Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6685 21 Sep 2026, 11:35

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 23:1.391 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:30.759
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.005
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:17.177
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.610
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.231
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.739
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.132
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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27.865
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 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.733
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.627
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.264
And persistence is disabled 0.086
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.153
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.054
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:34.151
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 8.556
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.282
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.070
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.369
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 5.264
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.309
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.201
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.052
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.590
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.029
Tags: @product
28.840
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 8.037
And the system is very low on memory 4.089
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.208
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.448
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.099
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.543
And I free up some memory 0.504
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.862
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.046
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.903
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:45.828
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 8.685
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.241
And all tps features are active 7.493
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.785
When I disable the first tps feature 2.466
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.530
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.250
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.068
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.305
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.901
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.019
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13.584
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 8.204
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.061
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.057
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.054
When I disable the first tps feature 2.566
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.055
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.032
When I enable the first tps feature 2.440
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.060
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.051
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.727
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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13.687
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.008
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.096
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.088
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.056
And I disable the first tps feature 2.515
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.886
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.014
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
42.233
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 7.709
And the network is plugged 0.035
And Tor is ready 9.412
And I take note of which tps features are available 7.034
When I write some files expected to persist 1.112
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.606
# 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" 11.321
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.508
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:38.722
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 7.769
And the network is plugged 0.043
And Tor is ready 8.191
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.114
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.564
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.798
And I capture all network traffic 0.008
And the network is plugged 0.043
And Tor is ready 11.657
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.371
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.059
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.099
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.091
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.067
Tags: @product
39.084
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 8.661
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.106
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 12.443
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.872
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.617
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:49.587
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 8.917
When I enable persistence 23.024
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.050
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 37.917
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.268
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.186
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.453
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 22.350
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.109
When I cold reboot the computer 5.859
And the computer reboots Tails 32.046
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.333
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.237
Given I enable persistence 12.772
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.079
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.276
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.567
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.138
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.694
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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2:8.058
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 8.193
# 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 27.905
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.522
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:5.457
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 20.979
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.921
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
37.693
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 8.239
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.710
Then persistence is disabled 0.086
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.240
And all notifications have disappeared 8.538
When I delete the persistent partition 2.632
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.244
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.979
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:21.208
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 8.108
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.049
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.842
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.002
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.206
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.496
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.030
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55.806
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 8.125
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.072
When I try to enable persistence 1.204
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 13.753
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.073
And all notifications have disappeared 7.963
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.205
And all tps features are enabled 7.637
And all tps features but the first one are active 7.769
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.869
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:42.644
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 1:59.559
And I enable persistence 26.313
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.397
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.497
And persistence is enabled 7.876
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.764
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
30.119
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 7.539
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 22.112
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.468
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.679
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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39.064
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 8.473
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.108
When I enable persistence 13.132
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.044
And persistence is successfully enabled 8.305
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.682
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
40.819
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 21.274
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.708
When I try to enable persistence 1.220
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.608
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.114
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.216
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.066
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.253
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.355
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.859
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
40.696
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 7.924
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.055
When I try to enable persistence 1.157
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 10.954
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.179
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.029
When I log in to a new session 7.863
And all notifications have disappeared 8.055
# 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" 0.125
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.137
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.233
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.205
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 1.007
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
40.935
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 8.097
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.873
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.283
When I try to enable persistence 1.202
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.218
When I log in to a new session 8.091
And all notifications have disappeared 8.419
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.043
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.704
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.780
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000