Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6749 15 Oct 2026, 11:29

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 22:21.006 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:54.744
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 1:14.893
And I update the APT lists using apt 35.358
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 3.563
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.929
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.942
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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26.633
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.360
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.184
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.280
And persistence is disabled 0.080
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.728
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.513
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:28.396
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 8.358
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.284
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.078
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 16.514
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.034
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.914
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 59.003
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.166
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.041
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.736
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.023
Tags: @product
28.242
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 8.086
And the system is very low on memory 3.948
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.168
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.245
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.106
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.337
And I free up some memory 0.461
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.844
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.957
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:41.630
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 7.986
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.331
And all tps features are active 7.372
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.468
When I disable the first tps feature 2.498
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.291
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.362
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.241
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.077
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.522
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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12.527
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 enabled and logged in 7.720
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.072
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.062
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.051
When I disable the first tps feature 2.475
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.050
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.059
When I enable the first tps feature 1.923
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.060
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.051
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.658
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
13.162
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 7.575
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.082
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.047
And I disable the first tps feature 2.471
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.940
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.552
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
43.335
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 7.657
And the network is plugged 0.051
And Tor is ready 11.543
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.591
When I write some files expected to persist 0.873
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.155
# 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" 11.463
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.394
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:33.053
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 enabled and logged in 7.598
And the network is plugged 0.042
And Tor is ready 8.293
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.179
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.258
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.703
And I capture all network traffic 0.002
And the network is plugged 0.023
And Tor is ready 10.464
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.339
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.042
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.105
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.672
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.070
Tags: @product
36.796
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 8.481
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.081
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 10.919
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.314
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.927
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:44.651
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 8.223
When I enable persistence 21.304
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.025
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 37.639
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.202
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.128
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.470
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 21.667
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.138
When I cold reboot the computer 5.726
And the computer reboots Tails 31.821
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.390
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.254
Given I enable persistence 12.743
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.068
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.133
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.614
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.097
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.534
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.081
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2:3.504
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 enabled and logged in 8.145
# 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 27.494
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.280
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:1.769
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 20.813
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.927
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.021
Tags: @product
36.840
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 7.994
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.101
Then persistence is disabled 0.079
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.282
And all notifications have disappeared 8.417
When I delete the persistent partition 2.697
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.267
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.898
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:15.267
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 7.779
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.041
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.148
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.126
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.171
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.963
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.062
Tags: @product
52.811
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.131
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.041
When I try to enable persistence 1.223
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 12.797
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.007
And all notifications have disappeared 7.866
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.228
And all tps features are enabled 7.413
And all tps features but the first one are active 7.102
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.838
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:33.620
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 1:52.950
And I enable persistence 25.600
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.905
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.575
And persistence is enabled 7.588
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.598
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
29.029
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 7.354
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 21.258
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.415
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.606
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
37.328
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 8.333
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 8.898
When I enable persistence 12.424
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.065
And persistence is successfully enabled 7.607
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.809
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
26.562
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 7.940
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.322
When I try to enable persistence 1.224
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.400
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.080
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.150
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.049
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.199
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.195
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.574
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
41.900
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 7.890
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.054
When I try to enable persistence 1.182
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 12.118
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.262
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.021
When I log in to a new session 8.073
And all notifications have disappeared 8.136
# 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" 0.117
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.092
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.181
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.045
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.724
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.778
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
40.966
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 8.055
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.397
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.341
When I try to enable persistence 1.154
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.788
When I log in to a new session 7.732
And all notifications have disappeared 7.551
Then the Tor Browser starts 0.985
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.958
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.678
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000