Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6716 01 Oct 2026, 17:15

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 24:56.921 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:37.894
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.011
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:23.454
And I update the APT lists using apt 7.420
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.224
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.794
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.915
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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30.504
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 9.507
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.783
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.275
And persistence is disabled 0.108
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.829
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.789
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:38.063
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 8.944
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.434
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.166
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 18.470
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.046
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.451
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.301
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.186
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.062
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.732
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009
Tags: @product
29.946
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 8.236
And the system is very low on memory 4.169
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.274
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.774
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.163
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.395
And I free up some memory 0.504
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.368
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.057
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.918
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:51.254
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 enabled and logged in 8.771
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.309
And all tps features are active 8.486
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.723
When I disable the first tps feature 3.135
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.069
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.336
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.965
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.455
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.491
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.031
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13.750
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 7.992
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.176
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.079
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.040
When I disable the first tps feature 2.813
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.046
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.037
When I enable the first tps feature 2.484
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.045
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.034
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.001
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
13.388
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 7.827
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.061
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.058
And I disable the first tps feature 2.459
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.926
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.054
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.899
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
47.014
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.018
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.012
And the network is plugged 0.038
And Tor is ready 13.105
And I take note of which tps features are available 7.223
When I write some files expected to persist 1.158
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.269
# 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" 12.206
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.319
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:40.399
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 7.843
And the network is plugged 0.051
And Tor is ready 9.633
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.150
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.346
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.673
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.025
And Tor is ready 11.157
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.363
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.061
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.089
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.833
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.067
Tags: @product
40.197
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 8.389
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.085
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 12.162
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 18.559
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.627
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:52.956
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 8.355
When I enable persistence 22.381
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.254
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.335
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.372
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.335
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.574
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 23.325
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.274
When I cold reboot the computer 6.088
And the computer reboots Tails 33.431
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.285
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.125
Given I enable persistence 13.520
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.072
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.142
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.893
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.187
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.849
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.012
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2:13.640
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 enabled and logged in 8.511
# 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 30.348
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.634
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:6.784
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 22.361
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.891
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.010
Tags: @product
39.421
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 9.352
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.533
Then persistence is disabled 0.114
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.899
And all notifications have disappeared 7.604
When I delete the persistent partition 2.643
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.273
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.815
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:22.598
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 8.609
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.051
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.287
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:8.404
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.245
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.627
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
58.595
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 8.665
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.049
When I try to enable persistence 1.161
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 14.983
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.037
And all notifications have disappeared 8.270
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.287
And all tps features are enabled 7.909
And all tps features but the first one are active 8.231
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.768
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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3:44.329
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 2:56.498
And I enable persistence 29.406
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.425
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.441
And persistence is enabled 10.557
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.973
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
32.580
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 7.705
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 24.343
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.531
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.733
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
45.436
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 9.053
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.897
When I enable persistence 16.169
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.064
And persistence is successfully enabled 10.251
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.816
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
29.142
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 8.246
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.730
When I try to enable persistence 1.280
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.664
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.196
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.328
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.050
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.085
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.558
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.555
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
41.686
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 8.067
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.109
When I try to enable persistence 1.183
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 10.454
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.217
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.026
When I log in to a new session 9.384
And all notifications have disappeared 7.722
# 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" 0.183
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.074
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.124
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.113
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.025
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.251
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
54.118
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 21.247
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.338
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.212
When I try to enable persistence 1.139
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.586
When I log in to a new session 9.180
And all notifications have disappeared 7.556
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.091
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 1.487
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000