Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6491 07 Jul 2026, 11:34

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 21:17.155 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:30.523
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:17.136
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.318
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.247
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.820
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.215
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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27.047
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 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 8.318
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.399
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.239
And persistence is disabled 0.080
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.009
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.733
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:38.312
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 8.330
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.279
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.127
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 18.265
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.046
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.786
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.247
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.173
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.055
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.952
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.051
Tags: @product
28.940
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 7.385
And the system is very low on memory 3.931
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.178
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.450
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.121
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.356
And I free up some memory 0.895
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.576
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.043
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.828
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:40.929
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.180
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.264
And all tps features are active 4.958
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.144
When I disable the first tps feature 2.559
Then all tps features but the first one are active 5.003
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.733
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.191
Then all tps features but the first one are active 4.893
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.809
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.038
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12.456
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.047
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.068
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.055
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.072
When I disable the first tps feature 2.534
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.054
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.050
When I enable the first tps feature 2.477
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.049
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.045
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.796
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
12.732
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.232
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.078
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.054
And I disable the first tps feature 2.505
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.808
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.052
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.009
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
40.466
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.249
And the network is plugged 0.024
And Tor is ready 9.749
And I take note of which tps features are available 3.666
When I write some files expected to persist 1.118
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.921
# 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" 11.737
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.288
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:44.053
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.018
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.214
And the network is plugged 0.025
And Tor is ready 10.134
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.122
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.437
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.260
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.014
And Tor is ready 12.292
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.366
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.058
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.121
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.794
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.051
Tags: @product
41.577
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.004
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.549
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.068
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 15.063
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.896
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.055
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:51.137
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 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 8.702
When I enable persistence 16.501
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.843
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.349
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.323
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" 4.606
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 25.199
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.213
When I cold reboot the computer 6.239
And the computer reboots Tails 36.847
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.252
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.172
Given I enable persistence 10.866
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.075
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.272
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.264
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.159
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.609
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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2:16.283
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.149
# 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 29.050
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.471
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:6.450
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 23.162
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.338
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
37.961
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.852
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.833
Then persistence is disabled 0.107
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.207
And all notifications have disappeared 7.878
When I delete the persistent partition 2.753
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.328
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.895
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:19.694
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.233
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.053
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.190
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.999
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.217
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.548
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
48.812
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.001
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.053
When I try to enable persistence 1.145
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 9.994
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.309
And all notifications have disappeared 7.841
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.379
And all tps features are enabled 4.761
And all tps features but the first one are active 5.325
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.959
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:10.509
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 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 30.687
And I enable persistence 23.322
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.135
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.673
And persistence is enabled 5.690
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.854
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
26.677
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 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 6.943
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 19.196
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.537
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.573
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
34.089
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 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 8.673
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 8.411
When I enable persistence 11.150
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.052
And persistence is successfully enabled 5.802
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.649
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
27.064
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 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 8.006
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.794
When I try to enable persistence 1.279
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.158
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.164
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.362
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.062
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.145
Then persistence is successfully enabled 4.089
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.704
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
42.029
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 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 7.819
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.065
When I try to enable persistence 1.149
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 8.219
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.156
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.025
When I log in to a new session 11.001
And all notifications have disappeared 8.994
# 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" 0.124
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.085
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.226
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.317
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.841
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.756
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
45.855
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 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 7.755
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.268
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.349
When I try to enable persistence 1.187
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.118
When I log in to a new session 11.717
And all notifications have disappeared 8.923
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.765
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.767
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.913
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000