Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_web-release-7.14 5 29 Sep 2026, 22:09

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 23:18.804 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:31.967
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 1:20.777
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.926
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 3.159
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.103
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.736
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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39.799
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 22.069
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.182
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.198
And persistence is disabled 0.077
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.272
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.880
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:34.115
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 9.132
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.352
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.061
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 18.557
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.039
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.396
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.401
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.138
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.035
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.640
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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30.203
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 8.310
And the system is very low on memory 4.112
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.151
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.499
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.098
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.440
And I free up some memory 0.424
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 10.106
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.059
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.986
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:47.824
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 8.292
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.283
And all tps features are active 8.451
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.742
When I disable the first tps feature 2.561
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.466
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.761
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.212
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.052
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.873
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.014
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26.722
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 21.243
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.093
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.063
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.066
When I disable the first tps feature 2.544
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.049
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.043
When I enable the first tps feature 2.512
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.063
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.043
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.030
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
13.313
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 7.863
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.049
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.058
And I disable the first tps feature 2.537
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.766
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.038
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.832
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
43.075
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 7.709
And the network is plugged 0.025
And Tor is ready 10.150
And I take note of which tps features are available 7.301
When I write some files expected to persist 1.116
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.423
# 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" 11.347
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.197
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:41.157
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 8.063
And the network is plugged 0.024
And Tor is ready 9.556
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.111
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.329
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.157
And I capture all network traffic 0.023
And the network is plugged 0.024
And Tor is ready 11.362
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.343
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.050
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.110
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.611
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.075
Tags: @product
38.956
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 8.357
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.052
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 12.703
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.842
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.915
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:49.951
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 8.607
When I enable persistence 20.848
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.456
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.286
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.390
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.341
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.493
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 22.381
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.157
When I cold reboot the computer 5.907
And the computer reboots Tails 33.522
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.198
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.241
Given I enable persistence 12.900
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.078
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.390
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.574
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.171
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.860
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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2:8.491
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 8.413
# 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 28.360
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.444
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:4.520
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 21.753
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.181
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
Tags: @product
38.562
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 8.551
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.010
Then persistence is disabled 0.114
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.935
And all notifications have disappeared 7.924
When I delete the persistent partition 2.627
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.398
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.652
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:18.783
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 8.206
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.054
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.275
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.034
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.212
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.968
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.023
Tags: @product
55.871
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 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.269
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.042
When I try to enable persistence 1.160
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 12.457
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.025
And all notifications have disappeared 8.096
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.338
And all tps features are enabled 8.624
And all tps features but the first one are active 7.857
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.874
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:39.451
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 1:57.319
And I enable persistence 26.462
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.328
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.535
And persistence is enabled 7.806
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.847
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
30.707
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 7.486
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 22.685
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.535
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.012
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
39.426
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 8.208
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.446
When I enable persistence 13.461
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.042
And persistence is successfully enabled 8.267
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.838
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
27.746
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 8.261
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.973
When I try to enable persistence 1.180
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.628
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.095
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.081
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.066
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.077
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.381
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.946
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
41.737
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 8.474
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.048
When I try to enable persistence 1.190
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 10.993
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.267
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.024
When I log in to a new session 8.788
And all notifications have disappeared 7.421
# 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" 0.231
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.130
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.236
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 0.898
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.024
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
40.936
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 8.529
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.777
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.509
When I try to enable persistence 1.178
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.683
When I log in to a new session 8.340
And all notifications have disappeared 6.749
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.198
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.970
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.884
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000