Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6379 15 May 2026, 11:35

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 22:2.823 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:38.211
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:24.142
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.601
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.264
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.203
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.579
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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32.520
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 9.576
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 16.925
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.285
And persistence is disabled 0.090
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.642
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.117
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:44.446
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.010
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 9.391
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.323
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.087
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 19.192
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.044
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.654
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.354
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.340
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.056
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.919
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.008
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32.598
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.007
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 8.667
And the system is very low on memory 5.441
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.216
When I try to create a persistent partition 5.480
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.179
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.434
And I free up some memory 0.911
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.215
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.051
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.981
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:36.694
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 9.182
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.314
And all tps features are active 1.291
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.081
When I disable the first tps feature 2.539
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.392
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.061
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:8.573
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.257
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.648
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.010
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14.196
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.534
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.065
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.097
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.078
When I disable the first tps feature 2.634
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.061
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.076
When I enable the first tps feature 2.530
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.058
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.058
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.999
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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13.951
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 7.342
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.197
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.239
And I disable the first tps feature 3.139
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.977
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.055
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.820
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
45.024
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 7.433
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 13.135
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.309
When I write some files expected to persist 1.307
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.585
# 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" 13.237
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.306
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:49.959
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.018
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.741
And the network is plugged 0.018
And Tor is ready 10.498
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.122
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.482
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:8.313
And I capture all network traffic 0.006
And the network is plugged 0.027
And Tor is ready 13.039
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.496
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.084
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.129
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.895
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.045
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42.436
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 stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.069
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.069
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 14.278
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 18.019
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.362
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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2:56.871
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 8.792
When I enable persistence 16.253
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.015
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.862
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.383
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.298
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.666
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 25.642
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.189
When I cold reboot the computer 9.531
And the computer reboots Tails 38.768
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.270
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.238
Given I enable persistence 8.550
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.073
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.228
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.977
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.129
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.031
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006
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2:16.391
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 8.904
# 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 30.225
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.822
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:7.443
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 19.995
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.554
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006
Tags: @product
42.124
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.141
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 16.359
Then persistence is disabled 0.105
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.679
And all notifications have disappeared 8.460
When I delete the persistent partition 2.949
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.427
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.974
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:29.285
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.009
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.887
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.069
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.440
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:8.607
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.280
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.974
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.008
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47.338
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 9.435
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.078
When I try to enable persistence 1.223
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 11.770
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 12.142
And all notifications have disappeared 7.882
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.873
And all tps features are enabled 1.518
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.412
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.118
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:9.183
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 34.611
And I enable persistence 20.958
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.245
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.641
And persistence is enabled 1.726
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.017
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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23.220
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 7.473
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 15.115
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.631
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.064
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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30.254
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.011
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.801
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.714
When I enable persistence 8.552
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.065
And persistence is successfully enabled 2.120
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.238
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
25.843
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 7.983
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.046
When I try to enable persistence 1.333
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.620
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.164
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.372
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.054
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.141
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.126
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.962
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
46.609
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 8.428
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.061
When I try to enable persistence 1.167
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 10.268
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.200
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.026
When I log in to a new session 12.906
And all notifications have disappeared 8.672
# 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" 0.221
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.187
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.185
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.439
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.842
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.742
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
45.658
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 8.331
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.939
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.380
When I try to enable persistence 1.184
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.006
When I log in to a new session 11.510
And all notifications have disappeared 8.924
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.669
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.710
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.666
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000