Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4376 05 May 2026, 11:10

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 23:16.535 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:38.228
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:23.631
And I update APT using apt 7.256
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.294
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.046
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.616
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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31.970
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 8.806
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 16.123
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.273
And persistence is disabled 0.108
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.659
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.068
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:48.910
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.010
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 8.963
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.316
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.116
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 19.548
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.456
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.781
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:9.477
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.198
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.051
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.989
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product
32.318
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 8.025
And the system is very low on memory 4.477
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.240
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.941
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.198
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.358
And I free up some memory 0.817
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 10.646
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.612
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.049
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:38.636
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 8.738
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.394
And all tps features are active 1.364
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.115
When I disable the first tps feature 3.195
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.436
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.805
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:10.139
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.447
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.612
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
Tags: @product
14.292
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.240
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.070
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.066
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.055
When I disable the first tps feature 3.077
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.062
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.045
When I enable the first tps feature 2.505
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.058
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.109
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.015
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
14.049
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 8.250
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.078
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.096
And I disable the first tps feature 2.639
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.930
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.054
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.806
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:0.658
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 7.957
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 17.932
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.270
When I write some files expected to persist 1.512
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 19.485
# 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" 13.482
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.205
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:34.443
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 enabled and logged in 7.989
And the network is plugged 0.035
And Tor is ready 19.070
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.130
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 19.428
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:23.690
And I capture all network traffic 0.015
And the network is plugged 0.043
And Tor is ready 23.475
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.370
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.073
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.119
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.971
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.055
Tags: @product
42.128
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 9.046
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.090
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 14.342
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 17.649
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.098
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:56.550
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 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.461
When I enable persistence 13.768
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.393
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 39.002
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.387
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.258
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.565
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 26.303
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.284
When I cold reboot the computer 6.865
And the computer reboots Tails 40.390
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.342
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.212
Given I enable persistence 8.437
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.092
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.354
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 12.248
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.181
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.800
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
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2:16.755
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 8.893
# 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 26.975
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.529
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:11.537
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 23.820
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.182
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product
41.781
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 7.980
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 16.918
Then persistence is disabled 0.112
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.403
And all notifications have disappeared 8.329
When I delete the persistent partition 2.682
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.356
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.958
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:29.300
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 8.250
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.064
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.581
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:11.119
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.283
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.014
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.023
Tags: @product
47.041
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 8.504
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.058
When I try to enable persistence 1.179
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 12.903
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.186
And all notifications have disappeared 8.267
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.764
And all tps features are enabled 1.519
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.658
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.762
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:7.142
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 33.004
And I enable persistence 20.652
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.129
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.665
And persistence is enabled 1.690
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.131
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
28.454
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.026
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 7.989
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 19.693
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.770
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.962
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
27.398
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 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.958
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.451
When I enable persistence 6.982
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.054
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.951
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.975
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
28.136
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 9.068
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.856
When I try to enable persistence 1.327
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 4.599
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.198
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.731
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.098
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.173
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.081
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.704
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
49.998
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 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.159
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.058
When I try to enable persistence 1.249
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 10.998
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.241
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.034
When I log in to a new session 12.742
And all notifications have disappeared 10.164
# 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" 0.184
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.471
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.257
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.649
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.786
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.069
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
48.336
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.009
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.631
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.124
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.367
When I try to enable persistence 1.173
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 5.285
When I log in to a new session 11.472
And all notifications have disappeared 9.500
Then the Tor Browser starts 2.007
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.774
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.950
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000