Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6733 09 Oct 2026, 11:36

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 23:58.655 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:1.462
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 1:21.990
And I update the APT lists using apt 35.187
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 3.533
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.750
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.712
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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40.512
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 21.742
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.878
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.233
And persistence is disabled 0.097
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.560
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.673
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:37.581
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 8.861
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.382
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.072
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.226
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.108
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.552
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.177
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.140
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.059
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.623
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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30.565
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 8.212
And the system is very low on memory 4.507
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.156
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.714
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.074
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.379
And I free up some memory 0.606
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.868
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.637
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:56.902
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 8.716
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.305
And all tps features are active 9.493
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.868
When I disable the first tps feature 2.498
Then all tps features but the first one are active 9.298
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.681
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:8.807
Then all tps features but the first one are active 9.232
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.071
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
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13.681
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 8.346
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.074
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.070
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.050
When I disable the first tps feature 2.510
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.063
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.040
When I enable the first tps feature 2.422
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.046
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.056
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.028
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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13.370
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 7.815
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.072
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.091
And I disable the first tps feature 2.582
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.778
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.031
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.818
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:0.112
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 21.517
And the network is plugged 0.041
And Tor is ready 12.305
And I take note of which tps features are available 8.220
When I write some files expected to persist 0.972
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.163
# 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" 11.890
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.166
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:41.097
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 7.693
And the network is plugged 0.027
And Tor is ready 9.841
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.119
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.381
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.047
And I capture all network traffic 0.004
And the network is plugged 0.027
And Tor is ready 12.396
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.387
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.050
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.118
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.636
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.093
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38.873
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 8.369
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.121
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 11.955
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 17.426
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.822
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:51.662
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 8.358
When I enable persistence 23.161
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.887
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.391
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.376
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.321
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.491
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 22.028
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.121
When I cold reboot the computer 5.925
And the computer reboots Tails 33.275
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.232
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.247
Given I enable persistence 13.072
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.068
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.291
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.237
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.172
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.627
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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2:6.663
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 8.552
# 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 25.918
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.237
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:4.522
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 22.432
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.865
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
38.107
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 8.123
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.350
Then persistence is disabled 0.074
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.173
And all notifications have disappeared 8.454
When I delete the persistent partition 2.643
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.287
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.539
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:16.928
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 enabled and logged in 7.678
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.053
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.469
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.523
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.204
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.826
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.034
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55.215
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 8.302
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.058
When I try to enable persistence 1.168
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 12.802
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.654
And all notifications have disappeared 8.139
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.238
And all tps features are enabled 7.559
And all tps features but the first one are active 8.290
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.448
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:36.735
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 1:54.408
And I enable persistence 25.729
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.119
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.506
And persistence is enabled 7.971
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.768
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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30.056
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 7.517
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 22.088
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.451
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.588
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
39.761
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 8.543
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.522
When I enable persistence 13.257
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.062
And persistence is successfully enabled 8.374
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.877
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
27.285
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 7.892
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.721
When I try to enable persistence 1.182
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.617
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.094
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.144
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.049
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.145
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.437
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.027
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
40.654
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 8.240
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.051
When I try to enable persistence 1.163
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 11.186
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.099
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.027
When I log in to a new session 8.044
And all notifications have disappeared 7.439
# 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" 0.215
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.080
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.148
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.337
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.621
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.589
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
41.422
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 8.197
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.520
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.357
When I try to enable persistence 1.144
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.834
When I log in to a new session 8.286
And all notifications have disappeared 7.964
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.228
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.888
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.804
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000