Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6730 08 Oct 2026, 11:32

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 23:8.543 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:58.506
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 1:18.634
And I update the APT lists using apt 35.251
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 3.421
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.198
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.696
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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27.713
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 8.570
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.694
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.185
And persistence is disabled 0.091
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.172
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.186
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:30.065
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 8.649
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.412
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.091
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.390
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.042
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.206
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 58.080
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.143
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.048
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.536
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
28.905
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 7.874
And the system is very low on memory 4.897
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.106
When I try to create a persistent partition 3.942
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.091
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.425
And I free up some memory 0.523
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.003
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.042
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.782
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:43.706
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 8.213
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.285
And all tps features are active 8.094
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.659
When I disable the first tps feature 2.444
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.389
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.359
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.671
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.588
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.457
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008
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13.007
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 7.748
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.075
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.060
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.052
When I disable the first tps feature 2.521
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.048
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.029
When I enable the first tps feature 2.393
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.044
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.031
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.670
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
12.995
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 7.548
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.062
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.052
And I disable the first tps feature 2.446
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.828
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.057
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.733
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
44.598
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 enabled and logged in 7.773
And the network is plugged 0.025
And Tor is ready 12.606
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.852
When I write some files expected to persist 0.983
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.183
# 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" 11.174
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.139
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:35.613
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 7.468
And the network is plugged 0.029
And Tor is ready 7.985
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 5.238
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.038
And I capture all network traffic 0.002
And the network is plugged 0.030
And Tor is ready 12.122
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.402
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.075
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.087
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.673
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.039
Tags: @product
35.770
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 stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.507
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.057
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 12.083
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 14.122
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.964
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:48.269
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 8.487
When I enable persistence 21.477
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.977
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 37.778
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.365
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.425
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.571
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 21.960
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.131
When I cold reboot the computer 6.963
And the computer reboots Tails 32.197
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.358
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.251
Given I enable persistence 11.782
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.069
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.143
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.193
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.132
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.972
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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2:8.845
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 8.359
# 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 29.956
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.199
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:4.119
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 21.210
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.106
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
38.917
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 8.853
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.570
Then persistence is disabled 0.080
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.055
And all notifications have disappeared 8.527
When I delete the persistent partition 2.625
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.203
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.772
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:17.747
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 7.954
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.050
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.344
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.185
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.211
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.972
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.042
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54.140
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 8.346
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.058
When I try to enable persistence 1.240
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 12.490
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.323
And all notifications have disappeared 8.158
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.231
And all tps features are enabled 7.540
And all tps features but the first one are active 7.750
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.546
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:38.848
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 1:57.826
And I enable persistence 25.448
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.193
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.471
And persistence is enabled 7.910
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.986
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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42.557
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 20.326
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 21.726
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.504
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.664
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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38.555
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 8.179
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 10.135
When I enable persistence 12.548
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.039
And persistence is successfully enabled 7.652
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.569
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
27.735
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 7.952
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.251
When I try to enable persistence 1.253
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.697
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.086
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.111
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.105
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.210
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.066
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.979
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
40.262
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 7.894
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.076
When I try to enable persistence 1.206
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 10.699
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.112
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.023
When I log in to a new session 8.386
And all notifications have disappeared 7.431
# 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" 0.220
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.090
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.155
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.066
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.899
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.913
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
41.781
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 8.063
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.885
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.356
When I try to enable persistence 1.217
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.028
When I log in to a new session 8.058
And all notifications have disappeared 8.989
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.304
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.876
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.083
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000