Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6374 14 May 2026, 11:21

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 20:14.487 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:29.164
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 1:16.323
And I update the APT lists using apt 5.752
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.285
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.803
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.615
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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28.697
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 8.743
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.860
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.246
And persistence is disabled 0.098
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.749
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.753
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:48.230
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 21.408
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.293
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.098
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.673
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.049
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.550
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 58.936
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.177
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.042
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.498
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.007
Tags: @product
29.342
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 7.695
And the system is very low on memory 4.303
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.209
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.737
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.104
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.344
And I free up some memory 0.948
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.950
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.048
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.229
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
1:29.106
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 8.383
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.327
And all tps features are active 1.178
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.870
When I disable the first tps feature 2.495
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.106
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.745
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.882
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.115
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.645
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.007
Tags: @product
12.791
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 7.258
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.094
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.100
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.055
When I disable the first tps feature 2.642
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.047
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.038
When I enable the first tps feature 2.433
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.052
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.067
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.960
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
12.688
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 7.109
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.068
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.063
And I disable the first tps feature 2.495
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.913
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.036
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.052
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
38.237
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 7.222
And the network is plugged 0.023
And Tor is ready 8.481
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.237
When I write some files expected to persist 1.112
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.541
# 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" 11.619
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.561
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:37.067
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 7.219
And the network is plugged 0.022
And Tor is ready 9.453
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.109
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.909
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.960
And I capture all network traffic 0.005
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 10.857
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.357
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.061
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.092
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.823
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.066
Tags: @product
38.990
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 without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.532
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.088
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 14.236
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 15.132
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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2:46.131
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 8.515
When I enable persistence 12.151
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.138
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.502
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.296
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.214
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.501
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 24.052
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.199
When I cold reboot the computer 10.229
And the computer reboots Tails 36.217
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.262
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.222
Given I enable persistence 6.811
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.067
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.231
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.365
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.151
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.670
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.007
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2:6.726
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.017
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.159
# 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 27.033
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.788
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:1.932
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 19.812
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.937
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.022
Tags: @product
38.448
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 8.415
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.097
Then persistence is disabled 0.095
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.707
And all notifications have disappeared 8.063
When I delete the persistent partition 2.734
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.334
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.809
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:20.770
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 enabled and logged in 7.153
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.059
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.294
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.049
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.214
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.006
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006
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39.654
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 8.220
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 9.755
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.560
And all notifications have disappeared 7.666
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.273
And all tps features are enabled 0.924
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.043
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.621
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:3.285
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 30.103
And I enable persistence 20.000
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.986
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.533
And persistence is enabled 1.661
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.076
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
22.469
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 7.114
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 14.816
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.538
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.859
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
25.323
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.016
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.317
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 8.643
When I enable persistence 6.788
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.048
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.525
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.978
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
23.356
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 7.502
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.775
When I try to enable persistence 1.350
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.225
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.158
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.258
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.056
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.157
Then persistence is successfully enabled 0.870
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.857
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
42.413
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 7.280
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.091
When I try to enable persistence 1.193
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 8.489
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.146
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.027
When I log in to a new session 11.048
And all notifications have disappeared 9.147
# 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" 0.214
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.561
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.154
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.282
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.775
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.909
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
41.593
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 7.601
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.474
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.298
When I try to enable persistence 1.201
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.425
When I log in to a new session 10.595
And all notifications have disappeared 8.715
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.594
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.685
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.952
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000