Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4387 10 May 2026, 10:55

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 20:42.558 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:29.337
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 1:16.180
And I update APT using apt 6.093
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.251
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.812
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.918
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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27.268
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 8.419
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.657
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.271
And persistence is disabled 0.104
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.816
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.889
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:34.368
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 8.357
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.245
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.091
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.062
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.389
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.376
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 58.618
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.179
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.048
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.944
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product
27.533
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 7.293
And the system is very low on memory 3.238
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.221
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.469
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.128
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.359
And I free up some memory 0.818
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.943
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.060
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.774
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:27.862
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 8.087
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.268
And all tps features are active 1.089
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.948
When I disable the first tps feature 2.531
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.121
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.318
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.335
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.161
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.927
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product
12.471
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 7.152
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.075
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.054
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.050
When I disable the first tps feature 2.526
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.063
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.036
When I enable the first tps feature 2.401
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.061
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.049
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.756
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
12.515
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 7.032
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.051
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.075
And I disable the first tps feature 2.471
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.841
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.043
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.725
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
57.290
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 7.263
And the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 17.195
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.231
When I write some files expected to persist 1.136
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 19.789
# 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" 11.659
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.534
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:18.057
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 7.240
And the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 17.016
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.156
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 19.709
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:10.579
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.013
And Tor is ready 22.665
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.441
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.094
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.122
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.731
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.049
Tags: @product
37.623
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 8.487
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.085
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 13.071
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 14.979
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.244
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:41.306
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 8.484
When I enable persistence 13.483
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.872
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.338
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.289
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.218
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.506
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 23.922
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.148
When I cold reboot the computer 6.162
And the computer reboots Tails 36.110
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.312
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.165
Given I enable persistence 7.180
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.118
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.238
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.600
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.154
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.931
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
Tags: @product
2:0.685
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 8.413
# 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 23.381
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.357
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:1.031
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 22.502
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.995
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
Tags: @product
36.621
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 8.036
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.690
Then persistence is disabled 0.091
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.072
And all notifications have disappeared 7.687
When I delete the persistent partition 2.720
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.322
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.640
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:18.247
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 7.330
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.057
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.311
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.289
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.258
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.976
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product
40.154
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 8.134
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.052
When I try to enable persistence 1.140
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 9.700
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.196
And all notifications have disappeared 7.642
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.254
And all tps features are enabled 0.988
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.560
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:2.612
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 31.204
And I enable persistence 19.779
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.311
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.606
And persistence is enabled 1.709
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.734
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
22.709
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 7.186
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 14.974
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.548
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.089
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
24.951
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 8.220
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 8.170
When I enable persistence 6.732
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.045
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.783
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.979
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
24.042
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 7.535
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.116
When I try to enable persistence 1.283
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.397
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.178
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.348
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.051
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.160
Then persistence is successfully enabled 0.970
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.814
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
43.702
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 7.500
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.058
When I try to enable persistence 1.147
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 9.088
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 0.030
When I log in to a new session 11.197
And all notifications have disappeared 9.342
# 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" 0.318
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.500
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.186
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.286
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.892
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.683
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
43.194
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 7.801
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.714
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.313
When I try to enable persistence 1.142
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.018
When I log in to a new session 10.841
And all notifications have disappeared 9.336
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.378
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.647
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.665
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000