Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4410 22 May 2026, 11:20

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 21:19.456 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:35.063
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 1:21.373
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.327
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.294
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.068
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.710
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
30.231
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 9.099
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 16.482
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" 4.273
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.006
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
1:43.538
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 8.892
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.371
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.122
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 19.040
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 9.744
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.043
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.206
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.064
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.872
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.007
Tags: @product
29.676
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 7.696
And the system is very low on memory 4.275
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.204
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.424
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.106
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.415
And I free up some memory 0.896
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.560
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.096
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.553
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
1:32.901
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 8.471
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.314
And all tps features are active 1.233
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.115
When I disable the first tps feature 2.606
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.229
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.475
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.164
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.289
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.923
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.008
Tags: @product
13.649
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 8.113
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.072
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.065
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.072
When I disable the first tps feature 2.586
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.055
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.044
When I enable the first tps feature 2.523
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.056
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.060
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.610
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
14.535
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 8.344
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.078
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.077
And I disable the first tps feature 3.076
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.904
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.054
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.709
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
45.091
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 7.523
And the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 13.603
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.185
When I write some files expected to persist 1.216
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.148
# 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" 12.397
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.222
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:46.095
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 7.716
And the network is plugged 0.018
And Tor is ready 10.320
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.140
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.614
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.795
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.019
And Tor is ready 12.890
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.398
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.078
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.099
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.826
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.067
Tags: @product
41.621
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 stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.896
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 14.567
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 17.081
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.918
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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2:52.876
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 8.830
When I enable persistence 14.836
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.975
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.756
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.395
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.267
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.613
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 25.134
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.153
When I cold reboot the computer 10.275
And the computer reboots Tails 38.000
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.316
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.209
Given I enable persistence 7.211
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.069
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.269
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.410
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.149
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.047
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.009
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2:13.971
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 8.725
# 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 28.222
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.733
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:4.280
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 23.009
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.249
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.007
Tags: @product
39.550
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 8.140
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.334
Then persistence is disabled 0.106
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.954
And all notifications have disappeared 7.953
When I delete the persistent partition 2.668
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.394
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.696
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
1:25.033
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 7.683
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.072
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.763
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.240
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.273
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.780
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.033
Tags: @product
43.034
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 8.565
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.054
When I try to enable persistence 1.206
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 11.116
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.236
And all notifications have disappeared 8.090
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.405
And all tps features are enabled 1.103
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.254
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.753
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
1:6.241
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 32.741
And I enable persistence 20.149
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.149
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.636
And persistence is enabled 1.563
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.160
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
23.095
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 7.204
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 15.341
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.548
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.652
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
25.905
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 8.072
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 8.594
When I enable persistence 7.189
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.078
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.969
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.870
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
25.966
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.694
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.879
When I try to enable persistence 1.341
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 4.022
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.177
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.478
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.066
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.191
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.113
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.880
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
46.518
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 7.943
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.063
When I try to enable persistence 1.182
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 10.110
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.200
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.038
When I log in to a new session 11.953
And all notifications have disappeared 9.743
# 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" 0.218
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.557
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.213
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.446
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.846
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.839
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
44.856
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 8.001
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.789
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.355
When I try to enable persistence 1.246
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.867
When I log in to a new session 11.506
And all notifications have disappeared 8.318
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.952
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 1.516
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000