Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_web-release-7.14 4 29 Sep 2026, 20:36

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 24:41.608 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:46.963
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 1:32.403
And I update the APT lists using apt 7.530
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.256
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.773
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.802
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
28.921
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.645
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.647
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.235
And persistence is disabled 0.097
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.296
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.836
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:38.914
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 10.087
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.363
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.096
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 18.118
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 5.468
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.476
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.209
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.048
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.807
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.019
Tags: @product
29.829
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 8.886
And the system is very low on memory 3.854
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.186
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.407
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.087
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.515
And I free up some memory 0.468
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.372
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.051
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.976
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:59.246
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 enabled and logged in 8.485
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.261
And all tps features are active 10.907
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.785
When I disable the first tps feature 2.472
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.649
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.967
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:10.660
Then all tps features but the first one are active 9.056
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.468
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.055
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26.550
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 21.280
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.074
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.055
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.042
When I disable the first tps feature 2.469
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.044
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.035
When I enable the first tps feature 2.425
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.071
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.050
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.614
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
13.424
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 7.806
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.077
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.066
And I disable the first tps feature 2.546
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.892
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.036
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.799
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
47.316
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 7.895
And the network is plugged 0.036
And Tor is ready 13.198
And I take note of which tps features are available 7.308
When I write some files expected to persist 1.230
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.788
# 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" 11.857
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.523
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:45.205
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 7.966
And the network is plugged 0.038
And Tor is ready 9.908
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.140
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.632
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:8.488
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.052
And Tor is ready 12.367
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.402
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.071
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.132
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.600
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.062
Tags: @product
39.536
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 stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.511
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 13.081
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.818
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.945
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:57.749
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 8.874
When I enable persistence 22.836
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 14.132
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.704
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.414
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.286
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.519
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 23.200
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.118
When I cold reboot the computer 6.368
And the computer reboots Tails 35.147
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.210
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.128
Given I enable persistence 15.041
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.056
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.145
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.380
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.184
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.761
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008
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2:12.658
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 9.131
# 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 26.610
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.605
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:8.590
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 22.719
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.034
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.059
Tags: @product
39.418
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 9.202
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.082
Then persistence is disabled 0.103
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.248
And all notifications have disappeared 7.804
When I delete the persistent partition 2.693
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.283
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.824
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:22.517
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 8.710
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.079
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.554
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.939
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.234
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.085
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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1:1.442
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 9.506
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.057
When I try to enable persistence 1.289
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 14.103
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.183
And all notifications have disappeared 8.769
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.282
And all tps features are enabled 9.224
And all tps features but the first one are active 9.025
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.787
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:50.437
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 2:5.407
And I enable persistence 27.288
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.007
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.570
And persistence is enabled 8.163
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.864
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
44.736
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 20.914
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 23.226
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.595
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.981
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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41.367
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 9.562
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.422
When I enable persistence 14.083
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.041
And persistence is successfully enabled 8.257
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.026
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
29.714
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 with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.982
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.458
When I try to enable persistence 1.252
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.773
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.220
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.237
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.056
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.168
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.565
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.923
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
41.650
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 8.263
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.067
When I try to enable persistence 1.228
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 11.341
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.135
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.026
When I log in to a new session 8.517
And all notifications have disappeared 7.521
# 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" 0.199
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.102
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.227
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.100
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.919
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.513
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
44.007
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 8.259
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.851
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.258
When I try to enable persistence 1.245
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 1.982
When I log in to a new session 9.404
And all notifications have disappeared 9.829
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.365
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.809
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.930
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000