Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6720 04 Oct 2026, 11:36

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 25:19.970 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:59.471
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 1:19.270
And I update the APT lists using apt 35.432
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 3.778
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.989
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.751
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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29.112
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 9.070
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.944
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.237
And persistence is disabled 0.090
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.769
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.742
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:38.817
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 9.040
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.301
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.092
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 18.256
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.050
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.458
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.375
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.186
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.055
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.935
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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31.065
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 8.485
And the system is very low on memory 4.550
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.212
When I try to create a persistent partition 5.005
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 2.513
And I free up some memory 0.515
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.589
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.050
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.616
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:56.900
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 9.304
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.335
And all tps features are active 8.988
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.949
When I disable the first tps feature 3.216
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.377
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.677
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:9.300
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.750
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.845
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.019
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14.003
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 8.049
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.103
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.050
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.056
When I disable the first tps feature 3.022
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.051
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.048
When I enable the first tps feature 2.488
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.059
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.073
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.658
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
13.741
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 7.901
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.069
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.043
And I disable the first tps feature 2.710
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.976
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.039
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.003
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
47.521
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 7.866
And the network is plugged 0.027
And Tor is ready 13.703
And I take note of which tps features are available 7.243
When I write some files expected to persist 1.230
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.604
# 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" 11.845
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.335
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:42.069
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 7.839
And the network is plugged 0.077
And Tor is ready 8.844
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.137
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.568
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.024
And I capture all network traffic 0.002
And the network is plugged 0.037
And Tor is ready 14.024
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.336
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.070
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.106
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.707
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.070
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38.992
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 8.719
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.074
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 11.885
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 17.312
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.718
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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3:5.095
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 22.271
When I enable persistence 20.936
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.338
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.382
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.404
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.297
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.581
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 22.706
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.176
When I cold reboot the computer 6.015
And the computer reboots Tails 33.286
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.302
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.255
Given I enable persistence 14.226
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.068
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.248
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.445
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.150
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.753
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.012
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2:14.943
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.017
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.850
# 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 28.846
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.426
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:4.935
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 26.884
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.108
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
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43.209
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 10.927
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.049
Then persistence is disabled 0.080
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.855
And all notifications have disappeared 9.183
When I delete the persistent partition 2.761
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.352
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.069
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:21.978
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 9.279
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.056
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.408
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.907
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.327
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.755
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.032
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57.267
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 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.649
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.049
When I try to enable persistence 1.225
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 13.493
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.630
And all notifications have disappeared 8.848
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.387
And all tps features are enabled 8.025
And all tps features but the first one are active 7.958
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.993
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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3:30.608
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 2:39.174
And I enable persistence 31.013
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.936
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.547
And persistence is enabled 9.937
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.739
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
29.975
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 7.454
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 22.064
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.456
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.747
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
54.462
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 22.540
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.077
When I enable persistence 14.357
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.032
And persistence is successfully enabled 8.452
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.813
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
28.911
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 8.250
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.650
When I try to enable persistence 1.412
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.664
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.103
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.259
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.050
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.264
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.255
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.780
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
42.970
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 8.030
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.086
When I try to enable persistence 1.152
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 12.738
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 8.964
And all notifications have disappeared 7.518
# 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" 0.146
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.079
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.212
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.014
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.783
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.723
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
38.850
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 8.287
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.872
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.251
When I try to enable persistence 1.173
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.408
When I log in to a new session 8.011
And all notifications have disappeared 6.880
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.149
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.816
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.976
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000