Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6714 01 Oct 2026, 11:17

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 22:45.219 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:34.817
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 1:21.516
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.271
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.233
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.796
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.737
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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27.793
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.612
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.115
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.252
And persistence is disabled 0.076
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.736
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.863
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:32.262
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 8.509
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.283
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.125
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 16.712
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.041
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.383
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.010
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.161
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.035
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.953
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.011
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28.543
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 8.126
And the system is very low on memory 4.299
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.192
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.656
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.141
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.402
And I free up some memory 0.458
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.216
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.049
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.646
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:47.001
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 8.467
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.331
And all tps features are active 7.827
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.625
When I disable the first tps feature 2.461
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.322
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.594
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.007
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.362
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.644
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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13.349
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 8.058
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.065
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.069
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.066
When I disable the first tps feature 2.455
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.054
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.042
When I enable the first tps feature 2.440
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.057
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.038
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.880
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
13.345
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 7.814
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.077
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.059
And I disable the first tps feature 2.589
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.759
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.045
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.813
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
42.943
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 7.780
And the network is plugged 0.024
And Tor is ready 10.287
And I take note of which tps features are available 7.040
When I write some files expected to persist 1.133
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.284
# 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" 11.392
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.326
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:38.581
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 7.814
And the network is plugged 0.068
And Tor is ready 10.294
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.152
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.376
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.443
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.034
And Tor is ready 11.770
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.403
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.074
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.143
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.728
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.045
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37.671
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 8.557
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.069
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 11.249
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.795
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.512
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:49.608
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.023
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.592
When I enable persistence 21.997
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.787
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 37.994
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.300
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.286
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.650
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 22.594
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.138
When I cold reboot the computer 5.962
And the computer reboots Tails 32.808
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.269
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.181
Given I enable persistence 13.532
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.062
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.138
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.198
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.114
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.674
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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2:5.523
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 8.275
# 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 27.829
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.174
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:4.062
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 20.181
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.888
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
38.176
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.810
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.408
Then persistence is disabled 0.081
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.370
And all notifications have disappeared 8.696
When I delete the persistent partition 2.603
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.206
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.709
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:17.949
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 7.771
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.049
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.487
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.389
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.251
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.771
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
55.291
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 7.844
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.047
When I try to enable persistence 1.160
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 13.753
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.445
And all notifications have disappeared 8.435
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.264
And all tps features are enabled 7.406
And all tps features but the first one are active 7.933
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.885
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:42.001
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 1:58.277
And I enable persistence 27.263
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.737
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.464
And persistence is enabled 8.257
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.260
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
30.580
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.593
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 22.485
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.501
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.652
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
40.322
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.925
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.808
When I enable persistence 13.518
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.048
And persistence is successfully enabled 8.021
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.933
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
28.897
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 8.173
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.731
When I try to enable persistence 1.231
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.262
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.111
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.294
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.077
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.248
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.766
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.749
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
40.952
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 7.845
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.061
When I try to enable persistence 1.151
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 11.254
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.224
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.023
When I log in to a new session 9.222
And all notifications have disappeared 6.624
# 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" 0.125
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.085
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.222
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.266
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.843
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.818
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
39.606
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.721
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.965
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.309
When I try to enable persistence 1.148
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.471
When I log in to a new session 8.000
And all notifications have disappeared 6.983
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.089
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.916
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.615
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000