Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6737 12 Oct 2026, 12:05

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 24:12.653 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:36.147
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.012
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:22.007
And I update the APT lists using apt 7.029
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.321
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.788
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.561
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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30.398
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 9.252
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 16.256
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.234
And persistence is disabled 0.096
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.558
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.150
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:40.410
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 9.268
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.401
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.100
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 18.199
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.064
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.278
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.782
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.216
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.098
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.024
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008
Tags: @product
31.677
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 9.058
And the system is very low on memory 4.315
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.249
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.580
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.198
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.503
And I free up some memory 0.532
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 10.143
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.096
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.668
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:58.932
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.008
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.332
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.304
And all tps features are active 9.590
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.005
When I disable the first tps feature 2.560
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.757
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.003
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:11.209
Then all tps features but the first one are active 9.168
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.887
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.029
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13.726
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 8.065
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.086
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.075
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.087
When I disable the first tps feature 2.635
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.086
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.092
When I enable the first tps feature 2.509
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.049
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.038
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.003
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
13.505
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 7.927
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.083
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.054
And I disable the first tps feature 2.465
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.901
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.072
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.712
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
49.736
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 9.106
And the network is plugged 0.054
And Tor is ready 13.689
And I take note of which tps features are available 7.632
When I write some files expected to persist 1.258
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.472
# 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" 12.522
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.537
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:44.791
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 7.955
And the network is plugged 0.040
And Tor is ready 10.285
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.127
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.494
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:8.691
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.029
And Tor is ready 11.639
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.346
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.077
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.100
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.967
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.036
Tags: @product
39.314
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 8.929
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.130
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 11.659
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 17.595
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.893
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:59.501
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 9.057
When I enable persistence 25.140
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.971
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.607
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.518
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.286
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.599
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 23.329
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.153
When I cold reboot the computer 5.973
And the computer reboots Tails 35.069
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.243
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.129
Given I enable persistence 14.286
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.093
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.339
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.563
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.138
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.781
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
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2:6.004
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 8.707
# 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 26.553
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.257
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:4.857
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 20.627
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.074
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009
Tags: @product
39.876
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 8.495
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.513
Then persistence is disabled 0.082
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.829
And all notifications have disappeared 8.693
When I delete the persistent partition 3.010
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.250
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.899
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:21.698
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 8.426
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.069
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.302
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.692
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.208
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.791
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.015
Tags: @product
58.823
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.439
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.061
When I try to enable persistence 1.166
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 14.178
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.014
And all notifications have disappeared 8.282
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.243
And all tps features are enabled 8.395
And all tps features but the first one are active 9.041
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.018
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:46.491
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 1:58.886
And I enable persistence 29.496
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.108
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.580
And persistence is enabled 8.419
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.880
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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31.224
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 7.562
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 22.847
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.814
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.023
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
42.601
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 8.806
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 10.224
When I enable persistence 13.881
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.046
And persistence is successfully enabled 9.642
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.875
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
43.380
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 22.048
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.047
When I try to enable persistence 1.254
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.440
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.255
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.542
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.039
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.235
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.517
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.822
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
42.246
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 7.840
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.097
When I try to enable persistence 1.248
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 11.154
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.217
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.022
When I log in to a new session 9.768
And all notifications have disappeared 7.653
# 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" 0.128
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.073
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.180
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.085
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.775
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.010
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
42.163
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 7.974
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.573
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.345
When I try to enable persistence 1.156
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.704
When I log in to a new session 9.739
And all notifications have disappeared 7.373
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.387
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.907
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.564
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000