Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6722 05 Oct 2026, 12:26

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 27:45.331 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:2.268
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.008
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:19.033
And I update the APT lists using apt 35.995
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.551
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.688
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.506
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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30.036
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 9.427
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.994
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.237
And persistence is disabled 0.088
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.289
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.724
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:44.312
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 8.427
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.320
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.093
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 21.544
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.040
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.903
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.755
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.173
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.054
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.994
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
Tags: @product
32.515
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 8.610
And the system is very low on memory 5.263
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.289
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.446
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.157
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.377
And I free up some memory 0.649
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 10.671
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.048
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.998
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:56.302
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 8.493
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.343
And all tps features are active 9.765
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.393
When I disable the first tps feature 2.450
Then all tps features but the first one are active 9.312
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.127
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.868
Then all tps features but the first one are active 9.547
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.015
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.018
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14.571
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 8.409
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.093
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.064
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.063
When I disable the first tps feature 3.125
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.049
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.033
When I enable the first tps feature 2.602
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.067
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.062
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.613
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
13.950
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 8.343
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.113
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.097
And I disable the first tps feature 2.483
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.833
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.078
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.785
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
48.732
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 8.390
And the network is plugged 0.045
And Tor is ready 13.273
And I take note of which tps features are available 7.946
When I write some files expected to persist 1.361
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.315
# 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" 12.399
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.562
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:43.675
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 enabled and logged in 8.111
And the network is plugged 0.050
And Tor is ready 10.220
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.109
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.500
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.982
And I capture all network traffic 0.009
And the network is plugged 0.026
And Tor is ready 11.143
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.334
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.052
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.134
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.596
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.114
Tags: @product
40.248
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 stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.423
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.118
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 13.450
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 17.255
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.003
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:58.974
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 8.786
When I enable persistence 24.217
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 14.256
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.891
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.455
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.364
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.835
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 23.586
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.143
When I cold reboot the computer 5.967
And the computer reboots Tails 34.568
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.332
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.264
Given I enable persistence 14.224
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.064
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.214
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.659
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.140
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.835
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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2:23.672
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 8.903
# 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 32.502
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.411
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:17.978
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 18.876
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.041
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
Tags: @product
44.053
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 9.552
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.064
Then persistence is disabled 0.096
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 8.122
And all notifications have disappeared 9.204
When I delete the persistent partition 2.742
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.269
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.849
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:26.138
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 enabled and logged in 9.383
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.073
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.356
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:11.072
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.252
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.631
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.046
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1:9.485
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 8.539
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.052
When I try to enable persistence 1.164
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 15.179
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.358
And all notifications have disappeared 8.712
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.230
And all tps features are enabled 12.909
And all tps features but the first one are active 12.338
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 2.654
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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5:1.036
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.075
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 4:9.986
And I enable persistence 30.995
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.682
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.613
And persistence is enabled 10.758
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.111
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
35.920
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 7.944
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 27.488
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.488
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.952
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
46.996
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 9.526
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 10.398
When I enable persistence 16.193
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.046
And persistence is successfully enabled 10.832
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.745
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
32.178
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 9.276
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 11.310
When I try to enable persistence 1.300
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.192
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.150
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.266
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.110
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.278
Then persistence is successfully enabled 4.292
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.799
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
58.496
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 22.219
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.103
When I try to enable persistence 1.170
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 11.094
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.172
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.055
When I log in to a new session 9.819
And all notifications have disappeared 9.367
# 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" 0.205
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.089
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.156
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.185
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.856
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.047
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
41.764
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 8.200
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.717
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.326
When I try to enable persistence 1.220
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.837
When I log in to a new session 8.456
And all notifications have disappeared 7.939
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.263
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.802
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.229
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000