Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6678 17 Sep 2026, 14:00

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 24:4.120 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:38.399
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 1:23.828
And I update the APT lists using apt 7.521
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.281
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.767
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.777
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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28.808
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.654
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.620
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.216
And persistence is disabled 0.077
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.238
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.169
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:35.993
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 9.137
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.315
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.092
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 18.095
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 5.272
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.772
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.214
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.041
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.659
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.033
Tags: @product
30.416
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 8.572
And the system is very low on memory 4.172
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.289
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.705
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.152
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.427
And I free up some memory 0.676
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.373
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.048
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.845
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:59.933
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 enabled and logged in 8.556
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.264
And all tps features are active 9.599
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.021
When I disable the first tps feature 2.513
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.511
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.766
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.399
Then all tps features but the first one are active 15.300
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.824
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.012
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14.368
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 8.345
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.056
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.098
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.078
When I disable the first tps feature 3.083
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.051
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.028
When I enable the first tps feature 2.485
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.080
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.059
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.861
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
14.040
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 enabled and logged in 8.307
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.057
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.064
And I disable the first tps feature 2.659
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.908
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.042
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.729
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
45.709
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 enabled and logged in 8.412
And the network is plugged 0.070
And Tor is ready 10.170
And I take note of which tps features are available 8.944
When I write some files expected to persist 1.318
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.265
# 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" 11.527
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.599
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:46.613
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 7.813
And the network is plugged 0.035
And Tor is ready 9.597
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.154
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.619
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:8.760
And I capture all network traffic 0.002
And the network is plugged 0.027
And Tor is ready 13.061
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.376
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.062
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.101
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.607
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.046
Tags: @product
40.807
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 stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.715
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.076
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 13.188
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 17.826
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.929
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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3:2.270
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.402
When I enable persistence 25.268
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.940
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.222
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.269
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.314
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.562
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 23.127
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.109
When I cold reboot the computer 5.868
And the computer reboots Tails 34.424
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.341
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.972
Given I enable persistence 17.896
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.066
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.294
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.062
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.126
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.541
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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2:11.751
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 enabled and logged in 8.648
# 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 30.327
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.267
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:7.384
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 20.123
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.864
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.010
Tags: @product
39.407
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 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 9.212
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.426
Then persistence is disabled 0.084
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.553
And all notifications have disappeared 8.223
When I delete the persistent partition 2.616
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.291
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.868
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:23.027
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 enabled and logged in 8.572
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.042
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.831
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.349
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.230
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.696
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
57.551
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 8.202
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.054
When I try to enable persistence 1.226
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 14.043
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.763
And all notifications have disappeared 8.188
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.304
And all tps features are enabled 8.653
And all tps features but the first one are active 8.114
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.703
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:48.108
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 2:3.172
And I enable persistence 27.745
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.698
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.592
And persistence is enabled 8.899
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.764
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
30.581
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.902
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 22.178
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.500
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.581
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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41.751
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 8.523
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 10.164
When I enable persistence 13.074
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.050
And persistence is successfully enabled 9.938
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.011
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
31.096
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 8.512
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.977
When I try to enable persistence 1.304
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.203
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.257
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.488
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.085
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.167
Then persistence is successfully enabled 4.100
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.708
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
41.710
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 8.314
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.064
When I try to enable persistence 1.206
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 11.360
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.082
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.025
When I log in to a new session 8.434
And all notifications have disappeared 7.545
# 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" 0.187
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.104
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.274
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.186
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:339 1.010
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
41.773
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 8.279
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.787
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.265
When I try to enable persistence 1.320
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.747
When I log in to a new session 9.113
And all notifications have disappeared 8.245
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.216
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.798
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.971
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000