Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4404 19 May 2026, 18:45

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 19:45.621 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:29.378
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 1:15.947
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.378
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.253
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.798
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.872
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
26.079
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 8.447
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.993
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.251
And persistence is disabled 0.103
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.282
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.936
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
1:36.658
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 8.507
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.345
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.097
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.839
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.052
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.362
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.236
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.162
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.055
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.653
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006
Tags: @product
27.348
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 7.351
And the system is very low on memory 3.397
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.206
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.575
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.086
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.344
And I free up some memory 0.790
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.549
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.046
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.873
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
1:29.340
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 8.198
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.286
And all tps features are active 1.177
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.013
When I disable the first tps feature 2.552
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.153
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.685
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.184
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.088
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.853
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006
Tags: @product
12.537
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 7.181
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.083
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.056
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.057
When I disable the first tps feature 2.519
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.061
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.047
When I enable the first tps feature 2.434
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.048
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.045
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.696
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
12.793
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 7.085
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.054
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.068
And I disable the first tps feature 2.588
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.939
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.057
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.957
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
40.705
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 7.252
And the network is plugged 0.019
And Tor is ready 10.641
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.207
When I write some files expected to persist 1.160
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.387
# 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" 12.036
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.581
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:34.490
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 7.187
And the network is plugged 0.013
And Tor is ready 9.490
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.139
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.574
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.355
And I capture all network traffic 0.007
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 11.103
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.408
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.086
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.104
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.860
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.036
Tags: @product
37.526
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 8.538
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.076
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 12.444
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 15.467
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.699
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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2:43.522
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 8.585
When I enable persistence 12.354
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.685
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.294
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.308
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.221
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.507
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 24.897
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.252
When I cold reboot the computer 8.789
And the computer reboots Tails 35.633
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.264
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.209
Given I enable persistence 6.932
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.087
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.227
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.072
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.199
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.805
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006
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2:7.323
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 8.118
# 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 25.195
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.371
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:0.899
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 23.738
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.374
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006
Tags: @product
37.023
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 7.551
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.389
Then persistence is disabled 0.102
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.047
And all notifications have disappeared 7.955
When I delete the persistent partition 2.604
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.373
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.730
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:19.179
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 7.527
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.061
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.356
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.016
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.215
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.545
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006
Tags: @product
39.868
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 7.710
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.047
When I try to enable persistence 1.138
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 9.682
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.089
And all notifications have disappeared 7.836
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.270
And all tps features are enabled 1.024
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.066
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.888
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
59.582
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 29.866
And I enable persistence 18.166
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.373
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.591
And persistence is enabled 1.583
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.824
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
21.008
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 6.953
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 13.550
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.504
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.783
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
25.056
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 8.111
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 8.609
When I enable persistence 6.577
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.038
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.719
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.801
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
23.780
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 7.778
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.748
When I try to enable persistence 1.281
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.278
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.169
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.338
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.051
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.159
Then persistence is successfully enabled 0.974
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.209
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
41.371
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 7.562
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.053
When I try to enable persistence 1.160
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 8.105
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.172
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.025
When I log in to a new session 10.486
And all notifications have disappeared 8.739
# 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" 0.131
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.589
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.219
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.334
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.789
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.942
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
41.045
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 7.483
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.180
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.317
When I try to enable persistence 1.192
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.990
When I log in to a new session 9.451
And all notifications have disappeared 8.137
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.408
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.883
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.706
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000