Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6729 08 Oct 2026, 07:33

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 24:54.625 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:1.742
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 1:21.946
And I update the APT lists using apt 35.270
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 3.538
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.987
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.598
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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30.564
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 9.315
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.471
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.277
And persistence is disabled 0.082
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.418
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.805
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:39.684
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 8.765
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.272
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.076
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 19.909
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 5.530
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.867
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.170
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.046
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.631
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.075
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29.567
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 8.069
And the system is very low on memory 4.285
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.201
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.838
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.104
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.379
And I free up some memory 0.619
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.016
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.052
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.738
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:49.659
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 8.645
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.278
And all tps features are active 7.993
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.770
When I disable the first tps feature 2.695
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.126
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.233
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.309
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.606
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.508
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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13.472
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 7.671
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.067
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.065
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.045
When I disable the first tps feature 2.979
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.050
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.033
When I enable the first tps feature 2.466
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.049
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.043
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.675
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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13.339
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 7.804
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.064
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.067
And I disable the first tps feature 2.501
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.858
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.042
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.827
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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44.853
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 7.988
And the network is plugged 0.037
And Tor is ready 11.665
And I take note of which tps features are available 7.214
When I write some files expected to persist 1.036
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.461
# 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" 11.449
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.430
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:36.844
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 7.766
And the network is plugged 0.030
And Tor is ready 9.795
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.132
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.504
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.093
And I capture all network traffic 0.004
And the network is plugged 0.034
And Tor is ready 10.983
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.362
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.052
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.084
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.884
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.054
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38.794
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 8.406
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.061
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 14.106
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 15.220
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.233
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:53.383
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 8.499
When I enable persistence 22.495
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.871
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.301
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.356
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.322
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.602
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 22.034
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.132
When I cold reboot the computer 5.877
And the computer reboots Tails 33.966
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.311
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.231
Given I enable persistence 14.907
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.063
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.157
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.122
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.129
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.885
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.022
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2:13.778
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 enabled and logged in 8.456
# 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 33.173
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.712
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:5.744
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 20.691
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.205
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
38.785
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 8.320
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.254
Then persistence is disabled 0.091
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.544
And all notifications have disappeared 8.675
When I delete the persistent partition 2.616
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.281
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.894
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:19.282
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 8.118
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.050
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.014
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.915
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.184
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.893
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.015
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56.268
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 8.382
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.078
When I try to enable persistence 1.310
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 13.247
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.389
And all notifications have disappeared 7.493
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.235
And all tps features are enabled 7.754
And all tps features but the first one are active 8.375
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.976
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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3:43.559
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 2:56.661
And I enable persistence 29.099
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.269
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.584
And persistence is enabled 9.944
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.771
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
32.964
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 7.652
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 24.767
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.543
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.781
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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44.351
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 8.719
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.550
When I enable persistence 15.979
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.032
And persistence is successfully enabled 10.070
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.849
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
28.704
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 8.447
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.977
When I try to enable persistence 1.193
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.206
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.230
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.209
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.072
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.107
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.259
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.018
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
44.055
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 8.270
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.060
When I try to enable persistence 1.181
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 11.979
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.092
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.038
When I log in to a new session 9.130
And all notifications have disappeared 8.660
# 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" 0.098
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.492
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.253
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.095
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.701
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.673
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
40.966
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 8.300
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.249
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.423
When I try to enable persistence 1.150
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.448
When I log in to a new session 7.477
And all notifications have disappeared 7.908
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.246
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.762
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.017
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000