Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4386 09 May 2026, 10:57

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 21:0.178 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:31.004
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 1:18.152
And I update APT using apt 5.757
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.275
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.819
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.737
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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27.697
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 8.590
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.320
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.272
And persistence is disabled 0.095
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.418
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.287
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:36.706
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 8.347
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.331
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.111
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.766
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.494
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.370
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.067
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.172
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.495
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product
28.052
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 7.335
And the system is very low on memory 3.007
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.187
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.791
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.107
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.383
And I free up some memory 0.811
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.350
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.077
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.700
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:30.958
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 8.145
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.321
And all tps features are active 1.240
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.184
When I disable the first tps feature 2.551
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.147
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.897
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.391
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.079
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.725
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
Tags: @product
12.710
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 7.422
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.066
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.057
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.052
When I disable the first tps feature 2.492
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.058
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.042
When I enable the first tps feature 2.424
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.044
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.048
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.106
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
12.938
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 7.325
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.071
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.055
And I disable the first tps feature 2.582
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.862
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.040
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.848
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:1.612
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 7.139
And the network is plugged 0.029
And Tor is ready 16.302
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.196
When I write some files expected to persist 1.170
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 24.966
# 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" 11.808
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.203
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:23.780
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 7.199
And the network is plugged 0.045
And Tor is ready 17.404
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.120
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 24.052
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:11.621
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 22.746
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.375
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.077
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.117
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.970
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.044
Tags: @product
35.510
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 8.400
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.063
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 11.870
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 14.175
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.046
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:42.474
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 8.364
When I enable persistence 13.268
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.812
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.400
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.313
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.257
# 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 24.868
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.119
When I cold reboot the computer 6.128
And the computer reboots Tails 36.561
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.285
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.203
Given I enable persistence 6.919
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.071
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.223
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.991
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.144
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.870
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.021
Tags: @product
2:8.617
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 8.371
# 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 27.159
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.370
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:2.521
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 21.194
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.974
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product
35.963
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 7.721
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.114
Then persistence is disabled 0.102
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.300
And all notifications have disappeared 7.622
When I delete the persistent partition 2.747
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.354
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.993
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:19.723
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 7.327
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.055
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.343
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.754
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.241
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.999
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
Tags: @product
39.766
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 7.692
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.058
When I try to enable persistence 1.183
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 10.059
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.276
And all notifications have disappeared 7.942
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.307
And all tps features are enabled 1.063
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.182
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.988
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:0.739
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 29.592
And I enable persistence 18.886
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.099
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.526
And persistence is enabled 1.635
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.140
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
21.976
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 6.952
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 14.523
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.499
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.864
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
23.440
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 7.792
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 7.632
When I enable persistence 6.430
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.034
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.549
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.747
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
22.945
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 with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.517
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.633
When I try to enable persistence 1.256
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.832
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.168
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.387
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.049
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.153
Then persistence is successfully enabled 0.945
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.821
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
42.498
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 7.758
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.072
When I try to enable persistence 1.208
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 8.845
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.199
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.026
When I log in to a new session 11.465
And all notifications have disappeared 8.159
# 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" 0.289
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.088
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.159
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.433
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.792
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.799
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
41.062
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 7.471
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.524
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.308
When I try to enable persistence 1.206
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.673
When I log in to a new session 9.891
And all notifications have disappeared 8.770
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.400
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.815
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.686
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000