Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6746 13 Oct 2026, 13:58

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 23:14.844 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:54.914
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 1:15.407
And I update the APT lists using apt 35.128
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 3.575
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.803
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.787
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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26.807
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
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.263
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.220
And persistence is disabled 0.085
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.935
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.855
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:31.995
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 8.713
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.272
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.080
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 16.877
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.040
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.169
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.654
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.141
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.045
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.703
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
28.896
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 7.878
And the system is very low on memory 4.204
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.172
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.528
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.079
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.401
And I free up some memory 0.778
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.805
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.047
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.837
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:48.710
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 8.375
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.277
And all tps features are active 7.996
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.722
When I disable the first tps feature 2.468
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.158
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.750
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.213
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.746
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.455
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.043
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12.872
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 7.514
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.079
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.061
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.055
When I disable the first tps feature 2.519
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.046
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.078
When I enable the first tps feature 2.432
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.047
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.036
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.777
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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13.139
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 7.614
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.066
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.083
And I disable the first tps feature 2.484
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.854
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.036
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.611
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
44.296
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 7.865
And the network is plugged 0.033
And Tor is ready 11.899
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.827
When I write some files expected to persist 0.975
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.323
# 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" 11.372
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.473
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:48.430
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 20.863
And the network is plugged 0.037
And Tor is ready 9.350
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.108
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.248
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.354
And I capture all network traffic 0.002
And the network is plugged 0.039
And Tor is ready 11.926
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.328
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.067
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.101
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.744
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.046
Tags: @product
39.312
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 8.228
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.080
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 12.141
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 17.861
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.930
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:48.456
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 8.343
When I enable persistence 21.288
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.812
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 37.956
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.205
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.225
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.444
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 22.261
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.178
When I cold reboot the computer 5.867
And the computer reboots Tails 32.231
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.240
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.200
Given I enable persistence 13.924
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.060
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.159
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.926
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.128
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.851
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008
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2:8.437
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 8.343
# 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 31.437
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.156
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:2.924
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 20.577
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.024
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
37.692
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 7.867
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.927
Then persistence is disabled 0.079
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.032
And all notifications have disappeared 7.807
When I delete the persistent partition 2.736
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.242
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.517
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:17.466
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 7.685
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.046
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.637
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.916
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.180
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.799
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
56.343
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 8.208
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.060
When I try to enable persistence 1.267
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 13.548
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.671
And all notifications have disappeared 7.979
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.267
And all tps features are enabled 8.075
And all tps features but the first one are active 8.264
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.839
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:46.310
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 2:4.625
And I enable persistence 25.119
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.931
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.534
And persistence is enabled 8.100
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.976
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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28.542
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 7.264
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 20.780
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.497
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.614
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
36.933
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 8.494
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 8.889
When I enable persistence 12.070
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.040
And persistence is successfully enabled 7.438
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.694
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
27.204
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 8.342
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.698
When I try to enable persistence 1.235
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.291
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.103
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.175
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.035
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.118
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.203
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.907
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
39.708
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 7.909
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.062
When I try to enable persistence 1.174
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 11.304
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.303
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.026
When I log in to a new session 6.792
And all notifications have disappeared 7.684
# 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" 0.239
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.110
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.178
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.039
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.881
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.978
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
38.373
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 8.069
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.762
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.273
When I try to enable persistence 1.178
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.404
When I log in to a new session 7.498
And all notifications have disappeared 6.380
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.057
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.747
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.069
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000