Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4411 22 May 2026, 12:37

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 21:51.713 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:37.117
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.005
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:22.478
And I update the APT lists using apt 7.326
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.369
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.943
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.462
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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31.376
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 9.618
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.658
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.376
And persistence is disabled 0.106
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.615
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.120
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
1:45.907
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 8.492
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.359
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.093
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 21.234
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.096
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.238
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.131
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.208
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.052
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.895
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.010
Tags: @product
30.373
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 8.025
And the system is very low on memory 4.120
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.288
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.952
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.118
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.486
And I free up some memory 0.972
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.361
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.047
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.921
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
1:34.588
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 enabled and logged in 8.868
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.311
And all tps features are active 1.350
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.263
When I disable the first tps feature 3.158
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.364
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.046
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:8.806
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.418
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.720
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.007
Tags: @product
13.832
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 8.388
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.080
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.073
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.054
When I disable the first tps feature 2.569
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.044
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.037
When I enable the first tps feature 2.464
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.063
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.054
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.909
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
14.046
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 8.143
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.119
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.097
And I disable the first tps feature 2.662
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.967
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.055
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.738
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
45.133
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 enabled and logged in 7.656
And the network is plugged 0.063
And Tor is ready 13.508
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.179
When I write some files expected to persist 1.323
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.866
# 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" 12.534
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.157
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:49.635
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 enabled and logged in 8.077
And the network is plugged 0.021
And Tor is ready 9.811
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.163
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.684
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:8.981
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 12.257
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.433
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.058
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.125
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.802
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.072
Tags: @product
44.512
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 without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.173
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.101
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 16.585
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 17.652
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.054
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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2:55.951
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 9.220
When I enable persistence 13.512
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.087
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.938
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.414
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.249
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.498
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 26.223
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.188
When I cold reboot the computer 9.553
And the computer reboots Tails 40.232
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.255
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.171
Given I enable persistence 7.467
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.124
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.245
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.401
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.164
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.880
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.007
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2:16.677
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 8.368
# 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 30.027
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.811
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:6.967
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 21.501
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.232
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.007
Tags: @product
41.732
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.027
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.942
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 16.006
Then persistence is disabled 0.102
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.150
And all notifications have disappeared 8.363
When I delete the persistent partition 2.811
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.356
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.206
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
1:27.835
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 8.024
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.086
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.771
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:9.699
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.253
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.929
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.008
Tags: @product
45.152
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 8.874
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.052
When I try to enable persistence 1.173
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 12.213
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.856
And all notifications have disappeared 8.030
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.354
And all tps features are enabled 1.238
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.359
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.858
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
1:6.595
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 32.418
And I enable persistence 20.748
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.230
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.565
And persistence is enabled 1.633
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.679
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
22.256
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 7.494
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 14.165
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.595
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.012
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
27.249
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 9.271
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 8.607
When I enable persistence 7.099
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.048
And persistence is successfully enabled 2.223
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.225
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
27.481
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 8.327
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.807
When I try to enable persistence 1.270
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 4.052
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.274
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.535
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.061
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.181
Then persistence is successfully enabled 0.971
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.787
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
47.860
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 8.503
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.110
When I try to enable persistence 1.192
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 9.735
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.185
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.036
When I log in to a new session 12.702
And all notifications have disappeared 9.722
# 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" 0.215
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.607
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.288
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.651
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.908
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.966
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
46.397
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 8.568
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.372
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.386
When I try to enable persistence 1.166
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.826
When I log in to a new session 11.475
And all notifications have disappeared 8.935
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.875
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 0.987
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000