Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6697 28 Sep 2026, 16:20

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 24:4.007 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:35.762
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 1:21.625
And I update the APT lists using apt 7.166
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.213
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.757
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.560
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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29.800
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 8.726
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.681
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.251
And persistence is disabled 0.077
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 7.063
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.923
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:37.799
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 9.392
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.458
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.153
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 18.758
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.052
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.452
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.223
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.251
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.057
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.919
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.017
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44.818
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 21.599
And the system is very low on memory 4.427
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.284
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.821
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.124
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.375
And I free up some memory 0.463
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 10.672
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.050
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.230
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:57.595
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 8.656
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.297
And all tps features are active 10.661
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.839
When I disable the first tps feature 2.523
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.062
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.865
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:10.420
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.267
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.812
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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13.378
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 8.024
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.085
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.071
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.041
When I disable the first tps feature 2.523
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.058
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.042
When I enable the first tps feature 2.432
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.051
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.047
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.816
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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13.706
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 7.937
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.088
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.055
And I disable the first tps feature 2.634
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.951
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.039
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.968
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
43.200
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 7.403
And the network is plugged 0.036
And Tor is ready 10.612
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.601
When I write some files expected to persist 1.179
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.506
# 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" 11.859
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.612
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:40.989
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 7.875
And the network is plugged 0.034
And Tor is ready 10.166
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.102
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.397
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.850
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.027
And Tor is ready 11.961
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 0.132
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.748
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.081
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39.456
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 8.875
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.136
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 12.337
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 17.107
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.693
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:57.415
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.007
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.031
When I enable persistence 24.371
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.256
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.277
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.285
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.180
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.563
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 23.900
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.146
When I cold reboot the computer 5.818
And the computer reboots Tails 33.751
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.316
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.251
Given I enable persistence 15.101
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.074
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.372
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.520
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.193
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.945
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.010
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2:16.183
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.004
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.820
# 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 33.580
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.494
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:7.261
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 21.026
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.742
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.045
Tags: @product
38.899
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 8.273
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.435
Then persistence is disabled 0.113
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.740
And all notifications have disappeared 7.458
When I delete the persistent partition 2.652
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.223
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.763
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:20.166
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 8.378
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.106
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.454
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.984
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.243
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.475
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.030
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1:0.251
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 8.212
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.044
When I try to enable persistence 1.174
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 13.632
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.401
And all notifications have disappeared 8.433
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.252
And all tps features are enabled 10.955
And all tps features but the first one are active 8.145
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.965
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:51.699
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 2:6.445
And I enable persistence 28.645
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.629
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.516
And persistence is enabled 8.461
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.618
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
31.023
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.781
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 22.662
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.579
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.672
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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38.753
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 9.104
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.466
When I enable persistence 12.865
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.053
And persistence is successfully enabled 7.262
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.998
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
28.747
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 8.117
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.757
When I try to enable persistence 1.258
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.331
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.253
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.236
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.053
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.082
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.654
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.925
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
43.060
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 8.028
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.063
When I try to enable persistence 1.146
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 11.125
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.252
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.032
When I log in to a new session 8.928
And all notifications have disappeared 8.473
# 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" 0.272
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.192
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.290
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.462
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.792
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.676
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
41.299
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 8.379
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.096
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.247
When I try to enable persistence 1.158
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.241
When I log in to a new session 8.631
And all notifications have disappeared 8.814
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.034
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.696
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.954
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000