Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4397 15 May 2026, 11:11

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 21:42.881 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:35.271
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 1:21.297
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.667
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.290
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.015
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.059
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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32.347
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 8.820
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 17.753
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.339
And persistence is disabled 0.091
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.342
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.027
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
1:46.773
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 9.267
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.338
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.129
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 20.423
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.051
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.716
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.583
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.200
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.062
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.003
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.008
Tags: @product
28.837
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 7.280
And the system is very low on memory 3.865
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.220
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.999
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.101
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.387
And I free up some memory 0.878
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.004
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.099
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.978
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
1:36.052
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 8.915
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.459
And all tps features are active 1.279
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.974
When I disable the first tps feature 2.588
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.248
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.800
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:8.309
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.476
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.731
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.075
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13.234
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.013
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.606
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.074
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.063
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.054
When I disable the first tps feature 2.623
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.070
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.054
When I enable the first tps feature 2.578
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.053
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.053
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.996
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
13.916
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 7.413
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.081
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.088
And I disable the first tps feature 3.342
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.949
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.040
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.897
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
44.966
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 7.698
And the network is plugged 0.055
And Tor is ready 12.504
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.236
When I write some files expected to persist 1.349
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.509
# 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" 13.613
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.326
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:44.019
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 7.278
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 11.205
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.142
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.743
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.332
And I capture all network traffic 0.020
And the network is plugged 0.032
And Tor is ready 11.534
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.511
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.092
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.108
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.900
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.051
Tags: @product
45.342
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.007
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.203
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.104
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 17.326
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 17.708
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.039
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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2:54.454
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 9.281
When I enable persistence 16.229
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.083
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.595
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.362
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.270
# 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 26.260
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.144
When I cold reboot the computer 6.219
And the computer reboots Tails 39.166
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.391
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.224
Given I enable persistence 8.728
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.077
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.283
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.395
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.175
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.868
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.010
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2:19.704
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 9.149
# 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 33.696
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.647
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:7.238
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 20.972
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.106
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.009
Tags: @product
39.172
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 7.990
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.044
Then persistence is disabled 0.119
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.791
And all notifications have disappeared 8.147
When I delete the persistent partition 2.747
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.330
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.542
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
1:24.063
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.015
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.079
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.126
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.693
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.925
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.238
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.872
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.015
Tags: @product
44.603
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 8.180
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.072
When I try to enable persistence 1.185
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 11.057
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.469
And all notifications have disappeared 7.782
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.933
And all tps features are enabled 1.622
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.299
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.657
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
1:7.860
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 33.398
And I enable persistence 20.826
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.100
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.642
And persistence is enabled 1.892
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.033
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
24.188
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 7.662
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 15.861
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.664
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.834
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
28.310
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 8.845
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.143
When I enable persistence 8.308
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.073
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.940
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.894
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
26.300
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 8.565
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.559
When I try to enable persistence 1.271
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.624
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.164
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.646
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.053
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.197
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.216
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.331
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
46.869
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.009
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.111
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.055
When I try to enable persistence 1.217
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 9.264
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.179
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.036
When I log in to a new session 13.170
And all notifications have disappeared 9.326
# 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" 0.219
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.510
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.256
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.702
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.818
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.218
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
46.593
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 8.061
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.469
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.450
When I try to enable persistence 1.261
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 4.389
When I log in to a new session 11.574
And all notifications have disappeared 8.784
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.864
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.737
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.770
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000