Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6748 14 Oct 2026, 11:37

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 23:32.827 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:56.895
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 1:17.302
And I update the APT lists using apt 35.201
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 3.541
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.850
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.828
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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26.401
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 8.409
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 11.978
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.209
And persistence is disabled 0.105
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.697
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.777
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:30.263
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 8.455
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.288
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.098
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.565
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.038
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.125
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 58.465
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.174
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.051
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.911
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.030
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28.358
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 7.994
And the system is very low on memory 3.992
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.147
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.373
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.116
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.329
And I free up some memory 0.545
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.807
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.050
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.830
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:44.712
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 8.226
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.328
And all tps features are active 7.878
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.785
When I disable the first tps feature 2.469
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.596
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.695
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.137
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.594
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.439
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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13.274
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 7.725
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.112
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.065
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.118
When I disable the first tps feature 2.617
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.058
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.063
When I enable the first tps feature 2.426
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.049
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.037
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.860
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
12.581
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 7.620
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.063
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.047
And I disable the first tps feature 2.516
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.289
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.045
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.574
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
45.099
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 7.709
And the network is plugged 0.023
And Tor is ready 12.773
And I take note of which tps features are available 7.006
When I write some files expected to persist 0.894
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.215
# 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" 11.476
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.191
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:49.764
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.004
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 20.928
And the network is plugged 0.029
And Tor is ready 9.540
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.101
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.281
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.736
And I capture all network traffic 0.004
And the network is plugged 0.044
And Tor is ready 11.545
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.388
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.070
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.092
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.934
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.085
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38.298
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 stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.443
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.127
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 11.699
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 17.027
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.969
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:48.159
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 8.447
When I enable persistence 21.296
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.992
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.237
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.436
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.385
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.685
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 22.193
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.144
When I cold reboot the computer 5.866
And the computer reboots Tails 33.460
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.299
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.289
Given I enable persistence 12.216
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.075
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.285
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.687
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.158
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.591
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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2:9.616
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 8.187
# 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 29.600
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.392
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:4.791
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 21.644
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.773
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.019
Tags: @product
38.074
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 8.199
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.858
Then persistence is disabled 0.071
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.133
And all notifications have disappeared 8.914
When I delete the persistent partition 2.642
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.254
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.633
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:17.400
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 8.161
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.040
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 1:3.671
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.223
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.797
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.079
Tags: @product
54.865
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 7.987
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.043
When I try to enable persistence 1.200
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 12.483
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.831
And all notifications have disappeared 8.649
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.334
And all tps features are enabled 8.194
And all tps features but the first one are active 8.139
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.841
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:40.485
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 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 1:57.778
And I enable persistence 26.150
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.425
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.477
And persistence is enabled 8.652
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.803
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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29.614
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 7.471
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 21.688
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.454
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.585
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
54.942
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 22.883
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 10.319
When I enable persistence 12.804
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.050
And persistence is successfully enabled 8.884
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.758
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
29.100
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 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 8.476
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.011
When I try to enable persistence 1.241
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.626
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.234
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.237
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.056
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.345
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.871
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.602
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
40.751
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 8.392
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.063
When I try to enable persistence 1.164
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 11.003
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.126
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.024
When I log in to a new session 8.362
And all notifications have disappeared 7.257
# 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" 0.155
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.076
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.139
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.090
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.893
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.928
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
44.166
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 8.159
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.689
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.332
When I try to enable persistence 1.181
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.108
When I log in to a new session 8.346
And all notifications have disappeared 9.465
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.141
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.741
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.604
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000