Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6691 24 Sep 2026, 15:11

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 24:29.169 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:40.225
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 1:25.585
And I update the APT lists using apt 7.502
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.323
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.814
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.611
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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30.288
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 9.199
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.305
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.245
And persistence is disabled 0.102
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.435
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.150
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:42.115
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.006
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 10.116
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.297
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.086
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 19.799
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.074
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.193
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.253
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.245
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.048
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.670
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.041
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31.834
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 8.774
And the system is very low on memory 4.929
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.212
When I try to create a persistent partition 5.076
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.187
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.503
And I free up some memory 0.623
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.473
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.053
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.917
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:54.759
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 8.637
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.306
And all tps features are active 8.241
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.871
When I disable the first tps feature 2.650
Then all tps features but the first one are active 9.444
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.027
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:8.379
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.200
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.950
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.022
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26.686
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 21.339
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.060
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.056
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.070
When I disable the first tps feature 2.441
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.107
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.048
When I enable the first tps feature 2.434
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.071
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.055
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.998
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
13.904
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 8.230
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.070
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.070
And I disable the first tps feature 2.656
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.824
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.050
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.810
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
47.931
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 8.130
And the network is plugged 0.042
And Tor is ready 11.951
And I take note of which tps features are available 9.311
When I write some files expected to persist 1.100
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.562
# 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" 11.832
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.352
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:41.621
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 7.971
And the network is plugged 0.040
And Tor is ready 8.323
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.104
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.643
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.361
And I capture all network traffic 0.002
And the network is plugged 0.040
And Tor is ready 11.581
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.397
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.059
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.094
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.733
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.055
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42.578
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 8.745
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.068
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 13.123
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 19.641
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.773
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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3:4.633
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 9.364
When I enable persistence 26.528
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 14.027
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.946
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.510
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.342
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.532
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 23.877
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.168
When I cold reboot the computer 5.870
And the computer reboots Tails 36.013
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.330
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.250
Given I enable persistence 14.797
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.081
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.338
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.529
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.124
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.633
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.022
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2:14.259
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 8.787
# 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 28.257
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.555
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:9.977
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 21.681
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.319
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
Tags: @product
39.764
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 8.865
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.055
Then persistence is disabled 0.097
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.426
And all notifications have disappeared 8.276
When I delete the persistent partition 2.691
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.350
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.980
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:26.106
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 8.412
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.052
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.746
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:11.684
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.210
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.658
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
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1:0.804
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 8.830
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.057
When I try to enable persistence 1.222
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 13.839
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.323
And all notifications have disappeared 8.358
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.273
And all tps features are enabled 9.550
And all tps features but the first one are active 8.347
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.975
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:44.282
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 1:59.095
And I enable persistence 27.480
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.966
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.521
And persistence is enabled 9.218
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.151
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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32.152
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.011
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 8.324
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 23.304
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.523
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.600
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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40.750
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 8.919
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.277
When I enable persistence 14.437
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.045
And persistence is successfully enabled 8.070
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.178
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
29.939
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 8.419
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.349
When I try to enable persistence 1.224
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.440
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.095
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.216
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.062
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.115
Then persistence is successfully enabled 4.015
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.998
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
42.909
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 7.916
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.068
When I try to enable persistence 1.198
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 11.830
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.159
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.027
When I log in to a new session 9.016
And all notifications have disappeared 8.137
# 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" 0.134
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.388
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.223
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.086
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.721
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.805
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
41.620
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 8.362
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.947
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.239
When I try to enable persistence 1.160
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.579
When I log in to a new session 9.438
And all notifications have disappeared 7.966
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.111
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.813
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.574
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000