Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6385 19 May 2026, 14:01

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 22:46.637 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:37.103
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.004
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:23.139
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.575
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.277
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.111
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.742
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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31.110
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 9.336
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 16.100
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.296
And persistence is disabled 0.151
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.226
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.877
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:46.477
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 9.396
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.362
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.175
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 21.084
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.079
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.286
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.773
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.203
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.115
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.929
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.027
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32.358
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 logged in 7.887
And the system is very low on memory 5.181
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.140
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.778
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.139
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.624
And I free up some memory 1.082
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 10.479
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.043
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.897
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:39.126
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 8.851
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.353
And all tps features are active 1.391
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.139
When I disable the first tps feature 2.791
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.182
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.947
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:10.257
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.212
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.568
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.011
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14.221
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 8.429
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.113
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.056
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.067
When I disable the first tps feature 2.810
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.064
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.036
When I enable the first tps feature 2.498
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.066
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.076
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.016
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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13.519
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 7.699
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.065
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.064
And I disable the first tps feature 2.628
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.007
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.054
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.761
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
45.836
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 8.021
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 12.675
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.259
When I write some files expected to persist 1.364
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.728
# 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" 13.770
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.457
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:50.268
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 7.789
And the network is plugged 0.024
And Tor is ready 11.215
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 9.632
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.786
And I capture all network traffic 0.006
And the network is plugged 0.024
And Tor is ready 12.862
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.420
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.077
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.250
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.404
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.064
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45.412
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 stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.456
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.067
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 15.816
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 19.071
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.923
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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3:6.304
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 9.126
When I enable persistence 16.809
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.390
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 39.323
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.469
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.320
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.508
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 26.808
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.147
When I cold reboot the computer 11.280
And the computer reboots Tails 41.847
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.306
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.198
Given I enable persistence 9.140
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.119
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.310
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 12.061
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.135
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.082
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.007
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2:37.887
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 8.975
# 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 32.368
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.614
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:20.949
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 25.979
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.391
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.007
Tags: @product
42.161
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 9.395
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 16.151
Then persistence is disabled 0.220
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.813
And all notifications have disappeared 8.385
When I delete the persistent partition 2.812
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.382
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.614
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:33.908
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 9.377
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.059
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.028
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:14.151
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.291
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.861
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.027
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44.625
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 8.338
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.078
When I try to enable persistence 1.385
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 11.875
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.089
And all notifications have disappeared 8.136
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.257
And all tps features are enabled 1.233
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.231
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.694
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:9.683
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 33.629
And I enable persistence 21.592
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.430
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.694
And persistence is enabled 2.335
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.994
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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24.697
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.009
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 7.599
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 16.548
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.549
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.089
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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26.390
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 8.768
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 8.657
When I enable persistence 6.992
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.052
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.919
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.967
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
27.417
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 8.431
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.473
When I try to enable persistence 1.289
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 5.090
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.174
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.523
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.076
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.210
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.147
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.863
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
49.402
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 8.187
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.059
When I try to enable persistence 1.188
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 11.302
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.188
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.036
When I log in to a new session 12.962
And all notifications have disappeared 10.274
# 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" 0.174
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.436
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.471
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.423
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.697
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.227
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
48.721
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 9.109
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.495
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.383
When I try to enable persistence 1.199
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 4.036
When I log in to a new session 11.652
And all notifications have disappeared 9.761
Then the Tor Browser starts 2.239
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.844
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.065
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000