Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6725 06 Oct 2026, 11:55

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 26:15.290 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:5.831
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 1:22.642
And I update the APT lists using apt 35.817
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.623
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.747
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.015
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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29.237
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 8.778
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.772
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.214
And persistence is disabled 0.081
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.390
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.049
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:53.504
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 22.864
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.319
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.104
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 18.973
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.060
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.582
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.344
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.211
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.691
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
Tags: @product
32.968
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 8.609
And the system is very low on memory 5.179
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.162
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.449
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.125
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.389
And I free up some memory 0.661
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 11.318
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.073
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.924
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:56.330
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 8.948
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.384
And all tps features are active 9.708
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.266
When I disable the first tps feature 2.626
Then all tps features but the first one are active 9.054
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.080
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.750
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.510
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.930
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
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14.893
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 8.298
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.074
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.048
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.062
When I disable the first tps feature 2.585
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.051
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.035
When I enable the first tps feature 3.572
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.092
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.071
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.997
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
13.768
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 8.213
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.080
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.057
And I disable the first tps feature 2.557
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.798
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.060
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.971
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
46.038
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 8.070
And the network is plugged 0.037
And Tor is ready 11.979
And I take note of which tps features are available 7.073
When I write some files expected to persist 1.212
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.434
# 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" 12.230
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.240
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:45.598
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 8.318
And the network is plugged 0.028
And Tor is ready 11.043
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.149
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.410
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.985
And I capture all network traffic 0.005
And the network is plugged 0.028
And Tor is ready 12.047
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.392
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.050
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.139
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.663
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.043
Tags: @product
42.063
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 8.602
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.123
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 14.726
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 17.610
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.673
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:58.262
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 8.829
When I enable persistence 24.900
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.572
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.612
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.407
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.328
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.423
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 23.276
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.204
When I cold reboot the computer 6.211
And the computer reboots Tails 35.569
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.349
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.152
Given I enable persistence 13.147
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.107
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.174
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.872
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.122
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.608
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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2:18.612
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 8.306
# 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 33.403
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.467
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:10.581
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 20.853
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.933
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
41.170
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 8.719
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.559
Then persistence is disabled 0.080
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.210
And all notifications have disappeared 8.583
When I delete the persistent partition 2.734
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.283
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.544
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:23.111
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 8.024
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.066
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.115
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.696
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.207
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.570
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.014
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1:0.192
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 9.205
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.095
When I try to enable persistence 1.177
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 14.902
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.473
And all notifications have disappeared 8.042
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.252
And all tps features are enabled 8.764
And all tps features but the first one are active 8.276
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.474
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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3:49.898
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 2:46.263
And I enable persistence 37.508
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.376
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 1.447
And persistence is enabled 13.302
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.196
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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32.633
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 with a LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.424
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 23.530
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.678
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.862
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
52.194
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 with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.198
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 10.313
When I enable persistence 19.064
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.048
And persistence is successfully enabled 13.570
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.601
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
30.900
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 8.763
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.649
When I try to enable persistence 1.234
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.313
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.129
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.285
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.074
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.236
Then persistence is successfully enabled 4.212
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.802
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
43.631
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 8.569
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.065
When I try to enable persistence 1.174
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 11.502
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.242
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.024
When I log in to a new session 9.519
And all notifications have disappeared 7.921
# 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 0.095
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.222
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.258
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.830
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.664
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
44.447
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 8.647
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.941
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.417
When I try to enable persistence 1.173
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.320
When I log in to a new session 10.039
And all notifications have disappeared 8.130
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.141
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.636
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.796
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000