Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6679 17 Sep 2026, 14:24

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 25:10.610 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:35.630
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.004
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:20.960
And I update the APT lists using apt 7.489
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.243
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.936
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.680
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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30.529
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 9.307
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.736
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.252
And persistence is disabled 0.099
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.133
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.692
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:43.704
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 10.897
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.414
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.142
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 19.171
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.055
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.453
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.284
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.217
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.067
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.562
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.027
Tags: @product
29.714
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 logged in 8.587
And the system is very low on memory 3.843
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.234
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.617
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.093
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.424
And I free up some memory 0.497
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.369
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.045
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.004
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:57.284
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 8.811
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.298
And all tps features are active 8.938
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.655
When I disable the first tps feature 2.492
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.723
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.395
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:12.544
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.425
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.096
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
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27.038
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 21.551
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.082
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.073
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.053
When I disable the first tps feature 2.604
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.046
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.038
When I enable the first tps feature 2.474
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.064
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.048
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.718
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
13.943
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.009
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.373
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.093
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.086
And I disable the first tps feature 2.589
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.759
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.040
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.804
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
48.510
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 8.060
And the network is plugged 0.059
And Tor is ready 13.806
And I take note of which tps features are available 7.710
When I write some files expected to persist 1.204
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.426
# 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" 12.243
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.237
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:49.188
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 enabled and logged in 8.437
And the network is plugged 0.044
And Tor is ready 9.481
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.183
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.520
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:13.233
And I capture all network traffic 0.004
And the network is plugged 0.625
And Tor is ready 11.163
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.327
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.057
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.109
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.585
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.109
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43.255
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 without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 12.429
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.073
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 12.256
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 17.495
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.974
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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3:18.896
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 9.801
When I enable persistence 37.523
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.884
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 39.123
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.392
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.312
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.536
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 23.477
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.144
When I cold reboot the computer 6.017
And the computer reboots Tails 35.268
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.202
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.161
Given I enable persistence 20.356
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.067
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.160
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.326
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.137
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.962
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
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2:27.374
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 10.389
# 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 32.666
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.646
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:17.651
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 21.021
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.387
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.016
Tags: @product
41.907
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 9.201
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.430
Then persistence is disabled 0.086
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.042
And all notifications have disappeared 8.892
When I delete the persistent partition 2.978
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.276
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.826
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:23.797
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 enabled and logged in 8.231
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.082
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.513
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:9.771
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.198
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.924
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.025
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1:0.215
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 8.459
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.058
When I try to enable persistence 1.205
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 13.693
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.689
And all notifications have disappeared 8.542
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.305
And all tps features are enabled 8.741
And all tps features but the first one are active 9.520
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.015
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:47.377
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 2:1.032
And I enable persistence 28.750
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.265
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.538
And persistence is enabled 8.789
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.095
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
32.265
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 8.051
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 23.564
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.649
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.928
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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43.699
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 9.327
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 10.433
When I enable persistence 14.846
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.046
And persistence is successfully enabled 9.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.687
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
31.260
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 8.940
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.356
When I try to enable persistence 1.275
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 4.029
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.125
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.682
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.053
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.271
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.526
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.906
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
42.884
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 8.181
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.078
When I try to enable persistence 1.261
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 10.878
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.087
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.025
When I log in to a new session 10.068
And all notifications have disappeared 7.699
# 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" 0.179
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.108
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.295
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.067
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.951
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.882
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
42.130
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 8.489
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.134
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.317
When I try to enable persistence 1.156
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.032
When I log in to a new session 9.593
And all notifications have disappeared 6.345
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.142
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.917
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.583
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000