Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6750 16 Oct 2026, 11:26

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 23:13.665 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:53.640
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 1:13.732
And I update the APT lists using apt 35.467
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 3.522
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.917
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.332
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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28.262
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 8.244
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.365
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.193
And persistence is disabled 0.071
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.387
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.859
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:33.881
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 8.812
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.254
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.122
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 18.556
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.046
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.494
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 59.390
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.154
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.050
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.733
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.004
Tags: @product
28.065
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 7.849
And the system is very low on memory 4.094
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.266
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.280
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.086
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.362
And I free up some memory 0.405
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.676
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.043
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.830
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:42.118
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 8.159
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.269
And all tps features are active 7.065
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.679
When I disable the first tps feature 2.567
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.407
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.263
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.425
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.281
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.571
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.032
Tags: @product
12.761
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 7.573
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.050
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.046
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.056
When I disable the first tps feature 2.454
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.051
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.034
When I enable the first tps feature 2.406
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.050
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.038
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.917
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
12.982
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 7.645
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.051
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.050
And I disable the first tps feature 2.450
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.742
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.041
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.707
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
43.234
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 7.458
And the network is plugged 0.022
And Tor is ready 12.042
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.487
When I write some files expected to persist 0.830
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.274
# 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" 11.118
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.502
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:38.456
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 7.509
And the network is plugged 0.028
And Tor is ready 13.538
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.132
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.242
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.590
And I capture all network traffic 0.002
And the network is plugged 0.037
And Tor is ready 10.909
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.335
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.038
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.090
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.742
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.042
Tags: @product
36.725
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 stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.203
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.075
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 12.422
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 15.023
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.194
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:45.742
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 8.342
When I enable persistence 20.689
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.117
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 37.965
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.293
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.276
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.405
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 22.379
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.126
When I cold reboot the computer 5.784
And the computer reboots Tails 32.111
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.298
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.239
Given I enable persistence 12.884
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.082
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.150
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.459
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.134
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.058
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.036
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2:6.284
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 8.349
# 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 29.686
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.255
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:2.287
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 20.706
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.189
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
36.875
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 8.029
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.234
Then persistence is disabled 0.086
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.784
And all notifications have disappeared 7.903
When I delete the persistent partition 2.582
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.253
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.008
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:16.262
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 7.942
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.070
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.199
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.845
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.203
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.929
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.034
Tags: @product
54.827
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 8.119
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.067
When I try to enable persistence 1.216
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 13.589
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.665
And all notifications have disappeared 7.204
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.205
And all tps features are enabled 7.926
And all tps features but the first one are active 7.832
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.881
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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3:4.175
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 2:18.546
And I enable persistence 28.426
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.845
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.530
And persistence is enabled 8.826
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.603
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
30.599
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 7.468
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 22.634
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.495
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.542
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
38.870
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 8.438
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.287
When I enable persistence 13.163
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.069
And persistence is successfully enabled 7.911
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.809
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
28.246
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 8.027
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.148
When I try to enable persistence 1.283
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.636
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.222
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.101
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.053
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.236
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.537
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.873
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
40.262
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 7.937
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.052
When I try to enable persistence 1.132
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 11.276
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.087
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.035
When I log in to a new session 8.602
And all notifications have disappeared 6.683
# 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" 0.130
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.126
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.237
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.067
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.892
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.937
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
41.389
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 8.101
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.432
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.272
When I try to enable persistence 1.154
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.363
When I log in to a new session 7.509
And all notifications have disappeared 8.687
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.063
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.803
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.783
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000