Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_web-release-7.14 2 29 Sep 2026, 18:13

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 24:9.932 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:48.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:33.609
And I update the APT lists using apt 7.175
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.268
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.949
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.839
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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29.395
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 9.105
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.042
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.250
And persistence is disabled 0.084
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.911
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.773
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:38.419
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 9.618
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.299
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.134
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 18.153
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 5.391
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.568
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.168
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.039
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.861
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.029
Tags: @product
30.714
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 9.487
And the system is very low on memory 4.106
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.234
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.004
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.111
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.495
And I free up some memory 0.504
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.719
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.049
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.986
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:52.522
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 8.408
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.323
And all tps features are active 8.305
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.817
When I disable the first tps feature 2.551
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.210
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.808
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.889
Then all tps features but the first one are active 9.208
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.742
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.022
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14.299
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 8.440
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.087
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.075
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.078
When I disable the first tps feature 3.030
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.050
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.037
When I enable the first tps feature 2.399
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.040
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.058
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.919
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
14.878
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 8.629
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.067
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.065
And I disable the first tps feature 3.112
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.951
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.051
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.869
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
45.295
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 enabled and logged in 8.030
And the network is plugged 0.029
And Tor is ready 10.725
And I take note of which tps features are available 7.382
When I write some files expected to persist 1.456
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.450
# 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" 12.220
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.516
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:45.825
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 10.357
And the network is plugged 0.076
And Tor is ready 10.757
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.189
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.692
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.463
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.036
And Tor is ready 11.658
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.343
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.092
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.152
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.913
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.101
Tags: @product
42.546
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.920
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.124
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 14.839
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 17.661
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.782
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:56.698
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 8.792
When I enable persistence 21.785
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.922
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 39.319
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.214
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.247
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.577
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 22.127
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.190
When I cold reboot the computer 6.144
And the computer reboots Tails 35.123
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.444
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.312
Given I enable persistence 14.787
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.075
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.301
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.191
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.141
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.587
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.024
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2:12.027
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 8.886
# 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 28.934
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.401
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:7.707
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 21.097
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.093
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009
Tags: @product
40.196
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 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 9.011
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.885
Then persistence is disabled 0.096
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.993
And all notifications have disappeared 8.118
When I delete the persistent partition 2.611
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.479
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.686
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:23.830
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 8.531
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.059
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.546
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:8.425
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.267
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.898
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
58.337
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 8.168
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.053
When I try to enable persistence 1.189
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 14.646
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.540
And all notifications have disappeared 7.255
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.270
And all tps features are enabled 8.349
And all tps features but the first one are active 8.862
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.893
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:43.476
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 1:57.468
And I enable persistence 27.900
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.032
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.587
And persistence is enabled 9.486
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.968
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
32.377
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 7.765
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 23.479
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 1.131
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.861
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
43.394
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.014
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.140
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 10.214
When I enable persistence 14.753
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.048
And persistence is successfully enabled 9.236
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.846
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
29.388
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 8.510
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.164
When I try to enable persistence 1.297
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.473
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.182
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.129
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.059
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.232
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.338
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.853
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
45.216
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 8.265
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.080
When I try to enable persistence 1.178
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 11.207
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.202
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.026
When I log in to a new session 10.380
And all notifications have disappeared 9.341
# 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" 0.109
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.084
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.178
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.307
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.854
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.094
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
43.089
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 8.376
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.476
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.343
When I try to enable persistence 1.219
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.613
When I log in to a new session 9.017
And all notifications have disappeared 7.537
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.342
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.161
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.628
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000