Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6698 28 Sep 2026, 17:13

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 26:20.262 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:37.973
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 1:23.783
And I update the APT lists using apt 7.027
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.334
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.828
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.735
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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29.278
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.012
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.784
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.469
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.232
And persistence is disabled 0.087
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.704
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.929
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:38.336
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 10.373
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.296
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.083
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 18.378
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.038
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.549
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.426
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.138
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.051
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.941
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.038
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31.446
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 8.481
And the system is very low on memory 5.142
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.267
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.641
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.145
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.338
And I free up some memory 0.613
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.777
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.038
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.765
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:51.600
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 8.528
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.329
And all tps features are active 8.687
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.161
When I disable the first tps feature 2.988
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.238
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.633
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.536
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.496
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.602
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.062
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13.636
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 8.136
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.073
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.066
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.054
When I disable the first tps feature 2.622
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.054
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.061
When I enable the first tps feature 2.465
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.048
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.052
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.504
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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13.503
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 7.704
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.094
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.065
And I disable the first tps feature 2.638
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.959
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.040
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.675
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
44.505
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 8.014
And the network is plugged 0.040
And Tor is ready 10.494
And I take note of which tps features are available 7.671
When I write some files expected to persist 1.081
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.276
# 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" 11.927
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.301
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:53.275
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 20.728
And the network is plugged 0.034
And Tor is ready 9.963
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.129
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.550
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.211
And I capture all network traffic 0.019
And the network is plugged 0.035
And Tor is ready 11.029
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.382
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.071
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.118
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.010
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.069
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40.307
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 8.832
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.078
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 12.605
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 17.790
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.142
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:58.295
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 8.912
When I enable persistence 23.123
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 14.098
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.704
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.361
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.289
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.496
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 22.848
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.164
When I cold reboot the computer 6.447
And the computer reboots Tails 35.042
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.352
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.303
Given I enable persistence 14.584
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.096
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.151
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.194
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.122
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.946
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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2:22.745
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 22.113
# 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 28.364
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.460
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:5.571
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 21.235
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.860
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
38.236
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 8.114
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.099
Then persistence is disabled 0.076
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.968
And all notifications have disappeared 8.120
When I delete the persistent partition 2.604
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.253
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.922
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:19.594
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 7.991
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.056
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.480
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.742
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.322
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.611
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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1:7.109
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 8.623
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.048
When I try to enable persistence 1.174
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 14.525
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.705
And all notifications have disappeared 8.679
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.282
And all tps features are enabled 11.083
And all tps features but the first one are active 12.986
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.589
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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4:52.529
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 4:1.281
And I enable persistence 31.905
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.899
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.559
And persistence is enabled 10.884
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.825
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
34.914
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 7.485
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 26.925
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.504
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.856
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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42.401
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 8.655
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.679
When I enable persistence 13.540
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.044
And persistence is successfully enabled 10.482
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.832
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
28.257
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 8.006
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.009
When I try to enable persistence 1.277
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.879
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.113
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.141
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.050
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.127
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.652
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.171
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
40.313
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 8.261
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.089
When I try to enable persistence 1.172
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 10.690
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.092
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.026
When I log in to a new session 8.654
And all notifications have disappeared 6.910
# 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" 0.128
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.124
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.214
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.105
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.843
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.947
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
41.998
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 8.131
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.486
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.294
When I try to enable persistence 1.157
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.398
When I log in to a new session 8.433
And all notifications have disappeared 7.948
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.276
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.871
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.804
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000