Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_add-team-sprint-template 2 21 May 2026, 17:26

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 19:47.249 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:30.078
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:16.872
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.077
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.261
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.866
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.738
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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27.262
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 8.501
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.696
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.281
And persistence is disabled 0.101
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.681
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.160
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
1:32.763
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 logged in 8.408
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.394
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.117
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.427
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.048
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.701
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 59.440
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.170
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.053
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.937
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006
Tags: @product
27.532
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 7.212
And the system is very low on memory 3.342
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.166
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.682
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.122
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.354
And I free up some memory 0.773
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.831
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.045
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.718
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
1:27.233
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 8.160
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.313
And all tps features are active 1.164
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.866
When I disable the first tps feature 2.467
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.073
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.625
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.406
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.156
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.539
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006
Tags: @product
12.618
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 7.268
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.054
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.062
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.063
When I disable the first tps feature 2.456
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.054
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.080
When I enable the first tps feature 2.466
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.063
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.046
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.601
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
12.718
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 7.244
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.067
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.066
And I disable the first tps feature 2.494
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.804
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.041
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.029
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
39.866
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 6.955
And the network is plugged 0.019
And Tor is ready 10.504
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.158
When I write some files expected to persist 1.117
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.249
# 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" 11.861
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.424
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:40.721
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 7.103
And the network is plugged 0.021
And Tor is ready 11.036
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.132
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.326
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.496
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.018
And Tor is ready 12.087
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.346
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.066
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.080
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.553
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.052
Tags: @product
39.392
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 8.414
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.092
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 13.136
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.749
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.904
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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2:44.587
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 8.221
When I enable persistence 12.536
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.746
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.422
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.339
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.285
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.497
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 24.268
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.149
When I cold reboot the computer 10.054
And the computer reboots Tails 36.424
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.287
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.162
Given I enable persistence 7.469
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.066
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 8.280
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.149
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.826
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006
Tags: @product
2:6.034
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 7.831
# 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 26.742
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.443
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:1.037
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 20.978
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.095
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006
Tags: @product
38.619
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 8.127
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.069
Then persistence is disabled 0.092
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.454
And all notifications have disappeared 7.790
When I delete the persistent partition 2.745
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.338
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.778
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
1:16.441
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 7.207
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.070
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.246
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 59.714
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.202
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.822
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006
Tags: @product
40.219
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 8.001
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.067
When I try to enable persistence 1.170
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 10.190
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.502
And all notifications have disappeared 7.820
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.294
And all tps features are enabled 1.034
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.136
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.023
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:0.117
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 29.487
And I enable persistence 19.457
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.130
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.539
And persistence is enabled 1.502
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.730
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
21.893
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.012
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 7.013
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 14.327
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.551
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.867
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
24.419
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 7.932
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 8.442
When I enable persistence 6.505
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.041
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.496
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.003
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
23.372
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 7.722
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.694
When I try to enable persistence 1.243
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.124
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.194
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.289
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.055
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.134
Then persistence is successfully enabled 0.914
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.860
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
40.735
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 7.320
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.059
When I try to enable persistence 1.141
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 8.557
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.157
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.025
When I log in to a new session 11.068
And all notifications have disappeared 7.961
# 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" 0.133
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.086
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.163
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 0.861
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.204
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
40.620
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 7.307
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.290
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.307
When I try to enable persistence 1.146
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.855
When I log in to a new session 9.652
And all notifications have disappeared 7.984
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.368
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.707
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.804
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000