Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6740 12 Oct 2026, 16:06

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 25:24.580 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:36.277
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:21.904
And I update the APT lists using apt 7.332
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.234
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.805
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.007
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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30.013
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 9.025
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.108
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.220
And persistence is disabled 0.109
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.549
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.746
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:39.345
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 9.211
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.323
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.126
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 20.752
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 5.351
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.344
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.153
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.040
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.948
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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31.898
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 8.698
And the system is very low on memory 4.426
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.177
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.467
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.159
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.450
And I free up some memory 0.612
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 10.856
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.049
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.914
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
2:7.548
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 22.100
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.328
And all tps features are active 9.881
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.895
When I disable the first tps feature 2.507
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.039
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.469
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:9.636
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.689
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.682
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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53.316
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 47.829
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.078
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.050
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.058
When I disable the first tps feature 2.607
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.102
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.051
When I enable the first tps feature 2.454
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.043
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.039
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.879
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
13.379
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 7.832
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.065
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.066
And I disable the first tps feature 2.502
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.870
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.042
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.824
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
44.905
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 7.948
And the network is plugged 0.028
And Tor is ready 11.152
And I take note of which tps features are available 7.158
When I write some files expected to persist 1.126
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.220
# 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" 12.269
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.364
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:37.287
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 7.816
And the network is plugged 0.037
And Tor is ready 8.834
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.129
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.181
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.623
And I capture all network traffic 0.004
And the network is plugged 0.038
And Tor is ready 11.054
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.404
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.058
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.103
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.914
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.071
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53.098
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 stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 21.586
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.092
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 13.339
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 17.080
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.647
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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3:7.073
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 22.426
When I enable persistence 22.786
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.637
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.270
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.455
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.274
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.500
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 22.892
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.113
When I cold reboot the computer 4.529
And the computer reboots Tails 32.946
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.323
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.263
Given I enable persistence 15.144
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.103
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.367
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.891
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.144
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.682
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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2:23.754
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 21.875
# 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 28.634
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.473
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:5.002
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 22.768
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.774
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.019
Tags: @product
40.146
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 9.146
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.783
Then persistence is disabled 0.102
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.532
And all notifications have disappeared 8.468
When I delete the persistent partition 2.737
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.375
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.649
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:37.107
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.006
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 22.054
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.068
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.656
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:8.088
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.239
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.614
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
58.900
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 8.488
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.058
When I try to enable persistence 1.185
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 14.551
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.984
And all notifications have disappeared 8.252
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.265
And all tps features are enabled 8.328
And all tps features but the first one are active 7.785
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.791
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:42.805
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 1:58.580
And I enable persistence 27.818
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.822
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.486
And persistence is enabled 8.098
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.960
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
31.797
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 8.113
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 23.117
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.566
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.882
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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40.627
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 8.529
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 10.346
When I enable persistence 13.366
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.039
And persistence is successfully enabled 8.344
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.525
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
29.264
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 8.129
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.272
When I try to enable persistence 1.250
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.962
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.195
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.290
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.062
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.112
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.989
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.941
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
44.266
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 8.306
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.052
When I try to enable persistence 1.155
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 13.251
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.129
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.031
When I log in to a new session 8.833
And all notifications have disappeared 7.999
# 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" 0.191
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.142
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.198
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.137
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.836
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.421
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
41.767
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 8.399
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.197
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.310
When I try to enable persistence 1.206
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.392
When I log in to a new session 8.483
And all notifications have disappeared 7.734
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.260
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.780
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.001
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000