Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6709 30 Sep 2026, 11:38

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 26:31.240 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:42.856
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.006
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:27.806
And I update the APT lists using apt 7.847
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.269
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.932
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.051
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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45.738
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 24.299
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.207
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.364
And persistence is disabled 0.117
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.749
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.036
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:39.242
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 9.449
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.402
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.103
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 18.285
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.049
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.456
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.319
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.146
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.030
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.949
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009
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31.372
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 8.830
And the system is very low on memory 4.207
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.193
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.675
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.092
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.378
And I free up some memory 0.424
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 10.515
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.054
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.793
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:55.301
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 with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.997
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.384
And all tps features are active 10.072
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.128
When I disable the first tps feature 2.679
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.245
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.766
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.943
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.084
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.025
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.010
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13.949
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 8.597
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.057
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.080
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.043
When I disable the first tps feature 2.506
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.062
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.038
When I enable the first tps feature 2.436
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.079
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.045
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.784
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
14.341
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 8.408
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.145
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.192
And I disable the first tps feature 2.683
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.874
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.037
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.291
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
48.213
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 7.675
And the network is plugged 0.049
And Tor is ready 13.574
And I take note of which tps features are available 7.679
When I write some files expected to persist 1.345
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.697
# 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" 12.191
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.639
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:44.910
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 8.359
And the network is plugged 0.031
And Tor is ready 8.653
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.149
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.878
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:10.205
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.034
And Tor is ready 10.915
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.433
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.099
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.145
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.888
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.121
Tags: @product
42.541
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 9.053
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.121
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 12.711
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 19.655
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.783
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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3:1.685
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.778
When I enable persistence 27.383
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 14.037
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.396
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.259
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.231
# 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 23.153
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.132
When I cold reboot the computer 6.135
And the computer reboots Tails 35.137
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.247
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.275
Given I enable persistence 14.640
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.083
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.159
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.969
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.137
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.595
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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2:24.067
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 22.607
# 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 27.820
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.406
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:7.434
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 20.799
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.007
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
43.254
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 9.745
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.057
Then persistence is disabled 0.133
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.736
And all notifications have disappeared 8.486
When I delete the persistent partition 2.772
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.323
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.394
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:23.518
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.013
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 9.280
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.094
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.479
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:8.354
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.308
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.758
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.060
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1:2.118
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 9.135
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.138
When I try to enable persistence 1.275
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 15.648
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.834
And all notifications have disappeared 8.558
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.297
And all tps features are enabled 7.959
And all tps features but the first one are active 9.270
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.684
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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4:22.556
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 3:32.533
And I enable persistence 30.481
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.588
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.652
And persistence is enabled 10.300
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.807
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
30.889
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 7.837
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 22.225
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.826
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.864
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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44.313
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 9.522
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 10.492
When I enable persistence 14.314
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.038
And persistence is successfully enabled 9.946
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.970
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
31.880
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.576
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 11.759
When I try to enable persistence 1.204
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.547
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.109
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.295
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.053
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.139
Then persistence is successfully enabled 4.194
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.039
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
43.982
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 8.624
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.079
When I try to enable persistence 1.170
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 11.829
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.243
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.037
When I log in to a new session 8.804
And all notifications have disappeared 8.479
# 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" 0.203
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.135
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.216
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.320
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.836
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.733
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
44.503
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.284
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 11.260
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.444
When I try to enable persistence 1.186
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.215
When I log in to a new session 9.109
And all notifications have disappeared 7.715
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.274
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.013
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.768
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000