Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6711 30 Sep 2026, 15:22

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 25:0.919 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:35.121
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.005
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:21.252
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.624
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.283
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.961
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.619
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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29.273
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.928
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.278
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.217
And persistence is disabled 0.104
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.744
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.459
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:37.039
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 8.970
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.354
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.118
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 18.522
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.084
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.523
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.187
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.228
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.049
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.704
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.031
Tags: @product
33.777
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 8.039
And the system is very low on memory 4.508
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.214
When I try to create a persistent partition 5.216
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 2.482
And I free up some memory 0.447
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 12.665
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.055
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 2.601
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:11.791
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 10.893
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.330
And all tps features are active 11.641
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.933
When I disable the first tps feature 4.002
Then all tps features but the first one are active 11.505
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.023
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:16.057
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.403
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.933
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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14.449
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 8.561
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.112
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.053
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.052
When I disable the first tps feature 3.065
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.044
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.036
When I enable the first tps feature 2.433
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.046
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.042
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.883
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
13.518
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 7.841
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.072
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.043
And I disable the first tps feature 2.545
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.954
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.061
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.032
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
46.633
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 7.820
And the network is plugged 0.043
And Tor is ready 13.009
And I take note of which tps features are available 7.387
When I write some files expected to persist 1.139
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.590
# 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" 11.643
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.108
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:43.212
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 persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.938
And the network is plugged 0.033
And Tor is ready 9.571
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.110
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.366
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.696
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.025
And Tor is ready 11.915
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.381
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.048
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.120
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.480
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.069
Tags: @product
41.854
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 stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.437
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.068
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 12.925
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 18.423
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.186
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:55.051
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 9.460
When I enable persistence 22.339
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.544
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.426
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.416
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.336
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.487
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 22.462
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.150
When I cold reboot the computer 6.024
And the computer reboots Tails 35.069
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.292
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.246
Given I enable persistence 13.971
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.088
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.351
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.245
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.136
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.721
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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2:11.582
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 8.851
# 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 31.732
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.568
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:5.930
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 19.500
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.902
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
39.082
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 8.034
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.608
Then persistence is disabled 0.078
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.884
And all notifications have disappeared 8.593
When I delete the persistent partition 2.617
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.265
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.619
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:20.839
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 8.261
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.056
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.435
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.859
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.227
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.834
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.011
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59.420
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 8.393
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.069
When I try to enable persistence 1.252
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 14.253
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.120
And all notifications have disappeared 8.232
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.241
And all tps features are enabled 9.251
And all tps features but the first one are active 8.605
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.791
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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3:36.158
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 2:44.355
And I enable persistence 33.978
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.231
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.596
And persistence is enabled 8.996
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.730
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
33.267
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 7.783
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 24.815
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.669
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.922
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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41.333
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 9.005
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.833
When I enable persistence 14.439
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.047
And persistence is successfully enabled 8.006
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.917
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
29.473
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 8.328
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.466
When I try to enable persistence 1.319
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.478
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.161
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.194
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.053
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.091
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.378
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.974
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
45.608
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 8.305
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.065
When I try to enable persistence 1.316
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 10.732
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.250
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.029
When I log in to a new session 10.388
And all notifications have disappeared 9.041
# 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" 0.252
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.406
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.210
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.549
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.060
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.852
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
42.427
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.009
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.657
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.413
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.307
When I try to enable persistence 1.164
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.189
When I log in to a new session 8.500
And all notifications have disappeared 6.759
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.326
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.108
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.865
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000