Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6375 14 May 2026, 20:00

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 22:44.464 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:35.285
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.005
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:20.987
And I update the APT lists using apt 7.039
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.335
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.922
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.026
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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33.281
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 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 9.317
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 17.915
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.452
And persistence is disabled 0.148
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.447
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.260
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:44.515
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.004
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 9.122
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.304
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.151
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 20.569
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.069
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.248
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.817
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.179
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.053
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.728
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.021
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31.852
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 7.894
And the system is very low on memory 3.828
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.196
When I try to create a persistent partition 5.157
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.110
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.376
And I free up some memory 0.853
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 11.385
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.050
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.011
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
1:37.867
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.899
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.368
And all tps features are active 1.335
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.352
When I disable the first tps feature 3.091
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.379
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.204
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:11.551
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.686
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.949
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.007
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13.797
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.004
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.137
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.078
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.063
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.068
When I disable the first tps feature 2.647
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.066
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.043
When I enable the first tps feature 2.531
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.083
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.076
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.942
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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14.474
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.795
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.082
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.061
And I disable the first tps feature 2.619
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.864
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.050
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.766
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
46.628
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.004
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.927
And the network is plugged 0.018
And Tor is ready 13.703
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.199
When I write some files expected to persist 1.392
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.080
# 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? (tails/tails#10330)
Then only the expected files are present on the persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 13.307
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.177
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:53.286
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.004
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.627
And the network is plugged 0.025
And Tor is ready 14.222
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.179
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.616
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:9.008
And I capture all network traffic 0.007
And the network is plugged 0.028
And Tor is ready 11.942
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.398
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.095
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.132
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.061
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.055
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43.614
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 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 9.338
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.080
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 15.262
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 17.932
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.105
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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2:59.597
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 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 9.424
When I enable persistence 16.018
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.090
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 39.488
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.317
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.238
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.701
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 26.508
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.216
When I cold reboot the computer 8.981
And the computer reboots Tails 39.919
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.329
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.238
Given I enable persistence 8.914
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.091
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.240
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.687
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.189
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.882
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006
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2:33.704
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 9.330
# 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 28.332
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.758
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:23.695
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 21.587
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.166
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.009
Tags: @product
42.892
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 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 9.409
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 16.106
Then persistence is disabled 0.176
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.772
And all notifications have disappeared 8.286
When I delete the persistent partition 2.795
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.345
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.146
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:29.832
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.014
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 9.095
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.087
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.980
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:10.397
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.272
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.018
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.007
Tags: @product
46.949
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 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 8.276
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.053
When I try to enable persistence 1.175
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 12.969
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 12.847
And all notifications have disappeared 7.998
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.274
And all tps features are enabled 1.122
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.229
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.835
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:13.457
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.004
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 33.960
And I enable persistence 22.978
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 14.211
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.645
And persistence is enabled 1.660
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.831
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
27.723
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.004
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 7.184
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 19.660
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.877
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.126
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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29.362
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 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 9.139
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.737
When I enable persistence 8.619
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.064
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.801
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.925
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
26.716
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 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 7.977
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.811
When I try to enable persistence 1.268
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.258
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.160
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.709
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.078
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.160
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.292
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.377
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
51.461
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.007
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.070
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.057
When I try to enable persistence 1.174
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 11.666
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.223
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.035
When I log in to a new session 13.271
And all notifications have disappeared 9.642
# 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" 0.182
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.558
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.346
Then the Tor Browser starts 2.324
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.905
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.980
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
48.162
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 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 7.950
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.125
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.355
When I try to enable persistence 1.220
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.713
When I log in to a new session 12.219
And all notifications have disappeared 9.254
Then the Tor Browser starts 2.019
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.304
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.911
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000