Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4395 14 May 2026, 11:10

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 20:57.911 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:33.357
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.004
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:19.713
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.436
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.258
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.948
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.938
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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30.516
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 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 9.037
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.614
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.477
And persistence is disabled 0.171
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.215
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.703
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
1:38.939
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 8.244
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.266
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.099
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.560
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.045
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.215
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.273
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.189
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.043
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.824
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.007
Tags: @product
29.112
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 7.299
And the system is very low on memory 4.248
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.183
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.709
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.182
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.461
And I free up some memory 0.791
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.092
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.142
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.962
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
1:30.749
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.004
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.608
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.317
And all tps features are active 1.314
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.843
When I disable the first tps feature 2.470
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.139
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.783
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.161
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.111
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.542
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.008
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12.801
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.132
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.054
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.070
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.055
When I disable the first tps feature 2.719
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.053
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.061
When I enable the first tps feature 2.556
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.046
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.050
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.016
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
12.906
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.004
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.319
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.070
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.066
And I disable the first tps feature 2.501
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.902
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.046
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.090
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
42.176
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.498
And the network is plugged 0.020
And Tor is ready 13.464
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.274
When I write some files expected to persist 1.424
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.187
# 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? (tails/tails#10330)
Then only the expected files are present on the persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 12.307
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.123
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:42.244
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.724
And the network is plugged 0.024
And Tor is ready 9.474
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.247
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.176
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.244
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.021
And Tor is ready 12.669
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.450
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.066
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.139
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.669
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.039
Tags: @product
41.008
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 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 8.642
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.083
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 14.017
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 17.265
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.024
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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2:49.321
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 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 8.581
When I enable persistence 13.054
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.731
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.762
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.390
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.239
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.529
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 25.811
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.140
When I cold reboot the computer 8.989
And the computer reboots Tails 37.506
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.302
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.241
Given I enable persistence 7.894
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.073
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.244
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.664
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.161
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.997
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006
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2:23.686
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.439
# 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 32.486
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.792
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:14.611
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 22.357
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.138
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.033
Tags: @product
39.186
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 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 8.632
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.875
Then persistence is disabled 0.113
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.710
And all notifications have disappeared 7.641
When I delete the persistent partition 2.781
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.431
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.778
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
1:20.363
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.226
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.087
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.812
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.947
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.289
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.873
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.042
Tags: @product
44.809
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 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 7.956
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.050
When I try to enable persistence 1.144
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 13.077
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.756
And all notifications have disappeared 8.089
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.379
And all tps features are enabled 1.084
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.270
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.060
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
1:5.981
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 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 31.979
And I enable persistence 21.283
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.311
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.615
And persistence is enabled 1.790
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.131
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
22.558
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 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 7.057
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 14.973
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.526
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.836
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
25.671
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 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 8.421
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 7.923
When I enable persistence 7.180
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.053
And persistence is successfully enabled 2.092
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.641
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
24.497
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 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 7.811
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.898
When I try to enable persistence 1.247
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.702
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.181
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.447
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.063
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.193
Then persistence is successfully enabled 0.952
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.757
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
43.239
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 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 7.379
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.045
When I try to enable persistence 1.181
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 9.383
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 0.025
When I log in to a new session 11.676
And all notifications have disappeared 8.892
# 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" 0.209
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.096
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.170
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.283
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.714
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.318
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
44.782
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 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 7.636
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.817
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.343
When I try to enable persistence 1.168
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.566
When I log in to a new session 12.523
And all notifications have disappeared 8.365
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.545
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.817
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.050
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000