Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6686 21 Sep 2026, 18:23

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 23:38.394 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:31.797
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 1:18.295
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.609
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.229
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.663
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.905
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:7.906
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 48.166
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.396
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.296
And persistence is disabled 0.084
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.963
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.767
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:36.548
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 8.540
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.363
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.092
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 18.083
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.060
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.206
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.005
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.147
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.049
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.659
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.018
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30.027
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 8.065
And the system is very low on memory 4.569
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.229
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.608
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.112
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.395
And I free up some memory 0.590
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.411
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.043
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.686
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:46.762
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 8.050
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.234
And all tps features are active 8.448
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.707
When I disable the first tps feature 2.437
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.712
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.460
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.331
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.379
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.970
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
13.823
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 8.486
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.078
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.060
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.057
When I disable the first tps feature 2.522
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.066
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.036
When I enable the first tps feature 2.427
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.054
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.033
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.841
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
13.348
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 7.617
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.094
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.098
And I disable the first tps feature 2.520
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.977
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.039
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.813
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
43.141
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 7.926
And the network is plugged 0.033
And Tor is ready 10.366
And I take note of which tps features are available 7.090
When I write some files expected to persist 0.944
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" 11.531
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.130
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:39.588
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 7.491
And the network is plugged 0.050
And Tor is ready 9.050
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.108
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.274
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.632
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.032
And Tor is ready 11.402
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.360
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.083
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.097
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.633
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.072
Tags: @product
39.971
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 8.449
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.114
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 13.368
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 17.039
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.737
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:54.097
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 8.423
When I enable persistence 23.696
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.411
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.319
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.407
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.316
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.555
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 22.981
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.161
When I cold reboot the computer 6.028
And the computer reboots Tails 34.329
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.217
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.140
Given I enable persistence 13.247
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.065
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.344
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.311
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.137
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.623
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.036
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2:6.982
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 8.403
# 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 29.582
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.210
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:5.605
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 18.179
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.003
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
37.489
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 8.224
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.060
Then persistence is disabled 0.085
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.728
And all notifications have disappeared 8.513
When I delete the persistent partition 2.638
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.237
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.660
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:19.987
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 8.015
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.044
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.384
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.355
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.186
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.730
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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56.759
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 8.258
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.044
When I try to enable persistence 1.196
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 12.649
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.795
And all notifications have disappeared 8.250
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.230
And all tps features are enabled 7.731
And all tps features but the first one are active 9.602
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.917
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:39.695
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 1:55.270
And I enable persistence 26.993
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.490
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.607
And persistence is enabled 8.334
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.575
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
30.080
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 7.417
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 22.044
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.618
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.599
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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40.261
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 8.665
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.763
When I enable persistence 13.566
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.038
And persistence is successfully enabled 8.227
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.084
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
29.109
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 8.510
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.347
When I try to enable persistence 1.217
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.827
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.126
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.378
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.052
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.094
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.553
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.736
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
40.907
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 7.943
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.060
When I try to enable persistence 1.199
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 10.656
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.230
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.027
When I log in to a new session 8.030
And all notifications have disappeared 8.421
# 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" 0.229
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.117
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.159
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.030
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.801
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.920
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
40.108
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 7.944
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.016
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.270
When I try to enable persistence 1.237
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 1.915
When I log in to a new session 8.290
And all notifications have disappeared 7.667
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.052
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.713
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.587
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000