Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6712 30 Sep 2026, 17:29

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 26:47.020 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:37.370
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:22.701
And I update the APT lists using apt 7.626
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.216
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.826
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.115
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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30.838
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 9.141
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.538
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.467
And persistence is disabled 0.137
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.553
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.122
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:41.884
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 9.110
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.402
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.105
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 19.750
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.048
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.588
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.689
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.147
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.042
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.804
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
Tags: @product
30.157
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 8.473
And the system is very low on memory 4.442
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.192
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.366
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.119
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.378
And I free up some memory 0.560
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.562
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.060
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.552
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
2:14.424
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 22.618
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.302
And all tps features are active 8.146
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.974
When I disable the first tps feature 3.014
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.061
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.814
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:14.578
Then all tps features but the first one are active 9.912
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.826
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.040
Tags: @product
13.688
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 8.352
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.116
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.076
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.049
When I disable the first tps feature 2.477
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.057
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.049
When I enable the first tps feature 2.412
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.054
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.041
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.042
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
14.190
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 8.005
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.058
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.074
And I disable the first tps feature 3.015
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.979
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.056
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.012
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
45.605
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 7.686
And the network is plugged 0.033
And Tor is ready 10.558
And I take note of which tps features are available 8.731
When I write some files expected to persist 1.092
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.490
# 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" 12.012
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.194
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:46.211
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 8.099
And the network is plugged 0.033
And Tor is ready 10.978
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.160
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.044
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.877
And I capture all network traffic 0.002
And the network is plugged 0.025
And Tor is ready 11.439
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.356
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.049
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.142
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.049
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.058
Tags: @product
43.232
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 8.783
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.092
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 15.436
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 17.920
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.081
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:59.537
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.007
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.837
When I enable persistence 23.045
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.463
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.526
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.393
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.312
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.624
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 24.020
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.194
When I cold reboot the computer 6.350
And the computer reboots Tails 35.673
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.321
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.150
Given I enable persistence 14.400
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.073
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.190
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.747
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.211
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.786
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008
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2:21.631
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 8.823
# 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 30.955
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.357
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:9.072
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 27.422
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.856
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
41.810
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 10.198
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.699
Then persistence is disabled 0.125
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 7.244
And all notifications have disappeared 7.727
When I delete the persistent partition 2.559
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.255
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.881
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:22.478
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 8.747
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.082
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.450
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.941
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.255
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.753
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.010
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1:2.598
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 9.320
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.085
When I try to enable persistence 1.248
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 15.990
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.473
And all notifications have disappeared 8.382
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.355
And all tps features are enabled 8.921
And all tps features but the first one are active 8.820
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.909
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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4:46.446
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 3:59.313
And I enable persistence 29.058
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.909
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.619
And persistence is enabled 9.545
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.039
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
31.432
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 7.845
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 22.741
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.845
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.959
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
45.917
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 9.350
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 12.429
When I enable persistence 14.966
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.050
And persistence is successfully enabled 9.119
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.977
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
29.529
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 8.700
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.838
When I try to enable persistence 1.295
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.477
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.209
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.165
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.061
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.254
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.528
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.827
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
43.844
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 9.104
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.071
When I try to enable persistence 1.261
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 12.006
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.244
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.031
When I log in to a new session 9.168
And all notifications have disappeared 7.081
# 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" 0.168
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.090
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.205
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.389
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.020
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.916
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
44.189
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 9.040
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 11.491
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.371
When I try to enable persistence 1.228
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.178
When I log in to a new session 8.179
And all notifications have disappeared 7.925
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.558
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.216
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.600
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000