Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6734 10 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 23:54.701 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:2.266
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 1:18.695
And I update the APT lists using apt 36.330
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.548
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.691
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.380
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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28.051
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 8.518
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.845
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.209
And persistence is disabled 0.078
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.400
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.707
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:34.061
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 8.669
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.253
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.089
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 18.875
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.050
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.261
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.655
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.160
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.047
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.650
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.043
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29.261
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 8.215
And the system is very low on memory 3.876
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.216
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.281
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.105
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.461
And I free up some memory 0.537
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.530
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.036
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.885
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:55.942
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 8.364
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.308
And all tps features are active 9.892
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.424
When I disable the first tps feature 2.500
Then all tps features but the first one are active 9.224
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.863
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.734
Then all tps features but the first one are active 9.630
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.786
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.048
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13.184
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 7.928
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.057
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.064
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.048
When I disable the first tps feature 2.441
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.049
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.034
When I enable the first tps feature 2.467
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.043
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.047
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.047
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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13.735
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 persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.264
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.072
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.055
And I disable the first tps feature 2.507
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.799
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.036
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.014
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
45.583
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 7.806
And the network is plugged 0.041
And Tor is ready 12.750
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.742
When I write some files expected to persist 1.065
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.396
# 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" 11.779
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.235
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:37.792
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 7.845
And the network is plugged 0.035
And Tor is ready 8.653
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.303
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.442
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.470
And I capture all network traffic 0.005
And the network is plugged 0.025
And Tor is ready 10.468
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.374
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.065
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.102
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.962
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.046
Tags: @product
39.865
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 8.943
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.096
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 12.135
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 17.689
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.177
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:51.548
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 8.777
When I enable persistence 22.402
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.403
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.174
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.266
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.163
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.586
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 22.116
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.173
When I cold reboot the computer 5.824
And the computer reboots Tails 34.232
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.303
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.153
Given I enable persistence 13.761
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.077
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.318
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.683
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.130
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.732
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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2:11.066
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 8.287
# 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 30.874
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.144
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:3.697
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 23.061
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.972
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.037
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39.781
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 8.550
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.581
Then persistence is disabled 0.115
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.077
And all notifications have disappeared 8.402
When I delete the persistent partition 2.769
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.283
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.957
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:20.628
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 8.167
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.052
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.261
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.861
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.285
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.576
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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55.951
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 8.378
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.049
When I try to enable persistence 1.209
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 14.150
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.565
And all notifications have disappeared 7.177
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.286
And all tps features are enabled 8.029
And all tps features but the first one are active 8.103
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.775
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:47.132
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 1:59.869
And I enable persistence 28.287
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.454
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.668
And persistence is enabled 9.852
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.014
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
31.843
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 7.492
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 23.812
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.539
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.940
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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42.456
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 8.696
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 10.257
When I enable persistence 14.834
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.043
And persistence is successfully enabled 8.624
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.697
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
29.542
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 8.562
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.514
When I try to enable persistence 1.320
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.065
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.234
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.123
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.052
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.201
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.467
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.573
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
41.920
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 8.178
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.092
When I try to enable persistence 1.186
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 11.678
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.131
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.058
When I log in to a new session 8.365
And all notifications have disappeared 7.544
# 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" 0.229
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.109
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.218
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.190
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.936
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.428
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
43.083
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 8.776
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.158
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.372
When I try to enable persistence 1.194
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.413
When I log in to a new session 7.809
And all notifications have disappeared 8.324
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.067
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.966
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.701
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000