Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_web-release-7.12 4 02 Sep 2026, 18:27

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 24:52.908 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:40.185
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 1:24.889
And I update the APT lists using apt 8.323
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.244
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.727
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.531
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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31.581
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 9.088
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.715
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.279
And persistence is disabled 0.134
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.363
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.988
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:40.795
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 8.856
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.341
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.101
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 19.973
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 5.719
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.521
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.172
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.064
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.919
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
31.519
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 8.412
And the system is very low on memory 5.102
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.317
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.683
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.147
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.351
And I free up some memory 0.537
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.891
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.076
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.729
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
2:8.014
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 22.809
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.351
And all tps features are active 8.173
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.870
When I disable the first tps feature 2.574
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.693
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.434
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:10.095
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.012
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.724
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.030
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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 7.950
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.074
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.049
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.049
When I disable the first tps feature 2.584
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.073
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.044
When I enable the first tps feature 2.543
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.049
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.048
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.753
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
27.904
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 22.283
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.085
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.065
And I disable the first tps feature 2.551
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.880
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.037
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.896
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
46.227
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.007
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.991
And the network is plugged 0.053
And Tor is ready 11.960
And I take note of which tps features are available 7.486
When I write some files expected to persist 1.124
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.562
# 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" 12.047
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.597
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:46.859
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 8.022
And the network is plugged 0.024
And Tor is ready 15.174
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.134
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.464
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.888
And I capture all network traffic 0.004
And the network is plugged 0.034
And Tor is ready 11.471
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.415
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.093
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.131
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.921
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.079
Tags: @product
42.152
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 8.738
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.072
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 12.489
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 19.851
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.567
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:55.815
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 8.798
When I enable persistence 22.376
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.225
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.547
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.320
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.299
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.513
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 23.673
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.222
When I cold reboot the computer 6.122
And the computer reboots Tails 33.748
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.347
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.285
Given I enable persistence 15.200
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.100
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.322
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.570
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.141
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.923
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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2:13.239
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 8.600
# 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 30.958
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.304
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:7.083
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 21.292
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.856
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
Tags: @product
41.374
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 8.494
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.618
Then persistence is disabled 0.112
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.026
And all notifications have disappeared 8.936
When I delete the persistent partition 2.845
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.340
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.068
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:25.701
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 8.972
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.048
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.205
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:9.268
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.205
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.508
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008
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1:3.952
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 8.994
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.070
When I try to enable persistence 1.228
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 15.289
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.795
And all notifications have disappeared 8.667
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.388
And all tps features are enabled 9.893
And all tps features but the first one are active 8.625
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.983
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:49.991
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 2:2.393
And I enable persistence 28.948
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.829
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.561
And persistence is enabled 9.257
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.067
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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31.168
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 7.805
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 22.698
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.663
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.719
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
44.301
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 9.336
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 11.291
When I enable persistence 14.657
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.078
And persistence is successfully enabled 8.938
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.083
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
30.834
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.585
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 11.947
When I try to enable persistence 1.342
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.946
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.136
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.150
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.050
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.098
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.576
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.896
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
43.959
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.507
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.067
When I try to enable persistence 1.256
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 11.253
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.199
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.027
When I log in to a new session 9.412
And all notifications have disappeared 8.471
# 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" 0.145
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.092
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.149
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.515
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.861
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.873
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
43.862
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.992
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 11.322
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.372
When I try to enable persistence 1.181
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.598
When I log in to a new session 9.023
And all notifications have disappeared 6.995
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.310
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.064
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.035
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000