Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6747 13 Oct 2026, 22:07

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 22:35.824 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:56.735
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 1:16.871
And I update the APT lists using apt 35.500
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 3.595
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.767
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.925
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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26.497
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 8.154
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.796
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.182
And persistence is disabled 0.071
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.291
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.853
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:42.985
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 21.945
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.303
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.155
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 16.748
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.035
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.004
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 59.582
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.149
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.059
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.733
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
28.397
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 7.841
And the system is very low on memory 4.117
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.291
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.318
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.095
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.381
And I free up some memory 0.458
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.844
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.048
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.749
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:44.033
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 7.993
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.328
And all tps features are active 7.705
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.581
When I disable the first tps feature 2.454
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.445
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.791
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.407
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.326
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.574
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.062
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13.192
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 7.887
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.070
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.050
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.049
When I disable the first tps feature 2.447
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.059
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.038
When I enable the first tps feature 2.433
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.078
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.076
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.909
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
12.863
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 7.385
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.084
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.073
And I disable the first tps feature 2.479
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.795
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.823
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
42.846
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 7.569
And the network is plugged 0.041
And Tor is ready 11.393
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.324
When I write some files expected to persist 0.938
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.221
# 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" 11.357
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.420
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:34.633
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 7.538
And the network is plugged 0.026
And Tor is ready 9.834
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 5.251
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.972
And I capture all network traffic 0.002
And the network is plugged 0.026
And Tor is ready 10.309
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.374
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.053
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.122
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.722
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.101
Tags: @product
38.062
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 8.282
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.067
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 12.044
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.668
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.883
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:44.286
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 8.383
When I enable persistence 20.427
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.177
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 37.957
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.243
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.244
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.572
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 21.592
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.127
When I cold reboot the computer 6.954
And the computer reboots Tails 31.484
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.329
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.227
Given I enable persistence 11.937
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.067
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.313
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.129
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.116
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.567
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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2:2.974
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 8.207
# 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 25.998
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.259
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:1.889
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 21.619
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.995
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
36.870
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 7.892
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.389
Then persistence is disabled 0.090
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.147
And all notifications have disappeared 8.494
When I delete the persistent partition 2.621
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.233
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.840
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:14.408
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.011
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.662
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.046
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.288
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.189
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.221
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.768
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
52.746
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 7.987
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.050
When I try to enable persistence 1.159
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 12.409
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.433
And all notifications have disappeared 8.072
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.266
And all tps features are enabled 7.279
And all tps features but the first one are active 7.087
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.914
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:33.956
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 1:53.454
And I enable persistence 25.274
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.163
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.542
And persistence is enabled 7.521
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.772
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
29.057
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 7.222
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 21.280
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.554
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.630
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
37.568
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 8.184
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 8.736
When I enable persistence 13.279
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.039
And persistence is successfully enabled 7.329
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.632
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
26.927
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 8.078
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.592
When I try to enable persistence 1.187
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.487
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.164
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.117
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.076
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.235
Then persistence is successfully enabled 2.988
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.750
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
38.843
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 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.927
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.076
When I try to enable persistence 1.162
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 10.375
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.082
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.028
When I log in to a new session 7.948
And all notifications have disappeared 6.793
# 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" 0.179
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.088
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.224
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.102
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.853
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.856
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
37.935
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 7.719
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.366
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.250
When I try to enable persistence 1.246
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.563
When I log in to a new session 7.544
And all notifications have disappeared 7.329
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.077
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.837
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.777
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000