Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4414 25 May 2026, 15:31

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 20:46.852 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:33.522
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 1:20.286
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.058
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.282
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.893
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.766
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
29.667
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
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 16.076
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.245
And persistence is disabled 0.137
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.642
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.807
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
1:39.171
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 8.709
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.332
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.099
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 19.606
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.056
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.960
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.163
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.175
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.065
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.621
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006
Tags: @product
28.450
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 7.365
And the system is very low on memory 3.451
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.198
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.888
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 2.400
And I free up some memory 0.882
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.105
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.055
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.873
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
1:30.851
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 8.692
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.267
And all tps features are active 1.132
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.907
When I disable the first tps feature 2.634
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.082
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.437
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.542
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.154
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.927
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.034
Tags: @product
13.121
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 7.567
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.067
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.060
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.072
When I disable the first tps feature 2.547
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.059
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.041
When I enable the first tps feature 2.561
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.078
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.065
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.608
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
12.844
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 7.255
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.058
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.051
And I disable the first tps feature 2.539
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.884
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.054
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.001
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
44.628
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 7.806
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 12.661
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.203
When I write some files expected to persist 1.324
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.559
# 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" 13.054
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.222
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:44.754
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 7.362
And the network is plugged 0.018
And Tor is ready 10.382
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.151
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.606
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.862
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.014
And Tor is ready 11.862
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.351
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.055
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.082
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.027
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.048
Tags: @product
42.607
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 stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.524
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.079
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 15.070
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 17.932
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.966
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
2:50.159
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 8.940
When I enable persistence 12.809
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.946
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.514
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.314
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.294
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.502
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 25.990
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.166
When I cold reboot the computer 9.345
And the computer reboots Tails 38.247
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.278
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.241
Given I enable persistence 6.963
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.073
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.221
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.126
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.180
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.783
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.010
Tags: @product
2:7.104
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 with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.305
# 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 27.567
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.110
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:5.359
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 18.762
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.126
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.008
Tags: @product
38.533
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 8.041
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.399
Then persistence is disabled 0.091
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.962
And all notifications have disappeared 8.023
When I delete the persistent partition 2.655
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.360
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.702
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
1:23.698
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 7.885
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.048
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.461
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.063
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.239
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.539
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006
Tags: @product
43.559
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 8.222
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.045
When I try to enable persistence 1.188
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 11.058
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.336
And all notifications have disappeared 7.755
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.420
And all tps features are enabled 1.212
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.319
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.798
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
1:4.554
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 30.076
And I enable persistence 20.440
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.624
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.605
And persistence is enabled 1.808
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.815
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
23.155
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 7.171
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 15.412
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.571
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.628
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
24.392
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 7.822
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 7.785
When I enable persistence 6.768
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.051
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.964
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.885
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
25.121
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 7.755
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.712
When I try to enable persistence 1.250
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.155
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.193
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.750
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.056
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.175
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.071
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.751
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
44.794
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 7.655
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.062
When I try to enable persistence 1.192
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 9.438
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.166
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.030
When I log in to a new session 11.883
And all notifications have disappeared 9.036
# 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" 0.184
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.725
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.268
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.373
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.775
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.212
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
42.159
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 7.391
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.823
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.310
When I try to enable persistence 1.230
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.747
When I log in to a new session 10.302
And all notifications have disappeared 9.011
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.602
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.739
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.591
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000