Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_web-release-7.9 4 18 Jun 2026, 01:40

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 21:2.139 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:29.292
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.016
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:16.044
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.171
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.263
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.812
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.217
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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28.096
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.017
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.876
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.002
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.256
And persistence is disabled 0.144
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.816
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.777
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:37.056
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.017
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 8.546
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.341
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.092
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.595
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.043
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.040
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.171
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.179
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.046
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.751
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.036
Tags: @product
27.864
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.015
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 7.519
And the system is very low on memory 3.607
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.181
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.515
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.144
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.436
And I free up some memory 0.860
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.548
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.050
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.868
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:43.303
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.015
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.462
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.345
And all tps features are active 4.795
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.772
When I disable the first tps feature 2.453
Then all tps features but the first one are active 4.664
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.732
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.363
Then all tps features but the first one are active 4.712
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.935
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.018
Tags: @product
13.106
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 enabled and logged in 7.744
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.077
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.064
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.070
When I disable the first tps feature 2.531
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.050
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.036
When I enable the first tps feature 2.438
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.045
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.047
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.627
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
13.004
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 enabled and logged in 7.386
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.084
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.069
And I disable the first tps feature 2.601
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.823
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.038
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.731
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
42.186
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 enabled and logged in 7.253
And the network is plugged 0.019
And Tor is ready 12.075
And I take note of which tps features are available 4.037
When I write some files expected to persist 1.057
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.570
# 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" 12.172
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.097
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:41.688
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.015
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.288
And the network is plugged 0.022
And Tor is ready 9.604
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.117
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.611
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.032
And I capture all network traffic 0.015
And the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 11.447
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.358
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.104
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.069
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.584
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.060
Tags: @product
37.659
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 without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.465
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.080
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 13.240
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 14.872
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.817
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:52.002
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 8.476
When I enable persistence 16.068
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.701
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.306
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.315
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.264
# 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 24.262
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.144
When I cold reboot the computer 9.082
And the computer reboots Tails 36.686
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.278
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.182
Given I enable persistence 10.662
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.067
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.223
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.632
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.131
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.786
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.033
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2:13.089
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.013
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.382
# 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 25.288
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.644
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:5.892
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 23.882
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.022
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.018
Tags: @product
37.046
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 8.418
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.271
Then persistence is disabled 0.087
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.686
And all notifications have disappeared 7.579
When I delete the persistent partition 2.678
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.324
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.696
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:23.604
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.015
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.920
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.081
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.727
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.665
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.209
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.622
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.033
Tags: @product
48.027
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.012
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.431
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.038
When I try to enable persistence 1.154
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 9.349
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.571
And all notifications have disappeared 7.483
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.250
And all tps features are enabled 4.814
And all tps features but the first one are active 4.933
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.739
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:7.331
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.015
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 31.286
And I enable persistence 20.896
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.631
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.542
And persistence is enabled 4.973
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.231
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
23.903
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.015
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 7.253
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 16.077
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.572
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.859
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
31.983
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.015
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.454
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 7.965
When I enable persistence 10.201
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.054
And persistence is successfully enabled 5.306
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.816
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
27.294
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.015
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.352
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.945
When I try to enable persistence 1.310
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.781
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.227
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.323
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.048
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.155
Then persistence is successfully enabled 4.149
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.086
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
42.189
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.015
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.991
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.042
When I try to enable persistence 1.186
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 8.381
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.192
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.025
When I log in to a new session 9.892
And all notifications have disappeared 9.678
# 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" 0.177
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.414
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.146
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.331
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.728
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.077
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
42.408
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.024
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.938
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.384
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.332
When I try to enable persistence 1.138
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.839
When I log in to a new session 10.676
And all notifications have disappeared 7.927
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.458
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.712
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.053
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000