Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6735 11 Oct 2026, 11:29

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 23:22.717 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:0.113
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 1:20.016
And I update the APT lists using apt 35.257
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 3.911
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.927
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.570
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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27.342
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 8.535
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.962
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.180
And persistence is disabled 0.100
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.562
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.002
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:33.911
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 9.015
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.340
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.086
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 18.131
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.047
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.347
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.754
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.150
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.037
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.743
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.023
Tags: @product
28.128
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 8.067
And the system is very low on memory 3.791
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.379
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.102
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.072
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.365
And I free up some memory 0.437
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.875
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.036
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.567
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:42.593
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 8.387
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.283
And all tps features are active 7.071
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.898
When I disable the first tps feature 2.474
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.130
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.212
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.819
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.314
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.559
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.063
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26.868
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 21.636
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.055
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.057
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.044
When I disable the first tps feature 2.493
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.047
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.028
When I enable the first tps feature 2.399
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.055
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.049
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.816
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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13.468
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 7.780
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.067
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.082
And I disable the first tps feature 2.596
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.901
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.039
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.754
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
44.442
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 7.637
And the network is plugged 0.031
And Tor is ready 12.449
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.645
When I write some files expected to persist 0.972
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.386
# 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" 11.319
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.291
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:38.916
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 7.577
And the network is plugged 0.029
And Tor is ready 10.177
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.118
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.194
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.521
And I capture all network traffic 0.008
And the network is plugged 0.026
And Tor is ready 11.751
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.354
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.067
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.088
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.746
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.074
Tags: @product
39.038
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 8.328
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.080
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 12.796
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.833
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.746
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:53.537
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 8.637
When I enable persistence 23.640
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.505
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.231
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.448
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.311
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.466
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 22.894
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.104
When I cold reboot the computer 5.834
And the computer reboots Tails 34.085
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.211
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.105
Given I enable persistence 13.680
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.069
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.294
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.927
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.087
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.752
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008
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2:3.517
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 8.248
# 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 25.951
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.194
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:3.782
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 20.339
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.890
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
37.357
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 7.982
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.456
Then persistence is disabled 0.078
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.618
And all notifications have disappeared 8.375
When I delete the persistent partition 2.589
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.256
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.830
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:19.216
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 8.024
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.046
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.394
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.563
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.187
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.972
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.035
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54.071
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 7.986
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.038
When I try to enable persistence 1.152
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 12.773
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.563
And all notifications have disappeared 7.923
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.201
And all tps features are enabled 7.663
And all tps features but the first one are active 7.768
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.608
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:40.651
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 1:58.113
And I enable persistence 25.321
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.663
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.560
And persistence is enabled 8.993
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.015
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
31.489
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 7.838
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 23.136
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.514
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.749
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
39.033
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 8.545
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.408
When I enable persistence 13.277
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.061
And persistence is successfully enabled 7.741
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.849
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
29.426
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 8.512
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.785
When I try to enable persistence 1.250
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.190
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.259
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.180
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.048
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.265
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.932
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.031
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
41.407
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 8.303
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.066
When I try to enable persistence 1.181
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 11.122
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.232
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.023
When I log in to a new session 8.054
And all notifications have disappeared 7.810
# 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" 0.359
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.093
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.162
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.032
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.964
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.797
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
38.184
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 7.993
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.576
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.221
When I try to enable persistence 1.158
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.413
When I log in to a new session 7.791
And all notifications have disappeared 7.017
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.200
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.811
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.023
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000