Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4417 27 May 2026, 11:22

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 22:27.479 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:37.251
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 1:22.063
And I update the APT lists using apt 7.796
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.332
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.059
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.040
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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30.719
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 9.209
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.705
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.349
And persistence is disabled 0.122
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.333
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.235
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
1:50.433
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 logged in 9.622
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.350
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.147
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 21.075
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.093
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.468
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:8.433
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.189
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.052
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.987
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.009
Tags: @product
31.801
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 logged in 7.942
And the system is very low on memory 4.360
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.216
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.743
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.112
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.389
And I free up some memory 0.953
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 11.024
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.057
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.103
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
1:39.862
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 8.993
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.394
And all tps features are active 1.324
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.515
When I disable the first tps feature 3.156
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.642
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.606
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:8.688
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.541
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.864
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.009
Tags: @product
13.617
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 7.961
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.105
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.059
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.058
When I disable the first tps feature 2.627
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.084
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.047
When I enable the first tps feature 2.566
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.057
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.048
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.690
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
13.766
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 enabled and logged in 7.986
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.077
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.073
And I disable the first tps feature 2.577
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.997
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.053
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.090
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
47.219
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 8.093
And the network is plugged 0.031
And Tor is ready 12.673
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.171
When I write some files expected to persist 1.706
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.315
# 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" 14.226
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.655
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:48.910
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.010
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.195
And the network is plugged 0.024
And Tor is ready 10.059
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.209
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.969
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:11.371
And I capture all network traffic 0.011
And the network is plugged 0.034
And Tor is ready 12.344
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.498
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.107
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.082
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.081
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.056
Tags: @product
44.126
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 9.509
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.080
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 15.056
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 18.480
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.970
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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2:56.102
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.011
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.369
When I enable persistence 16.132
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.852
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.948
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.358
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.227
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.538
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 26.488
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.170
When I cold reboot the computer 6.235
And the computer reboots Tails 39.522
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.330
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.207
Given I enable persistence 8.830
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.094
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.237
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.409
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.147
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.713
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.008
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2:37.468
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 enabled and logged in 9.681
# 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 34.916
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.013
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:21.923
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 20.933
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.445
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.012
Tags: @product
42.243
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.954
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.973
Then persistence is disabled 0.129
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.118
And all notifications have disappeared 7.947
When I delete the persistent partition 2.726
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.392
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.449
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
1:24.905
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 enabled and logged in 8.623
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.069
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.687
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:10.274
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.249
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.970
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.033
Tags: @product
46.366
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.014
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.838
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.062
When I try to enable persistence 1.188
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 12.648
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.387
And all notifications have disappeared 8.387
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.336
And all tps features are enabled 1.399
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.116
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.951
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
1:9.400
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 32.470
And I enable persistence 21.210
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 12.645
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.800
And persistence is enabled 2.273
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.166
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
23.597
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.554
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 15.375
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.667
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.677
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
26.253
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 8.147
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.517
When I enable persistence 6.720
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.048
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.819
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.293
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
27.251
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 8.973
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.209
When I try to enable persistence 1.286
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 4.152
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.209
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.850
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.114
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.228
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.225
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.360
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
48.131
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.015
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.151
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.061
When I try to enable persistence 1.171
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 10.281
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.151
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.066
When I log in to a new session 11.745
And all notifications have disappeared 11.287
# 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" 0.225
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.713
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.199
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.350
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.727
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.692
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
48.048
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 8.330
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.802
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.359
When I try to enable persistence 1.199
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.404
When I log in to a new session 12.740
And all notifications have disappeared 9.128
Then the Tor Browser starts 2.406
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.677
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.064
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000