Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4198 29 Jan 2026, 12:39

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 32:57.777 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:22.574
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.013
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 2:3.035
And I update APT using apt 8.781
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 9.406
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.351
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.115
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
43.692
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.018
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 14.651
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 17.603
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.400
And persistence is disabled 0.131
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 10.905
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.268
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:21.344
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 14.860
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.457
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.164
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 29.520
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.646
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.760
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:26.260
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.603
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.071
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.699
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.056
Tags: @product
42.053
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 12.550
And the system is very low on memory 4.957
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.277
When I try to create a persistent partition 5.890
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.156
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.564
And I free up some memory 1.015
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 14.084
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.556
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.022
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:22.906
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 18.457
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.408
And all tps features are active 2.166
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.470
When I disable the first tps feature 2.968
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.620
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.180
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:32.680
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.953
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.107
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product
19.231
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 12.838
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.096
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.076
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.075
When I disable the first tps feature 3.201
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.071
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.047
When I enable the first tps feature 2.667
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.080
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.075
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.086
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
17.646
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 11.495
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.067
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.080
And I disable the first tps feature 2.727
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.216
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.058
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.945
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
57.594
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 10.538
And the network is plugged 0.059
And Tor is ready 14.890
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.861
When I write some files expected to persist 1.858
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.393
# 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?
Then only the expected files are present on the persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 18.992
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.283
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:19.934
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 12.070
And the network is plugged 0.057
And Tor is ready 11.243
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.139
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.072
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:31.566
And I capture all network traffic 0.006
And the network is plugged 0.095
And Tor is ready 12.943
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.413
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.093
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.232
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.303
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.083
Tags: @product
57.056
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 13.748
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 17.607
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 24.571
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.614
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:33.342
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.016
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 13.246
When I enable persistence 27.722
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 15.437
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 40.487
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.461
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.451
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.694
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 27.551
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.163
When I cold reboot the computer 8.996
And the computer reboots Tails 44.156
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.501
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.420
Given I enable persistence 16.042
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.102
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.507
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 12.239
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.158
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.828
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
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2:54.447
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 12.940
# 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 35.806
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.889
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:35.496
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 20.313
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.474
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product
50.849
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 12.092
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.863
Then persistence is disabled 0.111
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 8.737
And all notifications have disappeared 10.620
When I delete the persistent partition 2.902
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.520
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.041
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:40.318
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 10.892
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.074
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.934
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:18.128
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.288
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.077
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product
57.887
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 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 11.385
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.054
When I try to enable persistence 1.255
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 17.183
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 12.404
And all notifications have disappeared 9.951
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.372
And all tps features are enabled 2.278
And all tps features but the first one are active 2.001
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.253
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
6:7.543
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
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 5:23.973
And I enable persistence 29.180
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.533
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.669
And persistence is enabled 2.186
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.188
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
30.620
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
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 9.405
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 20.601
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.614
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.709
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
36.862
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 11.159
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 10.541
When I enable persistence 12.758
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.051
And persistence is successfully enabled 2.352
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.255
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
32.814
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 10.837
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 11.044
When I try to enable persistence 1.297
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 4.993
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.328
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.723
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.056
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.352
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.181
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.341
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
54.176
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 10.108
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.096
When I try to enable persistence 1.266
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 12.213
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.303
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.045
When I log in to a new session 13.971
And all notifications have disappeared 9.391
# 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" 0.434
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.677
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.284
Then the Tor Browser starts 2.202
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.181
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.822
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
54.878
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 10.819
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 11.417
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.431
When I try to enable persistence 1.268
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.284
When I log in to a new session 12.865
And all notifications have disappeared 9.880
Then the Tor Browser starts 2.285
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.626
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.194
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000