Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4373 04 May 2026, 10:59

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 21:58.678 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:33.494
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:19.950
And I update APT using apt 6.133
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.279
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.131
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.815
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
29.349
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 8.799
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.209
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.285
And persistence is disabled 0.129
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.925
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.053
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:41.082
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 8.541
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.336
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.116
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 18.085
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.524
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.526
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.686
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.191
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.074
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.761
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
Tags: @product
29.945
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 7.753
And the system is very low on memory 3.902
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.186
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.417
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.117
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.429
And I free up some memory 0.872
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.806
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.459
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.934
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:33.599
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 enabled and logged in 8.204
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.296
And all tps features are active 1.249
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.262
When I disable the first tps feature 2.603
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.279
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.501
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.978
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.223
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.724
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
Tags: @product
13.265
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 enabled and logged in 7.867
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.075
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.061
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.069
When I disable the first tps feature 2.472
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.049
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.042
When I enable the first tps feature 2.519
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.060
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.048
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.938
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
12.976
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 enabled and logged in 7.266
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.074
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.086
And I disable the first tps feature 2.612
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.869
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.066
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.806
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
58.663
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 enabled and logged in 7.065
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 18.266
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.283
When I write some files expected to persist 1.390
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 18.985
# 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" 12.657
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.163
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:27.965
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 enabled and logged in 7.723
And the network is plugged 0.014
And Tor is ready 16.794
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.114
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 24.413
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:15.317
And I capture all network traffic 0.005
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 22.981
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.414
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.057
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.109
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.883
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.048
Tags: @product
38.578
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 without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.999
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.064
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 13.212
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 15.301
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.088
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:48.514
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 8.792
When I enable persistence 13.826
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.819
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.797
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.327
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.237
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.538
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 25.133
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.209
When I cold reboot the computer 6.295
And the computer reboots Tails 37.420
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.409
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.188
Given I enable persistence 7.195
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.104
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.288
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.774
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.155
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.860
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
Tags: @product
2:13.623
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 enabled and logged in 8.767
# 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 28.576
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.409
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:3.530
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 24.339
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.156
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
Tags: @product
40.727
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 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 8.684
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.637
Then persistence is disabled 0.107
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.628
And all notifications have disappeared 7.899
When I delete the persistent partition 3.427
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.342
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.269
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:24.254
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 7.639
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.074
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.601
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.684
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.254
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.991
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
Tags: @product
43.119
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 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 8.327
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.038
When I try to enable persistence 1.187
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 11.062
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.087
And all notifications have disappeared 7.892
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.319
And all tps features are enabled 1.063
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.140
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.640
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:5.416
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
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 32.849
And I enable persistence 20.304
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.892
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.657
And persistence is enabled 1.711
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.942
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
23.107
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.411
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 15.089
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.605
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.651
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
25.561
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 8.262
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 8.287
When I enable persistence 7.044
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.102
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.864
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.639
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
24.555
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 7.858
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.514
When I try to enable persistence 1.215
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.209
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.153
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.329
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.056
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.164
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.052
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.677
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
45.482
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 8.025
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.056
When I try to enable persistence 1.207
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 9.827
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.154
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.028
When I log in to a new session 11.536
And all notifications have disappeared 9.278
# 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" 0.209
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.525
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.224
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.297
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.109
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.102
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
45.395
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.168
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.201
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.352
When I try to enable persistence 1.265
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.677
When I log in to a new session 11.653
And all notifications have disappeared 8.517
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.571
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.988
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.001
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000