Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6383 18 May 2026, 11:26

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 21:28.917 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:36.465
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:22.973
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.343
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.253
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.895
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.983
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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30.529
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.307
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.476
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.281
And persistence is disabled 0.129
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.334
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.825
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:45.160
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 8.233
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.437
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.096
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 19.936
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.114
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.745
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.319
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.208
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.068
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.609
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.009
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30.758
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 7.719
And the system is very low on memory 4.705
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.132
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.434
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.157
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.391
And I free up some memory 0.786
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 10.375
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.053
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.060
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
1:36.276
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.923
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.358
And all tps features are active 1.442
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.699
When I disable the first tps feature 3.153
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.598
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.811
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.002
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.287
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.018
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.008
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14.032
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.012
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.038
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.080
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.057
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.068
When I disable the first tps feature 3.102
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.054
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.045
When I enable the first tps feature 2.469
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.055
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.059
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.737
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
13.158
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.616
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.096
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.048
And I disable the first tps feature 2.518
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.816
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.061
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.735
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
44.720
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 7.501
And the network is plugged 0.037
And Tor is ready 13.356
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.176
When I write some files expected to persist 1.368
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.808
# 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" 12.470
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.579
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:44.007
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.008
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.698
And the network is plugged 0.020
And Tor is ready 11.474
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.123
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.151
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.933
And I capture all network traffic 0.005
And the network is plugged 0.026
And Tor is ready 12.018
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.394
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.062
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.096
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.819
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.061
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41.651
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.010
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.824
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.102
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 14.255
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 17.469
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.860
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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2:55.587
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 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 8.904
When I enable persistence 14.299
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.073
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 39.082
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.329
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.281
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.548
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 26.592
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.168
When I cold reboot the computer 10.947
And the computer reboots Tails 38.994
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.320
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.186
Given I enable persistence 7.335
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.079
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.243
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.013
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.186
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.824
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.008
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2:13.933
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 8.801
# 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 25.921
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.880
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:5.789
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 23.540
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.391
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.009
Tags: @product
40.979
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 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 9.404
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.626
Then persistence is disabled 0.090
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.559
And all notifications have disappeared 8.163
When I delete the persistent partition 2.761
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.374
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.850
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:22.472
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.015
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.262
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.065
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.757
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.162
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.224
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.845
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.009
Tags: @product
45.225
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 8.151
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.063
When I try to enable persistence 1.170
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 12.606
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.167
And all notifications have disappeared 8.329
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.316
And all tps features are enabled 1.239
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.180
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.027
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:4.388
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 30.547
And I enable persistence 21.072
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.254
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.593
And persistence is enabled 1.919
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.017
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
23.590
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.147
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 15.482
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.960
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.091
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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26.779
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 9.159
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 7.902
When I enable persistence 7.559
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.076
And persistence is successfully enabled 2.081
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.110
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
26.306
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 8.030
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.721
When I try to enable persistence 1.299
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 4.224
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.187
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.418
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.064
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.188
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.172
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.002
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
46.092
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 7.822
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.101
When I try to enable persistence 1.274
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 9.038
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.203
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.024
When I log in to a new session 12.905
And all notifications have disappeared 9.663
# 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" 0.177
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.375
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.162
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.447
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.893
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.808
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
46.802
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 8.152
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.670
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.434
When I try to enable persistence 1.208
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.620
When I log in to a new session 10.470
And all notifications have disappeared 9.347
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.974
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.923
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.100
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000