Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4385 08 May 2026, 20:09

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 20:40.952 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:29.069
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 1:16.140
And I update APT using apt 5.811
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.251
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.866
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.711
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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27.156
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 8.478
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.853
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.268
And persistence is disabled 0.124
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.430
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.590
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:34.712
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 8.207
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.256
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.084
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 16.518
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.437
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.353
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 59.611
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.181
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.061
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.493
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product
27.313
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 7.246
And the system is very low on memory 3.095
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.155
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.626
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.100
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.460
And I free up some memory 0.822
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.749
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.055
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.931
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:27.157
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 7.987
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.374
And all tps features are active 1.249
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.200
When I disable the first tps feature 2.529
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.117
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.344
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.283
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.069
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.508
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product
12.832
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 7.493
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.077
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.067
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.076
When I disable the first tps feature 2.486
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.055
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.032
When I enable the first tps feature 2.444
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.047
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.051
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.880
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
13.599
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 7.019
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.104
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.062
And I disable the first tps feature 2.526
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.823
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.063
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.633
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
58.409
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 7.156
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 18.309
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.324
When I write some files expected to persist 1.028
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 19.737
# 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" 11.834
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.415
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:16.449
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 7.313
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 17.257
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.141
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 19.710
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:9.924
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.018
And Tor is ready 21.468
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.391
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.095
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.107
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.810
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.044
Tags: @product
37.136
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 without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.418
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.072
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 13.143
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 14.501
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.284
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:43.720
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 8.671
When I enable persistence 12.717
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.516
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.198
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.303
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.205
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.491
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 24.491
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.125
When I cold reboot the computer 10.054
And the computer reboots Tails 34.947
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.256
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.166
Given I enable persistence 6.837
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.066
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.215
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.298
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.155
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.632
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
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2:5.116
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 8.044
# 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 25.810
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.639
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:0.546
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 21.075
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.046
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.027
Tags: @product
36.298
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 7.925
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.158
Then persistence is disabled 0.100
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.138
And all notifications have disappeared 7.876
When I delete the persistent partition 2.744
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.353
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.881
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:18.732
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 7.720
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.060
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.436
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.262
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.253
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.952
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product
39.936
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 8.016
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.068
When I try to enable persistence 1.276
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 9.744
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.427
And all notifications have disappeared 7.933
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.250
And all tps features are enabled 1.049
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.169
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.816
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
58.563
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 29.145
And I enable persistence 18.050
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.187
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.627
And persistence is enabled 1.551
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.814
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
21.853
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 6.918
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 14.472
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.462
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.883
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
23.745
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 8.147
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 7.415
When I enable persistence 6.509
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.057
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.615
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.983
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
24.965
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 8.174
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.513
When I try to enable persistence 1.244
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.186
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.163
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.414
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.099
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.188
Then persistence is successfully enabled 0.980
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.888
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
42.128
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 7.762
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.095
When I try to enable persistence 1.227
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 8.314
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.161
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.027
When I log in to a new session 11.072
And all notifications have disappeared 8.617
# 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" 0.205
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.487
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.187
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.288
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.680
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.700
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
42.055
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 8.003
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.364
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.315
When I try to enable persistence 1.178
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.406
When I log in to a new session 10.158
And all notifications have disappeared 8.557
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.376
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.694
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.722
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000