Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6397 22 May 2026, 07:32

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 20:59.866 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:34.862
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 1:21.358
And I update the APT lists using apt 5.884
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.398
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.219
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.088
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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29.857
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 8.666
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 16.546
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.278
And persistence is disabled 0.097
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.269
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.567
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
1:37.085
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 8.990
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.259
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.089
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 18.914
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.042
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.731
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.826
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.179
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.051
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.688
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.021
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30.422
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 7.790
And the system is very low on memory 3.611
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.364
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.783
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.107
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.378
And I free up some memory 0.903
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 10.400
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.081
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.099
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
1:33.195
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 8.502
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.289
And all tps features are active 1.168
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.058
When I disable the first tps feature 2.535
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.666
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.696
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.965
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.312
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.562
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.007
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13.496
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.001
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.929
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.094
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.070
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.058
When I disable the first tps feature 2.669
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.052
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.038
When I enable the first tps feature 2.481
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.051
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.050
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.689
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
13.182
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 7.304
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.072
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.129
And I disable the first tps feature 2.666
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.946
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.064
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.133
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
44.158
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 7.545
And the network is plugged 0.018
And Tor is ready 13.070
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.261
When I write some files expected to persist 1.316
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.425
# 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" 12.520
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.132
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:44.088
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 7.075
And the network is plugged 0.020
And Tor is ready 10.754
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.136
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.376
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.659
And I capture all network traffic 0.005
And the network is plugged 0.024
And Tor is ready 12.457
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.383
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.048
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.146
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.751
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.066
Tags: @product
40.179
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 stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.566
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.110
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 13.636
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.866
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.660
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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2:50.419
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 9.236
When I enable persistence 13.964
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.753
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.738
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.304
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.245
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.505
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 25.208
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.162
When I cold reboot the computer 8.947
And the computer reboots Tails 38.392
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.293
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.245
Given I enable persistence 7.029
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.080
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.250
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.876
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.184
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.171
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.008
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2:15.349
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 8.417
# 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 29.108
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.771
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:5.767
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 22.284
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.369
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.023
Tags: @product
38.689
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 8.244
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.645
Then persistence is disabled 0.096
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.600
And all notifications have disappeared 7.942
When I delete the persistent partition 2.786
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.373
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.121
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
1:24.531
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 7.817
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.068
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.558
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.854
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.232
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.683
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.033
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41.264
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 7.620
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.053
When I try to enable persistence 1.195
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 11.243
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.871
And all notifications have disappeared 7.932
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.283
And all tps features are enabled 0.948
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.116
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.966
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:4.814
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 30.847
And I enable persistence 20.632
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.236
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.568
And persistence is enabled 1.529
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.989
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
22.153
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 7.469
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 14.012
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.672
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.596
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
25.898
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 8.573
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 7.962
When I enable persistence 7.285
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.054
And persistence is successfully enabled 2.023
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.904
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
26.367
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 8.161
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.005
When I try to enable persistence 1.198
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.190
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.192
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.382
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.047
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.158
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.031
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.880
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
44.902
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 7.488
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.056
When I try to enable persistence 1.149
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 9.160
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.165
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.037
When I log in to a new session 12.280
And all notifications have disappeared 9.532
# 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" 0.184
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.425
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.170
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.379
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.870
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.110
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
44.944
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 7.953
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.634
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.331
When I try to enable persistence 1.348
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.461
When I log in to a new session 10.553
And all notifications have disappeared 8.848
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.990
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.822
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.952
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000