Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_web-release-7.8.1 4 03 Jun 2026, 21:22

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 20:7.780 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:31.132
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.002
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:17.707
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.342
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.234
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.848
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.667
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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27.560
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 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 8.569
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.426
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.241
And persistence is disabled 0.090
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.232
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.729
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:36.385
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 8.263
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.314
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.099
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.148
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.054
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.344
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.946
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.164
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.049
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.850
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006
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27.643
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.001
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 7.260
And the system is very low on memory 3.557
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.168
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.440
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.128
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.356
And I free up some memory 0.791
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.895
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.043
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.743
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:30.827
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.333
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.329
And all tps features are active 1.093
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.947
When I disable the first tps feature 2.476
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.115
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.040
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.479
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.009
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.855
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.009
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12.801
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.001
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.264
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.067
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.098
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.064
When I disable the first tps feature 2.682
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.051
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.041
When I enable the first tps feature 2.440
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.047
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.042
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.915
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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12.528
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.004
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.070
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.069
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.057
And I disable the first tps feature 2.451
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.830
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.048
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.694
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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39.878
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.254
And the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 10.070
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.176
When I write some files expected to persist 1.109
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.455
# 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" 11.796
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.411
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:40.017
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.527
And the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 11.389
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.144
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.578
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 59.862
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.034
And Tor is ready 10.887
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.389
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.104
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.080
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.952
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.060
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37.864
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 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 8.506
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.083
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 13.620
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 14.653
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.049
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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2:46.358
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 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 8.885
When I enable persistence 13.615
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.822
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.307
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.304
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.215
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.516
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 24.770
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.153
When I cold reboot the computer 10.004
And the computer reboots Tails 36.297
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.247
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.188
Given I enable persistence 6.736
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.068
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.207
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.869
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.147
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.923
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006
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2:10.506
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.001
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.986
# 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 28.660
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.281
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:1.742
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 22.834
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.073
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.028
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38.560
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 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 8.389
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.982
Then persistence is disabled 0.121
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 3.975
And all notifications have disappeared 8.081
When I delete the persistent partition 2.695
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.314
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.695
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:20.558
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.284
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.052
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.451
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.529
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.240
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.665
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006
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40.368
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 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 7.974
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.124
When I try to enable persistence 1.225
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 9.553
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.495
And all notifications have disappeared 7.687
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.294
And all tps features are enabled 1.000
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.012
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.155
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:0.924
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 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 30.198
And I enable persistence 18.601
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.624
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.690
And persistence is enabled 1.809
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.926
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
21.246
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 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 6.991
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 13.672
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.582
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.994
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
24.410
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 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 7.832
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 7.875
When I enable persistence 6.937
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.048
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.716
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.872
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
23.694
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 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 7.557
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.641
When I try to enable persistence 1.264
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.580
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.200
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.312
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.055
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.166
Then persistence is successfully enabled 0.916
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.283
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
42.359
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 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 7.460
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.190
When I try to enable persistence 1.182
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 8.699
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.219
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.027
When I log in to a new session 10.021
And all notifications have disappeared 9.751
# 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" 0.228
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.456
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.177
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.228
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.716
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.891
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
42.154
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 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 7.710
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.644
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.305
When I try to enable persistence 1.154
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.733
When I log in to a new session 10.983
And all notifications have disappeared 8.492
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.267
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.863
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.609
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000