Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6683 19 Sep 2026, 11:41

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 22:2.553 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:26.633
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 1:16.258
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.330
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 3.197
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.847
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.550
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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26.023
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 8.252
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.188
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.196
And persistence is disabled 0.076
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.311
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.854
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:30.280
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 8.475
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.259
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.084
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.433
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.050
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.275
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 58.500
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.139
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.061
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.859
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.021
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27.976
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 7.749
And the system is very low on memory 3.975
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.163
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.245
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.108
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.375
And I free up some memory 0.426
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.891
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.039
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.774
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:41.201
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 8.162
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.223
And all tps features are active 7.308
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.640
When I disable the first tps feature 2.435
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.449
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.218
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.672
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.090
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.960
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.017
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12.756
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 7.562
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.078
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.058
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.041
When I disable the first tps feature 2.462
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.045
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.030
When I enable the first tps feature 2.405
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.046
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.024
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.920
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
13.078
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 7.610
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.055
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.071
And I disable the first tps feature 2.530
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.776
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.033
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.629
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
54.435
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 7.567
And the network is plugged 0.042
And Tor is ready 23.100
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.403
When I write some files expected to persist 0.952
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.181
# 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" 11.187
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.342
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:32.491
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 7.548
And the network is plugged 0.026
And Tor is ready 8.253
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.111
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.372
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.245
And I capture all network traffic 0.002
And the network is plugged 0.027
And Tor is ready 10.375
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.368
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.067
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.092
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.717
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.067
Tags: @product
35.648
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 stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.405
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.079
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 11.799
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 14.364
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.520
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:46.380
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 8.315
When I enable persistence 20.504
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.325
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.469
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.205
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.129
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.434
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 22.020
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.106
When I cold reboot the computer 5.917
And the computer reboots Tails 32.134
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.268
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.227
Given I enable persistence 13.069
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.066
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.273
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.741
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.173
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.902
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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2:0.546
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 8.212
# 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 25.636
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.098
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 59.884
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 21.714
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.876
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.067
Tags: @product
37.192
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 8.160
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.577
Then persistence is disabled 0.076
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 3.969
And all notifications have disappeared 8.451
When I delete the persistent partition 2.666
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.289
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.460
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:15.284
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.013
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.850
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.067
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.169
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.026
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.169
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.910
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.012
Tags: @product
54.212
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 8.100
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.042
When I try to enable persistence 1.157
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 12.543
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.674
And all notifications have disappeared 8.055
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.201
And all tps features are enabled 7.910
And all tps features but the first one are active 7.526
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.975
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:34.803
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 1:54.248
And I enable persistence 25.129
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.145
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.524
And persistence is enabled 7.756
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.522
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.211
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 21.744
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.466
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.761
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
38.841
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 8.379
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 10.399
When I enable persistence 12.973
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.039
And persistence is successfully enabled 7.049
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.866
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
27.236
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 7.873
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.381
When I try to enable persistence 1.221
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.847
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.292
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.191
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.049
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.078
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.302
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.866
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
41.515
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 7.862
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.053
When I try to enable persistence 1.236
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 10.953
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.247
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.027
When I log in to a new session 8.181
And all notifications have disappeared 8.709
# 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" 0.116
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.086
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.175
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.059
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.806
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.744
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
36.590
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 7.726
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.298
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.236
When I try to enable persistence 1.171
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.436
When I log in to a new session 6.860
And all notifications have disappeared 6.829
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.255
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 0.603
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000