Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4378 05 May 2026, 16:27

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 20:50.175 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:38.544
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 1:25.163
And I update APT using apt 6.379
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.246
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.754
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.716
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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27.788
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.001
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 8.443
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.542
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.264
And persistence is disabled 0.083
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.455
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.197
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:35.281
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 8.365
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.366
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.095
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.343
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.449
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.348
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 59.057
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.211
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.043
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.955
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product
28.137
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 7.401
And the system is very low on memory 4.060
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.202
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.311
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.098
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.333
And I free up some memory 0.819
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.842
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.067
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.633
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:30.635
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 8.034
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.311
And all tps features are active 1.101
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.924
When I disable the first tps feature 2.670
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.329
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.669
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.577
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.016
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.574
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
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12.886
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 7.590
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.078
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.068
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.054
When I disable the first tps feature 2.470
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.061
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.039
When I enable the first tps feature 2.437
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.044
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.042
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.803
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
12.650
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 7.056
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.094
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.058
And I disable the first tps feature 2.506
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.880
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.054
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.556
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
57.599
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 7.201
And the network is plugged 0.013
And Tor is ready 17.257
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.343
When I write some files expected to persist 1.119
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 19.741
# 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" 11.922
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.221
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:13.497
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 enabled and logged in 7.345
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 15.887
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.146
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 15.767
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:11.227
And I capture all network traffic 0.004
And the network is plugged 0.020
And Tor is ready 22.578
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.353
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.052
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.098
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.744
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.037
Tags: @product
36.914
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 without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.500
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.094
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 12.420
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 14.899
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.337
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:40.969
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 8.459
When I enable persistence 12.929
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.626
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.256
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.329
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.250
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.485
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 23.942
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.159
When I cold reboot the computer 6.184
And the computer reboots Tails 35.658
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.284
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.197
Given I enable persistence 6.927
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.081
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.219
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.856
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.119
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.841
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
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2:7.357
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 8.228
# 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 26.164
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.376
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:1.364
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 22.224
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.281
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.017
Tags: @product
35.804
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 7.691
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.372
Then persistence is disabled 0.103
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 3.998
And all notifications have disappeared 7.576
When I delete the persistent partition 2.704
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.356
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.871
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:17.476
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 7.441
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.055
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.898
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.876
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.204
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.765
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
Tags: @product
40.554
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.745
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.041
When I try to enable persistence 1.183
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 9.475
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.883
And all notifications have disappeared 7.489
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.294
And all tps features are enabled 1.330
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.109
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.656
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:1.437
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 29.815
And I enable persistence 19.335
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.140
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.556
And persistence is enabled 1.589
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.966
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
22.772
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.008
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 6.938
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 15.292
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.541
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.982
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
23.682
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 7.994
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 7.694
When I enable persistence 6.424
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.034
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.533
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.029
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
23.277
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 7.557
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.821
When I try to enable persistence 1.261
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.016
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.161
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.316
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.056
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.137
Then persistence is successfully enabled 0.949
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.921
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
41.195
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 7.402
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.058
When I try to enable persistence 1.144
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 8.785
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.278
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.027
When I log in to a new session 10.273
And all notifications have disappeared 8.672
# 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" 0.187
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.088
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.224
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.330
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.723
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.724
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
41.710
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 7.267
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.734
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.321
When I try to enable persistence 1.156
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.540
When I log in to a new session 10.178
And all notifications have disappeared 8.090
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.453
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.967
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.072
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000