Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6693 26 Sep 2026, 12:16

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 22:18.109 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:27.489
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.008
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:16.425
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.677
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 3.202
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.183
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.716
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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26.696
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 8.084
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.003
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.187
And persistence is disabled 0.074
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.347
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.497
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:43.937
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 21.601
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.249
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.072
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 18.027
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 5.318
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 58.425
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.153
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.042
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.736
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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41.538
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 21.465
And the system is very low on memory 4.130
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.191
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.035
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.087
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.328
And I free up some memory 0.439
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.813
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.047
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.678
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:43.198
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 8.022
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.258
And all tps features are active 7.638
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.819
When I disable the first tps feature 2.458
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.090
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.195
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.256
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.458
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.469
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.028
Tags: @product
12.949
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 7.703
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.069
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.055
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.054
When I disable the first tps feature 2.495
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.057
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.033
When I enable the first tps feature 2.402
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.042
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.036
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.726
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
12.662
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 7.644
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.065
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.071
And I disable the first tps feature 2.513
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.322
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.046
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.015
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
39.358
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 7.480
And the network is plugged 0.039
And Tor is ready 8.228
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.582
When I write some files expected to persist 0.899
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.271
# 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" 10.856
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.442
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:31.594
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 7.591
And the network is plugged 0.042
And Tor is ready 8.141
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 5.102
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 59.395
And I capture all network traffic 0.002
And the network is plugged 0.042
And Tor is ready 10.626
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.370
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.092
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.081
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.622
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.054
Tags: @product
37.618
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 8.242
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.143
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 13.051
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 15.182
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.668
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:46.244
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 8.388
When I enable persistence 21.109
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.410
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.310
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.398
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.343
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.517
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 21.454
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.096
When I cold reboot the computer 5.715
And the computer reboots Tails 32.635
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.287
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.244
Given I enable persistence 12.501
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.074
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.287
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.378
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.088
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.526
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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2:1.821
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 7.936
# 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 27.082
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.111
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:0.688
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 21.002
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.172
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
36.973
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 8.016
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.487
Then persistence is disabled 0.066
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.073
And all notifications have disappeared 8.470
When I delete the persistent partition 2.637
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.221
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.687
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:15.882
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 7.792
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.043
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.115
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.773
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.159
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.727
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.018
Tags: @product
53.797
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 7.924
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.050
When I try to enable persistence 1.121
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 13.160
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.286
And all notifications have disappeared 8.254
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.234
And all tps features are enabled 7.195
And all tps features but the first one are active 7.569
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.876
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:35.483
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 1:55.859
And I enable persistence 24.544
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.210
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.498
And persistence is enabled 7.371
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.881
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
29.185
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 7.528
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 21.199
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.458
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.981
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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37.798
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 8.139
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.479
When I enable persistence 12.149
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.043
And persistence is successfully enabled 7.985
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.874
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
27.233
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.095
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.783
When I try to enable persistence 1.300
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.487
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.084
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.128
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.052
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.217
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.083
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.876
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
39.249
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 8.138
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.062
When I try to enable persistence 1.159
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 9.610
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.205
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.021
When I log in to a new session 8.447
And all notifications have disappeared 7.242
# 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" 0.234
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.093
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.170
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.046
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.816
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.949
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
37.392
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 7.973
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.283
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.241
When I try to enable persistence 1.250
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.223
When I log in to a new session 7.606
And all notifications have disappeared 6.833
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.033
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.945
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.828
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000