Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4396 14 May 2026, 20:07

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 21:14.098 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:33.817
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:20.062
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.617
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.256
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.881
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.053
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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30.429
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 9.095
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 16.128
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.286
And persistence is disabled 0.089
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.830
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.835
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
1:40.822
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 8.390
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.328
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.099
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 18.582
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.046
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.680
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.434
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.210
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.049
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.037
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.008
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30.273
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 7.832
And the system is very low on memory 4.215
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.252
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.841
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.093
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.390
And I free up some memory 0.857
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.714
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.074
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.971
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
1:30.642
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 8.736
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.316
And all tps features are active 1.286
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.051
When I disable the first tps feature 2.580
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.523
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.191
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.735
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.219
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.729
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.008
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13.699
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 7.614
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.137
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.081
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.063
When I disable the first tps feature 3.053
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.090
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.056
When I enable the first tps feature 2.471
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.087
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.042
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.107
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
12.828
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 7.177
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.068
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.053
And I disable the first tps feature 2.618
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.871
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.039
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.995
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
43.764
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 7.488
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 12.693
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.193
When I write some files expected to persist 1.484
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.349
# 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" 12.536
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.586
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:39.817
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 7.273
And the network is plugged 0.018
And Tor is ready 10.736
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.153
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.478
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.928
And I capture all network traffic 0.005
And the network is plugged 0.019
And Tor is ready 11.632
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.413
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.071
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.085
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.010
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.055
Tags: @product
40.281
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 without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.569
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.088
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 13.837
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.786
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.297
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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2:53.333
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 8.412
When I enable persistence 13.974
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.030
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.620
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.335
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.269
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.503
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 24.862
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.155
When I cold reboot the computer 10.430
And the computer reboots Tails 39.197
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.299
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.262
Given I enable persistence 7.565
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.076
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.253
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.929
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.153
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.976
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.022
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2:13.436
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 8.405
# 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 25.893
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.949
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:7.422
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 21.765
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.418
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.007
Tags: @product
40.071
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 8.742
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.800
Then persistence is disabled 0.112
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.045
And all notifications have disappeared 8.076
When I delete the persistent partition 2.727
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.566
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.934
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
1:25.766
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 8.687
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.059
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.654
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.056
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.308
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.087
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.017
Tags: @product
44.982
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 8.679
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.064
When I try to enable persistence 1.228
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 12.562
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.900
And all notifications have disappeared 8.146
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.287
And all tps features are enabled 1.029
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.083
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.799
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
1:6.784
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 31.769
And I enable persistence 20.537
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 12.013
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.595
And persistence is enabled 1.869
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.100
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
24.067
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.333
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 16.169
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.564
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.734
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
29.215
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.502
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.644
When I enable persistence 8.026
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.064
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.977
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.904
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
26.910
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 8.403
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.521
When I try to enable persistence 1.286
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 4.144
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.197
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.845
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.064
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.206
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.240
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.097
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
47.616
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.006
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.136
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.065
When I try to enable persistence 1.214
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 10.417
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.189
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.033
When I log in to a new session 12.607
And all notifications have disappeared 9.609
# 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" 0.233
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.605
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.230
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.298
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.974
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.741
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
45.534
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 8.360
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.872
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.350
When I try to enable persistence 1.179
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.878
When I log in to a new session 11.166
And all notifications have disappeared 9.099
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.759
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.868
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.042
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000