Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6378 14 May 2026, 22:54

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 19:56.545 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:29.932
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.002
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:17.003
And I update the APT lists using apt 5.750
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.266
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.911
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.881
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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27.443
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 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 8.471
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.097
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.294
And persistence is disabled 0.128
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.452
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.813
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:35.713
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 8.153
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.247
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.083
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.711
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.041
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.235
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.017
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.174
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.049
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.598
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006
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28.552
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.001
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 7.300
And the system is very low on memory 3.878
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.181
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.699
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.113
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.378
And I free up some memory 0.865
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.081
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.054
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.720
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:28.724
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.090
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.292
And all tps features are active 1.247
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.009
When I disable the first tps feature 2.552
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.031
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.896
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.516
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.085
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.977
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006
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12.675
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.001
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.322
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.075
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.055
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.062
When I disable the first tps feature 2.526
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.069
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.045
When I enable the first tps feature 2.429
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.045
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.042
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.052
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
12.834
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.265
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.069
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.062
And I disable the first tps feature 2.508
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.886
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.041
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.926
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
39.360
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.146
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 9.813
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.212
When I write some files expected to persist 1.151
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.220
# 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" 11.797
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.395
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:39.104
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.088
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 9.883
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.123
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.239
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.085
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 11.081
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.399
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.082
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.085
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.702
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.042
Tags: @product
37.482
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 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 8.347
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.070
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 12.641
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 15.423
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.745
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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2:44.185
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 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 8.195
When I enable persistence 12.288
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.783
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.393
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.328
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.248
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.485
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 24.164
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.151
When I cold reboot the computer 10.071
And the computer reboots Tails 35.830
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.260
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.180
Given I enable persistence 7.275
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.079
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.225
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.065
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.155
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.735
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.020
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2:6.265
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.078
# 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 27.721
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.656
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:0.862
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 19.946
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.869
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006
Tags: @product
37.776
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 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 8.615
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.143
Then persistence is disabled 0.128
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.290
And all notifications have disappeared 7.548
When I delete the persistent partition 2.671
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.378
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.172
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:20.527
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.103
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.059
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.163
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.934
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.267
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.737
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006
Tags: @product
40.103
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 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 8.100
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.061
When I try to enable persistence 1.199
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 10.272
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.530
And all notifications have disappeared 7.503
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.342
And all tps features are enabled 1.057
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.037
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.732
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:1.710
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.004
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 29.791
And I enable persistence 19.631
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.127
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.552
And persistence is enabled 1.606
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.662
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
22.565
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 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 7.026
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 14.977
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.561
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.754
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
25.557
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 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 8.275
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 8.977
When I enable persistence 6.578
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.046
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.679
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.646
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
23.076
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 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 7.785
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.560
When I try to enable persistence 1.208
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.996
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.169
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.265
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.073
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.143
Then persistence is successfully enabled 0.871
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.749
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
41.396
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.004
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.495
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.066
When I try to enable persistence 1.255
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 8.337
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.162
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.031
When I log in to a new session 10.447
And all notifications have disappeared 9.055
# 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" 0.181
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.100
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.162
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.376
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.722
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.961
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
41.555
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 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 7.324
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.820
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.345
When I try to enable persistence 1.198
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.928
When I log in to a new session 10.186
And all notifications have disappeared 8.402
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.458
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.890
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.719
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000