Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6699 29 Sep 2026, 11:25

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 23:41.190 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:35.149
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 1:20.896
And I update the APT lists using apt 7.313
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.226
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.711
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.594
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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29.771
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 8.717
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.968
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.277
And persistence is disabled 0.138
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.669
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.952
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:36.234
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 8.937
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.272
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.114
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 18.411
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 5.329
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.933
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.136
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.038
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.961
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.010
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29.282
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 8.321
And the system is very low on memory 4.208
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.151
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.469
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.107
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.479
And I free up some memory 0.521
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.983
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.039
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.935
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:54.322
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 9.009
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.245
And all tps features are active 9.713
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.744
When I disable the first tps feature 2.506
Then all tps features but the first one are active 9.463
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.008
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.839
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.791
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.901
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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13.647
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 8.329
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.073
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.054
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.044
When I disable the first tps feature 2.489
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.047
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.038
When I enable the first tps feature 2.471
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.050
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.048
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.533
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
13.176
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 7.701
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.070
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.045
And I disable the first tps feature 2.475
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.827
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.055
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.021
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
42.090
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 7.942
And the network is plugged 0.047
And Tor is ready 9.987
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.587
When I write some files expected to persist 1.126
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.298
# 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" 11.100
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.182
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:41.499
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 7.807
And the network is plugged 0.035
And Tor is ready 9.432
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.126
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.300
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.184
And I capture all network traffic 0.009
And the network is plugged 0.027
And Tor is ready 11.830
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.489
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.115
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.141
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.740
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.073
Tags: @product
41.707
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 9.060
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.088
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 13.092
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 18.467
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.605
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:56.754
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 9.109
When I enable persistence 22.868
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 14.117
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.553
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.296
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.191
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.527
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 22.008
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.137
When I cold reboot the computer 6.418
And the computer reboots Tails 35.631
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.392
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.238
Given I enable persistence 14.661
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.066
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.144
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.246
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.142
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.521
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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2:7.331
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 8.738
# 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 31.647
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.341
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:4.299
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 17.305
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.164
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.066
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42.255
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 9.033
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.332
Then persistence is disabled 0.098
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.083
And all notifications have disappeared 8.753
When I delete the persistent partition 2.650
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.304
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.990
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:21.508
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 8.505
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.064
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.330
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.397
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.209
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.747
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.037
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1:1.528
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 8.838
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.037
When I try to enable persistence 1.168
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 14.351
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.327
And all notifications have disappeared 8.609
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.253
And all tps features are enabled 9.364
And all tps features but the first one are active 8.577
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.838
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:47.493
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 2:2.837
And I enable persistence 26.689
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.020
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.641
And persistence is enabled 9.305
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.890
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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30.503
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.005
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 7.740
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 22.321
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.440
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.767
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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42.415
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 9.165
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.659
When I enable persistence 15.099
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.055
And persistence is successfully enabled 8.435
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.950
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
30.208
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.008
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.734
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.100
When I try to enable persistence 1.316
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.649
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.127
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.290
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.060
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.239
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.689
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.996
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
42.625
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 7.975
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.051
When I try to enable persistence 1.149
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 11.743
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.220
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.031
When I log in to a new session 9.284
And all notifications have disappeared 7.755
# 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" 0.138
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.098
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.216
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.076
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.884
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.685
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
41.684
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 8.135
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 1.328
When I try to enable persistence 1.188
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.641
When I log in to a new session 9.101
And all notifications have disappeared 7.254
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.145
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 0.542
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000