Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21641-update-moat-frontends 2 13 Aug 2026, 16:05

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 24:10.740 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:34.683
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 1:20.300
And I update the APT lists using apt 7.264
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.332
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.785
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.568
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
30.396
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 8.871
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.712
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.299
And persistence is disabled 0.120
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 7.392
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.836
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:35.379
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 8.854
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.299
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.091
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 18.503
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.067
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.339
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.986
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.182
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.053
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.909
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008
Tags: @product
31.864
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 8.098
And the system is very low on memory 4.936
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.170
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.874
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.099
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.649
And I free up some memory 0.553
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 10.438
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.043
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.921
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
2:3.244
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 22.243
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.321
And all tps features are active 8.751
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.947
When I disable the first tps feature 2.641
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.036
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.271
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.321
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.710
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.549
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.027
Tags: @product
13.513
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 8.023
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.101
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.056
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.041
When I disable the first tps feature 2.571
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.050
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.034
When I enable the first tps feature 2.518
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.051
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.063
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.742
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
13.594
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 8.060
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.057
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.062
And I disable the first tps feature 2.605
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.759
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.049
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.595
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
44.241
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 enabled and logged in 7.774
And the network is plugged 0.059
And Tor is ready 8.531
And I take note of which tps features are available 9.224
When I write some files expected to persist 1.094
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.530
# 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" 12.026
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.686
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:45.975
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 enabled and logged in 8.629
And the network is plugged 0.037
And Tor is ready 10.437
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 5.506
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:8.433
And I capture all network traffic 0.004
And the network is plugged 0.041
And Tor is ready 12.223
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.327
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.112
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.109
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.744
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.063
Tags: @product
44.124
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 10.187
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.128
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 12.404
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 20.403
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.534
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
3:3.056
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 10.215
When I enable persistence 27.104
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.966
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.412
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.236
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.159
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.479
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 22.967
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.122
When I cold reboot the computer 5.841
And the computer reboots Tails 35.948
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.329
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.280
Given I enable persistence 14.844
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.095
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.327
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.592
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.133
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.798
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008
Tags: @product
2:10.896
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 8.654
# 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 29.809
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.673
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:6.003
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 20.756
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.096
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.040
Tags: @product
39.202
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 8.160
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.730
Then persistence is disabled 0.098
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.219
And all notifications have disappeared 9.058
When I delete the persistent partition 2.646
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.289
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.508
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:21.074
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 8.245
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.046
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.425
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.093
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.263
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.620
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
1:1.162
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.999
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.069
When I try to enable persistence 1.218
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 14.733
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.975
And all notifications have disappeared 8.539
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.254
And all tps features are enabled 9.319
And all tps features but the first one are active 9.053
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.493
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
2:45.209
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 2:0.014
And I enable persistence 28.753
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.574
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.615
And persistence is enabled 8.252
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.529
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
32.014
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 7.918
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 23.345
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.750
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.705
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
41.951
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 8.444
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 10.555
When I enable persistence 14.211
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.047
And persistence is successfully enabled 8.693
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.716
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
30.624
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 8.563
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.625
When I try to enable persistence 1.230
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.857
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.246
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.387
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.089
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.230
Then persistence is successfully enabled 4.394
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.572
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
44.866
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 8.276
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.071
When I try to enable persistence 1.156
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 12.550
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.216
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.026
When I log in to a new session 9.060
And all notifications have disappeared 8.716
# 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" 0.160
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.425
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.195
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.241
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.767
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.882
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
43.662
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 7.992
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 11.128
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.314
When I try to enable persistence 1.213
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.437
When I log in to a new session 9.350
And all notifications have disappeared 8.227
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.125
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.872
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.575
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000