Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6719 03 Oct 2026, 11:24

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 22:38.011 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:57.325
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 1:17.075
And I update the APT lists using apt 35.782
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 3.662
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.804
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.877
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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26.136
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 8.286
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.092
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.165
And persistence is disabled 0.089
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.502
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.558
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:41.647
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 21.647
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.214
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.085
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.035
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.037
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.892
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 58.534
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.158
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.041
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.526
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.013
Tags: @product
28.225
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 7.938
And the system is very low on memory 4.105
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.159
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.378
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.090
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.321
And I free up some memory 0.444
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.719
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.067
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.957
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:42.241
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 8.153
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.235
And all tps features are active 7.928
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.711
When I disable the first tps feature 2.478
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.442
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.227
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.362
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.701
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.932
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
12.844
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 7.536
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.072
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.048
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.053
When I disable the first tps feature 2.470
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.047
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.039
When I enable the first tps feature 2.500
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.044
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.031
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.856
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
13.037
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 7.678
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.074
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.050
And I disable the first tps feature 2.444
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.718
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.069
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.684
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
43.231
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 7.691
And the network is plugged 0.028
And Tor is ready 11.631
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.481
When I write some files expected to persist 0.984
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.180
# 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" 11.232
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.502
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:34.466
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 7.505
And the network is plugged 0.047
And Tor is ready 9.256
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.087
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.218
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.307
And I capture all network traffic 0.002
And the network is plugged 0.031
And Tor is ready 11.506
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.358
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.056
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.088
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.771
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.080
Tags: @product
37.134
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 without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.242
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.083
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 10.593
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 17.215
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.549
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
2:46.946
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 8.302
When I enable persistence 21.272
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.587
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.507
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.390
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.324
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.540
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 22.078
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.150
When I cold reboot the computer 5.806
And the computer reboots Tails 32.132
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.194
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.121
Given I enable persistence 12.107
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.059
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.282
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.947
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.141
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.818
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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2:1.821
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 8.211
# 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 26.929
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.227
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:0.821
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 20.630
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.075
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
36.509
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 8.149
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 11.806
Then persistence is disabled 0.091
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.097
And all notifications have disappeared 8.446
When I delete the persistent partition 2.681
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.236
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.690
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:17.370
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 8.285
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.081
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.380
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.445
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.177
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.878
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.028
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53.294
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 7.990
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.047
When I try to enable persistence 1.192
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 12.366
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.385
And all notifications have disappeared 7.658
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.225
And all tps features are enabled 7.766
And all tps features but the first one are active 7.661
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.843
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
2:33.273
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 1:53.729
And I enable persistence 24.798
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.806
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.588
And persistence is enabled 7.349
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.006
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
28.488
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 7.257
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 20.821
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.409
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.669
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
37.531
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 8.478
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 8.891
When I enable persistence 12.719
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.056
And persistence is successfully enabled 7.385
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.627
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
27.062
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 8.441
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.360
When I try to enable persistence 1.124
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.456
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.156
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.155
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.053
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.118
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.196
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.589
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
40.024
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 8.238
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.057
When I try to enable persistence 1.174
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 10.872
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.220
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.022
When I log in to a new session 7.219
And all notifications have disappeared 8.044
# 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" 0.129
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.079
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.145
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.025
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.792
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.709
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
39.397
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 8.190
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.512
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.266
When I try to enable persistence 1.159
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.676
When I log in to a new session 7.095
And all notifications have disappeared 7.571
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.022
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.901
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.823
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000