Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6435 09 Jun 2026, 07:37

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 21:41.890 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:37.232
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 1:22.550
And I update the APT lists using apt 7.361
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.259
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.060
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.568
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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30.145
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 9.447
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.207
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.296
And persistence is disabled 0.105
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.088
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.681
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
1:44.271
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 8.358
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.316
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.106
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 20.189
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.051
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.063
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.952
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.185
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.046
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.541
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.009
Tags: @product
30.968
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 7.689
And the system is very low on memory 3.605
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.219
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.618
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.088
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.460
And I free up some memory 0.896
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 11.347
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.043
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.929
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
1:36.603
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 8.724
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.336
And all tps features are active 1.452
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.038
When I disable the first tps feature 3.146
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.539
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.749
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:8.410
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.204
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.759
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.028
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13.169
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 7.831
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.072
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.054
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.052
When I disable the first tps feature 2.452
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.056
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.053
When I enable the first tps feature 2.466
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.070
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.058
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.717
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
13.670
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 7.939
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.073
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.054
And I disable the first tps feature 2.653
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.892
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.056
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.577
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
44.318
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 7.420
And the network is plugged 0.023
And Tor is ready 12.706
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.200
When I write some files expected to persist 1.246
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.107
# 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" 12.613
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.532
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:50.374
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 7.616
And the network is plugged 0.034
And Tor is ready 10.009
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.114
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.938
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:9.263
And I capture all network traffic 0.005
And the network is plugged 0.021
And Tor is ready 12.648
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.490
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.078
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.152
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.248
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.037
Tags: @product
43.726
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 8.836
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.094
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 15.430
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 18.364
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.615
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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2:58.355
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 9.351
When I enable persistence 15.933
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.971
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.760
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.331
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.244
# 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 26.504
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.299
When I cold reboot the computer 10.512
And the computer reboots Tails 39.426
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.275
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.194
Given I enable persistence 7.815
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.086
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.288
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.634
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.178
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.960
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.008
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2:10.292
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 8.069
# 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 28.863
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.449
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:7.481
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 20.427
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.417
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006
Tags: @product
40.571
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 8.247
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 16.590
Then persistence is disabled 0.174
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.202
And all notifications have disappeared 8.152
When I delete the persistent partition 2.777
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.426
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.908
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:27.231
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 8.228
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.058
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.882
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:8.839
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.221
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.565
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.013
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44.453
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 8.039
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.051
When I try to enable persistence 1.190
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 11.705
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.934
And all notifications have disappeared 7.903
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.318
And all tps features are enabled 1.141
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.167
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.761
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:6.629
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 31.688
And I enable persistence 20.790
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.537
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.606
And persistence is enabled 2.008
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.187
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
24.813
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 7.574
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 16.665
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.573
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.990
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
26.110
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 8.165
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.001
When I enable persistence 6.989
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.059
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.895
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.869
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
26.385
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 8.588
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.593
When I try to enable persistence 1.272
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.946
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.197
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.468
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.054
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.143
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.119
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.161
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
46.351
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 8.022
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.082
When I try to enable persistence 1.239
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 10.204
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.221
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.031
When I log in to a new session 12.487
And all notifications have disappeared 8.858
# 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" 0.222
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.514
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.355
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.330
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.779
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.091
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
46.215
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 8.129
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.404
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.318
When I try to enable persistence 1.158
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.373
When I log in to a new session 12.795
And all notifications have disappeared 8.678
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.427
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.929
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.136
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000