Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4390 11 May 2026, 19:45

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 23:1.974 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:40.176
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 1:24.543
And I update APT using apt 7.290
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.878
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.463
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.937
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
30.782
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 8.934
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 16.328
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.298
And persistence is disabled 0.100
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.119
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.339
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:52.865
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 logged in 9.209
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.277
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.119
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 21.154
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.527
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.889
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:11.347
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.273
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.066
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.931
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product
31.937
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 7.941
And the system is very low on memory 3.845
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.417
When I try to create a persistent partition 5.103
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.112
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.461
And I free up some memory 1.100
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 10.352
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.600
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.937
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:45.700
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 8.620
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.424
And all tps features are active 2.005
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 3.338
When I disable the first tps feature 3.271
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.962
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.411
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:13.440
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.225
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.689
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
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13.711
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 8.191
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.075
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.058
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.072
When I disable the first tps feature 2.568
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.128
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.051
When I enable the first tps feature 2.466
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.051
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.046
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.106
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
13.063
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 7.203
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.102
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.057
And I disable the first tps feature 2.589
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.062
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.046
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.787
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:1.923
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 7.805
And the network is plugged 0.022
And Tor is ready 19.465
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.263
When I write some files expected to persist 1.291
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 19.742
# 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" 13.332
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.384
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:33.808
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 8.179
And the network is plugged 0.024
And Tor is ready 18.842
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.129
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 19.643
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:22.920
And I capture all network traffic 0.005
And the network is plugged 0.018
And Tor is ready 23.362
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.489
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.059
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.132
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.079
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.063
Tags: @product
41.205
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.015
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.070
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.102
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 14.397
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.634
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.441
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:52.021
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 8.860
When I enable persistence 14.251
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.178
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 39.055
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.526
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.339
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.563
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 26.166
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.138
When I cold reboot the computer 6.473
And the computer reboots Tails 39.460
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.268
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.200
Given I enable persistence 8.611
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.104
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.228
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.401
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.190
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.895
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.014
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2:16.296
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 8.672
# 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 24.794
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.308
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:10.770
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 23.750
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.994
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
Tags: @product
40.431
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 8.458
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.919
Then persistence is disabled 0.115
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.415
And all notifications have disappeared 8.511
When I delete the persistent partition 2.655
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.354
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.054
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:27.407
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 8.004
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.095
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.656
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:9.355
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.295
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.884
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.022
Tags: @product
45.417
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 8.325
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.047
When I try to enable persistence 1.178
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 11.274
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.533
And all notifications have disappeared 8.189
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.944
And all tps features are enabled 1.559
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.364
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.967
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:5.201
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 32.250
And I enable persistence 20.634
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.105
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.566
And persistence is enabled 1.644
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.838
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
23.288
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 7.151
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 15.282
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.855
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.207
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
28.287
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 8.941
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 8.689
When I enable persistence 8.573
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.051
And persistence is successfully enabled 2.031
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.007
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
26.780
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 7.662
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.535
When I try to enable persistence 1.395
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 4.060
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.188
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.500
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.073
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.210
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.155
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.070
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
45.381
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 8.088
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.052
When I try to enable persistence 1.171
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 8.658
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.180
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.031
When I log in to a new session 13.144
And all notifications have disappeared 9.040
# 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" 0.393
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.161
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.282
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.390
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 1.499
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
46.286
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.013
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.991
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.179
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.342
When I try to enable persistence 1.228
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.778
When I log in to a new session 11.100
And all notifications have disappeared 9.537
Then the Tor Browser starts 2.239
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.888
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.151
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000