Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6726 07 Oct 2026, 07:53

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 24:24.280 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:5.733
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:23.205
And I update the APT lists using apt 34.892
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.751
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.884
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.815
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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30.535
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 8.853
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.550
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.220
And persistence is disabled 0.082
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.828
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.963
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:40.923
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 9.203
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.263
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.071
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 19.731
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.045
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.497
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.858
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.213
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.039
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.727
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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29.299
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 8.238
And the system is very low on memory 3.919
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.214
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.563
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.109
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.503
And I free up some memory 0.589
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.118
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.042
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.975
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:55.804
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 8.803
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.390
And all tps features are active 8.681
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.965
When I disable the first tps feature 2.690
Then all tps features but the first one are active 9.028
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.750
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:8.884
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.609
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.936
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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13.593
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 8.028
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.111
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.067
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.102
When I disable the first tps feature 2.580
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.045
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.039
When I enable the first tps feature 2.516
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.045
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.055
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.623
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
13.711
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 8.008
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.058
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.066
And I disable the first tps feature 2.569
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.955
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.052
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.038
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
47.764
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 enabled and logged in 8.277
And the network is plugged 0.028
And Tor is ready 12.863
And I take note of which tps features are available 7.903
When I write some files expected to persist 1.037
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.215
# 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" 12.438
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.535
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:41.467
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 7.903
And the network is plugged 0.034
And Tor is ready 8.968
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.129
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.374
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.459
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.038
And Tor is ready 10.980
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.391
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.079
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.104
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.736
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.044
Tags: @product
39.381
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 8.454
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.110
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 12.789
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 17.027
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.868
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:57.755
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 8.527
When I enable persistence 24.684
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.952
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.638
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.296
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.331
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.523
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 23.557
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.102
When I cold reboot the computer 6.017
And the computer reboots Tails 34.380
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.351
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.296
Given I enable persistence 14.379
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.065
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.171
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.316
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.162
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.534
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
2:8.354
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 8.285
# 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 29.148
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.253
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:6.188
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 19.478
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.153
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.021
Tags: @product
54.613
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.009
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 22.274
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.630
Then persistence is disabled 0.100
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.766
And all notifications have disappeared 9.007
When I delete the persistent partition 2.571
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.261
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.713
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:18.426
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 8.168
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.050
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.424
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.553
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.229
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.779
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
56.598
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 create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.072
When I try to enable persistence 1.225
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 13.332
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.126
And all notifications have disappeared 8.360
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.292
And all tps features are enabled 7.944
And all tps features but the first one are active 8.053
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.643
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:44.825
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 1:59.485
And I enable persistence 28.049
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.578
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.702
And persistence is enabled 8.009
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.400
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
31.345
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.858
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 22.965
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.521
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.959
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
41.908
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 8.381
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 10.465
When I enable persistence 14.477
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.050
And persistence is successfully enabled 8.533
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.756
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
28.689
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 7.989
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.338
When I try to enable persistence 1.242
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.559
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.224
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.259
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.054
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.122
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.899
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.098
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
41.350
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 8.077
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.062
When I try to enable persistence 1.155
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 11.167
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.196
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.025
When I log in to a new session 8.580
And all notifications have disappeared 7.136
# 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" 0.236
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.213
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.240
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.210
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.046
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.065
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
42.200
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 8.568
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.338
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.303
When I try to enable persistence 1.142
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.267
When I log in to a new session 8.023
And all notifications have disappeared 7.516
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.177
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.861
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.912
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000