Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6604 24 Aug 2026, 12:53

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 24:22.260 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:34.263
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.005
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:19.573
And I update the APT lists using apt 7.757
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.225
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.707
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.963
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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30.104
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 8.747
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.036
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.200
And persistence is disabled 0.072
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 7.047
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.812
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:39.892
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 logged in 9.052
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.341
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.172
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 20.108
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.069
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.057
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.893
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.151
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.045
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.837
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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31.295
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 8.535
And the system is very low on memory 4.601
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.327
When I try to create a persistent partition 5.244
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 2.403
And I free up some memory 0.584
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.446
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.045
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.900
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:57.448
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 9.591
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.265
And all tps features are active 10.445
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.312
When I disable the first tps feature 2.611
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.925
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.583
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:8.946
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.765
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.757
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.090
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27.927
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 22.000
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.074
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.045
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.050
When I disable the first tps feature 3.067
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.068
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.047
When I enable the first tps feature 2.449
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.058
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.065
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.898
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
13.909
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 8.127
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.083
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.045
And I disable the first tps feature 2.718
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.883
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.051
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.993
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
47.878
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.009
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.516
And the network is plugged 0.036
And Tor is ready 13.600
And I take note of which tps features are available 7.265
When I write some files expected to persist 0.953
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.267
# 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" 12.239
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.546
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:41.101
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.010
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.908
And the network is plugged 0.037
And Tor is ready 10.131
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.085
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.499
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.056
And I capture all network traffic 0.012
And the network is plugged 0.059
And Tor is ready 12.659
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.429
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.085
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.136
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.704
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.041
Tags: @product
41.794
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 8.843
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.163
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 13.702
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 18.086
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.209
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:58.546
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 9.172
When I enable persistence 24.976
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 14.061
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.219
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.279
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.346
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.540
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 23.495
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.138
When I cold reboot the computer 5.966
And the computer reboots Tails 35.346
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.221
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.241
Given I enable persistence 13.612
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.065
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.169
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.560
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.133
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.734
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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2:14.136
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 8.684
# 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 29.856
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.955
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:9.672
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 21.968
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.934
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
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40.602
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 8.248
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.625
Then persistence is disabled 0.080
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.994
And all notifications have disappeared 8.686
When I delete the persistent partition 2.687
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.280
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.616
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:21.399
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 7.934
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.049
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.462
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.760
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.192
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.846
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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1:1.829
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 8.095
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.103
When I try to enable persistence 1.361
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 14.968
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.399
And all notifications have disappeared 8.824
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.387
And all tps features are enabled 8.868
And all tps features but the first one are active 8.820
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.842
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:49.282
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 2:3.568
And I enable persistence 27.606
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.427
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.589
And persistence is enabled 9.089
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.023
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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31.808
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 8.072
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 23.192
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.543
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.876
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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41.022
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 8.539
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.984
When I enable persistence 14.221
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.044
And persistence is successfully enabled 8.233
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.674
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
30.436
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.013
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
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.222
When I try to enable persistence 1.303
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.316
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.183
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.226
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.058
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.125
Then persistence is successfully enabled 4.256
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.816
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
44.647
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 7.848
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.047
When I try to enable persistence 1.151
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 13.117
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.246
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.027
When I log in to a new session 9.981
And all notifications have disappeared 7.558
# 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" 0.157
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.078
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.186
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.259
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.986
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.739
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
42.931
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 8.067
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.622
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.345
When I try to enable persistence 1.201
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.013
When I log in to a new session 8.568
And all notifications have disappeared 7.927
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.172
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.013
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.517
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000