Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6727 07 Oct 2026, 12:11

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 24:28.224 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:2.615
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 1:20.055
And I update the APT lists using apt 35.173
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.567
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.818
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.657
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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28.129
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 8.801
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.159
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.262
And persistence is disabled 0.079
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.825
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.572
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:1.172
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 36.142
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.315
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.087
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.342
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.069
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.078
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.929
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.159
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.046
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.566
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
30.258
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 8.895
And the system is very low on memory 4.496
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.167
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.627
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.089
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.354
And I free up some memory 0.516
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.071
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.041
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.005
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:50.589
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 8.625
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.296
And all tps features are active 8.416
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.014
When I disable the first tps feature 2.451
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.878
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.605
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.732
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.569
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.643
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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13.523
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 8.162
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.071
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.071
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.050
When I disable the first tps feature 2.507
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.088
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.050
When I enable the first tps feature 2.426
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.044
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.050
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.614
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
13.345
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 7.730
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.053
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.064
And I disable the first tps feature 2.513
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.927
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.055
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.913
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
45.089
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 7.865
And the network is plugged 0.038
And Tor is ready 12.389
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.918
When I write some files expected to persist 1.054
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.225
# 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" 11.597
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.187
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:42.057
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 7.616
And the network is plugged 0.040
And Tor is ready 11.498
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.110
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.155
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.354
And I capture all network traffic 0.006
And the network is plugged 0.026
And Tor is ready 11.725
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.372
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.060
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.088
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.708
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.062
Tags: @product
40.050
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 without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.848
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.097
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 12.838
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 17.266
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.698
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:55.689
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 8.621
When I enable persistence 22.688
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.923
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.419
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.315
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.366
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.715
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 23.622
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.173
When I cold reboot the computer 5.949
And the computer reboots Tails 34.638
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.238
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.262
Given I enable persistence 13.380
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.069
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.160
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.016
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.127
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.539
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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2:9.155
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 8.272
# 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 28.539
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.260
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:5.750
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 21.333
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.891
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.014
Tags: @product
39.605
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 8.846
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.986
Then persistence is disabled 0.087
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.588
And all notifications have disappeared 7.987
When I delete the persistent partition 2.821
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.286
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.574
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:23.757
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 9.776
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.058
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.305
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:8.352
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.264
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.976
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.045
Tags: @product
58.592
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.020
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.534
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.052
When I try to enable persistence 1.161
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 14.544
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.802
And all notifications have disappeared 8.384
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.234
And all tps features are enabled 7.907
And all tps features but the first one are active 7.971
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.922
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:48.751
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 2:3.493
And I enable persistence 28.183
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.336
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.562
And persistence is enabled 8.174
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.053
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
31.289
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.567
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 23.147
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.575
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.969
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
40.887
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 8.513
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.610
When I enable persistence 13.505
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.082
And persistence is successfully enabled 9.177
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.802
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
29.994
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 8.143
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.429
When I try to enable persistence 1.277
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.217
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.232
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.298
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.054
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.235
Then persistence is successfully enabled 4.105
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.664
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
41.587
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 8.425
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.055
When I try to enable persistence 1.180
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 11.313
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.208
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.024
When I log in to a new session 9.112
And all notifications have disappeared 6.571
# 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" 0.237
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.091
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.305
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.251
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.809
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.667
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
42.081
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 8.378
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.186
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.342
When I try to enable persistence 1.201
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.456
When I log in to a new session 7.529
And all notifications have disappeared 8.854
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.325
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.806
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.706
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000