Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6710 30 Sep 2026, 14:11

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 23:59.502 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:37.319
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 1:21.803
And I update the APT lists using apt 8.617
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.220
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.678
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.863
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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28.487
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 8.596
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.235
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.298
And persistence is disabled 0.090
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.266
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.927
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:42.344
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 9.518
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.330
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.093
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 18.456
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.053
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.338
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:8.021
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.474
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.058
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.889
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
29.871
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 8.408
And the system is very low on memory 4.276
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.224
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.847
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.152
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.503
And I free up some memory 0.524
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.876
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.057
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.874
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:55.031
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.010
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.868
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.351
And all tps features are active 8.964
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.036
When I disable the first tps feature 2.985
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.599
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.345
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:9.244
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.635
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.778
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.016
Tags: @product
14.068
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 8.031
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.054
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.037
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.083
When I disable the first tps feature 3.102
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.047
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.056
When I enable the first tps feature 2.555
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.062
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.037
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.612
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
14.564
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 8.168
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.069
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.053
And I disable the first tps feature 3.174
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.981
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.116
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.669
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
45.494
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 8.295
And the network is plugged 0.029
And Tor is ready 11.541
And I take note of which tps features are available 7.136
When I write some files expected to persist 1.054
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.283
# 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" 12.152
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.245
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:44.273
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 7.670
And the network is plugged 0.030
And Tor is ready 9.620
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.122
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.498
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:8.067
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.034
And Tor is ready 12.666
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.393
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.066
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.099
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.962
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.088
Tags: @product
39.749
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 8.748
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.103
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 12.412
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 17.484
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.998
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
3:8.123
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 24.072
When I enable persistence 22.688
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.858
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.283
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.310
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.314
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.489
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 21.907
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.119
When I cold reboot the computer 5.912
And the computer reboots Tails 33.831
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.317
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.372
Given I enable persistence 14.227
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.058
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.145
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.088
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.127
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.673
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
2:9.831
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 8.626
# 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 27.673
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.860
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:6.051
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 20.618
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.159
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.024
Tags: @product
40.146
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 8.328
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.054
Then persistence is disabled 0.107
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.848
And all notifications have disappeared 8.831
When I delete the persistent partition 2.720
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.256
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.525
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:19.716
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 8.156
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.056
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.587
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.716
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.199
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.452
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
58.882
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 8.380
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.062
When I try to enable persistence 1.178
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 13.520
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.715
And all notifications have disappeared 8.555
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.287
And all tps features are enabled 8.807
And all tps features but the first one are active 8.375
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.773
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:45.991
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 2:0.634
And I enable persistence 29.058
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.836
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.484
And persistence is enabled 7.977
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.022
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
31.288
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 7.893
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 22.866
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.528
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.885
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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40.323
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 8.711
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 8.989
When I enable persistence 14.396
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.040
And persistence is successfully enabled 8.185
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.819
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
28.938
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 8.428
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.983
When I try to enable persistence 1.240
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.774
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.206
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.228
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.050
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.086
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.941
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.929
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
44.326
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 8.281
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.060
When I try to enable persistence 1.188
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 11.441
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.275
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.061
When I log in to a new session 9.179
And all notifications have disappeared 9.059
# 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" 0.171
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.314
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.179
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.133
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.979
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.894
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
40.728
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 8.057
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.051
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.270
When I try to enable persistence 1.196
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.009
When I log in to a new session 8.021
And all notifications have disappeared 7.125
Then the Tor Browser starts 2.230
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.764
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.245
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000