Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6680 17 Sep 2026, 15:55

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 23:31.915 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:43.997
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:30.511
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.581
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.247
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.656
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.741
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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29.422
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 8.694
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.237
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.201
And persistence is disabled 0.091
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.197
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.846
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:59.875
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 35.390
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.260
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.104
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 16.930
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.044
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.555
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.287
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.251
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.049
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.858
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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29.955
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 8.445
And the system is very low on memory 4.058
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.183
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.644
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 2.527
And I free up some memory 0.478
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.411
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.053
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.780
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:48.642
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 8.458
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.278
And all tps features are active 8.451
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.721
When I disable the first tps feature 2.485
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.204
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.400
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.599
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.043
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.553
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008
Tags: @product
13.566
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 8.273
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.082
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.055
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.053
When I disable the first tps feature 2.458
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.058
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.047
When I enable the first tps feature 2.445
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.053
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.038
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.597
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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13.404
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 7.812
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.083
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.054
And I disable the first tps feature 2.602
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.817
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.034
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.755
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
41.982
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 7.622
And the network is plugged 0.022
And Tor is ready 9.935
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.891
When I write some files expected to persist 1.049
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.249
# 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" 11.210
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.289
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:40.855
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 7.871
And the network is plugged 0.056
And Tor is ready 10.278
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.093
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.483
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.469
And I capture all network traffic 0.002
And the network is plugged 0.027
And Tor is ready 11.001
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.368
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.084
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.117
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.984
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.062
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40.449
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 8.765
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.097
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 13.756
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.831
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.786
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:50.925
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 8.756
When I enable persistence 22.267
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.609
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.466
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.242
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.365
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.459
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 23.082
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.118
When I cold reboot the computer 5.843
And the computer reboots Tails 32.493
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.187
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.121
Given I enable persistence 12.840
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.071
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.193
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.626
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.180
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.820
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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2:4.738
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 8.511
# 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 27.110
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.346
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:1.467
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 22.301
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.299
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
Tags: @product
38.111
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 8.004
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.740
Then persistence is disabled 0.105
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.397
And all notifications have disappeared 8.913
When I delete the persistent partition 2.667
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.283
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.575
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:16.580
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 7.822
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.050
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.452
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.052
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.202
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.611
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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56.163
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 8.053
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.149
When I try to enable persistence 1.194
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 13.449
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.203
And all notifications have disappeared 7.910
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.218
And all tps features are enabled 7.769
And all tps features but the first one are active 8.213
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.487
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:40.935
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 1:56.363
And I enable persistence 27.962
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.773
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.516
And persistence is enabled 8.318
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.907
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
29.865
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 7.418
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 21.885
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.561
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.853
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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40.707
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 8.757
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.623
When I enable persistence 14.261
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.050
And persistence is successfully enabled 8.014
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.064
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
28.606
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 8.428
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.344
When I try to enable persistence 1.197
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.187
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.211
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.329
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.057
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.164
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.685
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.592
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
41.210
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 7.640
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.052
When I try to enable persistence 1.238
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 11.262
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.218
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.022
When I log in to a new session 9.563
And all notifications have disappeared 6.838
# 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" 0.227
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.092
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.209
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.068
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.774
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.580
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
41.920
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 7.716
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.138
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.311
When I try to enable persistence 1.131
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.897
When I log in to a new session 9.116
And all notifications have disappeared 7.566
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.124
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.918
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.536
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000