8.172
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.832
Then persistence is disabled 0.094
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.463
And all notifications have disappeared 8.176
When I delete the persistent partition 2.643
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.332
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:17.346
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 7.522
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.055
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.395
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.104
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.267
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.938
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
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40.954
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 8.028
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.056
When I try to enable persistence 1.180
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 9.962
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.457
And all notifications have disappeared 7.989
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.288
And all tps features are enabled 0.957
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.034
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.837
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
59.556
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 30.183
And I enable persistence 18.067
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.307
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.576
And persistence is enabled 1.421
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.823
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
21.565
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 7.058
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 13.952
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.554
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.711
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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23.497
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 7.906
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 7.314
When I enable persistence 6.496
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.046
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.733
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.787
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
24.574
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 7.784
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.219
When I try to enable persistence 1.267
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.590
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.156
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.348
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.061
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.134
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.011
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.724
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
43.342
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 7.467
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.058
When I try to enable persistence 1.123
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 8.912
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.237
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.027
When I log in to a new session 11.001
And all notifications have disappeared 9.503
# 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" 0.152
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.482
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.211
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.326
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 1.009
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
41.612
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 7.615
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.685
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.322
When I try to enable persistence 1.175
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.667
When I log in to a new session 9.877
And all notifications have disappeared 9.312
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.217
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.739
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.662
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000