Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4398 15 May 2026, 11:49

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 20:4.103 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:30.792
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.002
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:17.737
And I update the APT lists using apt 5.989
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.245
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.821
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.952
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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27.507
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 8.431
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.982
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.239
And persistence is disabled 0.098
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.754
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.756
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
1:32.981
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 8.414
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.283
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.098
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.637
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.053
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.851
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 59.421
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.184
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.037
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.841
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.008
Tags: @product
28.036
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.001
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 7.536
And the system is very low on memory 3.449
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.134
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.603
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.090
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.339
And I free up some memory 0.821
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.005
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.055
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.761
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
1:26.683
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 8.234
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.318
And all tps features are active 1.175
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.925
When I disable the first tps feature 2.551
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.022
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.167
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.325
Then all tps features but the first one are active 0.963
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.566
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006
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12.700
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.001
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.372
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.058
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.060
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.065
When I disable the first tps feature 2.506
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.052
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.062
When I enable the first tps feature 2.414
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.058
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.049
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.007
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
12.749
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 7.179
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.065
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.058
And I disable the first tps feature 2.539
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.857
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.048
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.006
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
39.473
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 7.143
And the network is plugged 0.013
And Tor is ready 9.801
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.187
When I write some files expected to persist 1.217
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.275
# 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" 11.835
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.278
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:39.973
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 7.301
And the network is plugged 0.033
And Tor is ready 9.718
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.105
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.297
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.557
And I capture all network traffic 0.004
And the network is plugged 0.018
And Tor is ready 11.366
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.409
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.084
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.075
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.886
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.082
Tags: @product
38.780
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 8.434
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.067
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 14.072
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 15.205
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.181
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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2:46.709
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 8.581
When I enable persistence 12.999
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.645
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.388
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.377
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.268
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.508
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 24.977
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.159
When I cold reboot the computer 8.775
And the computer reboots Tails 37.034
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.251
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.178
Given I enable persistence 6.794
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.089
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.213
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.304
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.160
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.580
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006
Tags: @product
2:8.683
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 8.032
# 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 26.392
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.359
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:2.501
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 22.397
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.995
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006
Tags: @product
37.392
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.001
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.359
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.027
Then persistence is disabled 0.111
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.219
And all notifications have disappeared 7.710
When I delete the persistent partition 2.635
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.329
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.854
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:19.312
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 8.080
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.074
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.839
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.102
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.215
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.939
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006
Tags: @product
40.668
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.001
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.239
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.055
When I try to enable persistence 1.161
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 9.611
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.499
And all notifications have disappeared 7.587
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.268
And all tps features are enabled 1.109
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.135
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.619
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
1:1.468
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 29.756
And I enable persistence 19.257
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.126
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.523
And persistence is enabled 1.804
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.090
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
22.402
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 7.090
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 14.615
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.697
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.854
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
25.043
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 8.398
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 7.998
When I enable persistence 6.874
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.042
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.728
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.725
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
24.261
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 7.928
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.810
When I try to enable persistence 1.253
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.325
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.163
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.574
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.066
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.140
Then persistence is successfully enabled 0.997
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.203
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
43.215
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 7.983
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.073
When I try to enable persistence 1.178
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 8.750
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.163
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.027
When I log in to a new session 11.046
And all notifications have disappeared 9.316
# 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" 0.180
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.115
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.194
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.315
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.872
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.241
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
45.266
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 8.142
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.594
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.347
When I try to enable persistence 1.179
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.932
When I log in to a new session 10.869
And all notifications have disappeared 9.052
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.404
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.743
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.238
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000