Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6723 05 Oct 2026, 12:24

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 26:57.325 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:6.364
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 1:23.132
And I update the APT lists using apt 35.866
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.623
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.742
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.903
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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30.776
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.467
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.287
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.409
And persistence is disabled 0.115
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.497
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.160
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:38.166
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 8.976
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.299
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.080
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.968
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.065
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.574
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.983
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.166
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.050
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.604
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
Tags: @product
30.371
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.006
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 8.264
And the system is very low on memory 4.479
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.355
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.707
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.130
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.515
And I free up some memory 0.524
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.328
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.065
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.907
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:54.666
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 9.224
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.296
And all tps features are active 8.383
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.228
When I disable the first tps feature 2.523
Then all tps features but the first one are active 9.152
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.413
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:8.542
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.901
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.590
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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13.796
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 8.370
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.084
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.096
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.048
When I disable the first tps feature 2.528
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.053
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.028
When I enable the first tps feature 2.472
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.049
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.065
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.864
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
14.119
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 7.886
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.147
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.102
And I disable the first tps feature 2.568
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.375
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.040
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.652
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
48.723
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 8.140
And the network is plugged 0.032
And Tor is ready 13.914
And I take note of which tps features are available 7.676
When I write some files expected to persist 1.152
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.332
# 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" 12.474
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.549
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:46.950
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 7.862
And the network is plugged 0.048
And Tor is ready 10.240
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.131
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.647
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:10.081
And I capture all network traffic 0.004
And the network is plugged 0.030
And Tor is ready 12.342
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.395
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.043
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.122
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.981
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.090
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40.379
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 9.021
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.094
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 13.567
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.695
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.110
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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3:6.095
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 9.454
When I enable persistence 25.397
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 14.292
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 39.377
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.249
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.157
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.556
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 23.674
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.127
When I cold reboot the computer 7.973
And the computer reboots Tails 34.290
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.330
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.208
Given I enable persistence 16.783
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.082
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.316
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.643
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.178
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.712
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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2:26.779
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 22.924
# 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 29.770
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.759
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:6.986
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 21.337
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.942
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
41.746
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 10.152
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.717
Then persistence is disabled 0.067
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 7.080
And all notifications have disappeared 8.876
When I delete the persistent partition 2.563
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.288
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.589
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:26.029
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 9.452
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.095
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.272
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:10.984
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.224
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.662
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.010
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1:2.006
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 8.204
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.048
When I try to enable persistence 1.164
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 15.200
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.739
And all notifications have disappeared 8.144
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.236
And all tps features are enabled 9.796
And all tps features but the first one are active 10.472
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.676
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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4:40.732
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.008
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 3:51.470
And I enable persistence 30.768
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.524
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.757
And persistence is enabled 9.211
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.759
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
32.546
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 7.708
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 24.253
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.585
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.673
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
42.138
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 8.727
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 10.229
When I enable persistence 13.797
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.041
And persistence is successfully enabled 9.341
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.529
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
28.851
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 8.269
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.342
When I try to enable persistence 1.275
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.858
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.146
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.183
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.063
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.259
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.451
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.897
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
41.767
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 8.163
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.079
When I try to enable persistence 1.150
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 10.883
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.106
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.026
When I log in to a new session 8.711
And all notifications have disappeared 8.249
# 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" 0.134
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.085
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.189
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.223
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.763
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.992
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
44.317
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 8.883
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.309
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.344
When I try to enable persistence 1.194
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.077
When I log in to a new session 9.545
And all notifications have disappeared 7.580
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.540
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.841
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.624
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000