Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4416 26 May 2026, 21:04

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 20:41.831 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:34.636
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:20.534
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.818
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.322
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.961
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.753
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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31.332
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 9.086
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 16.527
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.249
And persistence is disabled 0.115
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.353
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.222
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
1:44.069
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 9.495
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.330
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.142
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 20.862
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.045
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.091
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.827
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.217
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.055
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.728
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006
Tags: @product
29.343
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 7.855
And the system is very low on memory 3.863
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.166
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.832
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.160
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.383
And I free up some memory 0.862
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.172
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.046
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.913
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
1:29.637
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 8.546
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.361
And all tps features are active 1.194
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.221
When I disable the first tps feature 2.568
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.257
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.800
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.392
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.295
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.659
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.007
Tags: @product
13.082
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 7.745
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.075
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.052
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.068
When I disable the first tps feature 2.464
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.047
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.042
When I enable the first tps feature 2.450
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.071
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.061
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.656
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
13.273
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 7.655
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.095
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.067
And I disable the first tps feature 2.580
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.836
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.038
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.935
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
40.389
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 7.219
And the network is plugged 0.021
And Tor is ready 12.685
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.190
When I write some files expected to persist 1.243
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.944
# 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" 12.085
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.370
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:44.693
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 7.185
And the network is plugged 0.020
And Tor is ready 10.162
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.123
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.666
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.239
And I capture all network traffic 0.016
And the network is plugged 0.025
And Tor is ready 11.698
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.371
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.096
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.088
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.620
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.059
Tags: @product
40.758
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 without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.294
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.097
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 14.738
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 15.628
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.144
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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2:50.737
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 8.836
When I enable persistence 13.946
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.692
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.757
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.373
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.256
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.635
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 26.199
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.161
When I cold reboot the computer 8.774
And the computer reboots Tails 37.735
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.293
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.185
Given I enable persistence 7.451
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.065
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.265
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.906
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.201
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.684
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.012
Tags: @product
2:9.523
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 7.820
# 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 26.367
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.265
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:4.166
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 22.904
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.264
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.008
Tags: @product
39.718
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 7.871
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.329
Then persistence is disabled 0.082
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.631
And all notifications have disappeared 7.841
When I delete the persistent partition 3.589
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.372
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.086
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
1:16.732
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 7.500
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.066
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.431
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.459
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.273
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.657
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.008
Tags: @product
43.485
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 7.951
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.047
When I try to enable persistence 1.170
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 11.270
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.292
And all notifications have disappeared 8.128
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.295
And all tps features are enabled 1.104
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.224
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.828
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
1:2.967
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 30.163
And I enable persistence 19.091
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.405
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.660
And persistence is enabled 1.646
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.490
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
22.683
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 6.962
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 15.193
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.527
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.503
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
24.299
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 7.926
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 7.916
When I enable persistence 6.620
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.056
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.780
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.915
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
24.598
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 7.762
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.525
When I try to enable persistence 1.262
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 4.077
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.159
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.510
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.086
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.167
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.047
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.089
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
42.138
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 7.339
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.054
When I try to enable persistence 1.193
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 8.998
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.279
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.049
When I log in to a new session 10.927
And all notifications have disappeared 8.538
# 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" 0.153
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.100
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.208
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.487
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.806
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.639
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
43.727
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 7.595
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.471
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.356
When I try to enable persistence 1.159
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.713
When I log in to a new session 10.703
And all notifications have disappeared 8.338
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.649
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.738
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.065
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000