Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4420 28 May 2026, 11:16

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 20:44.585 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:33.737
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 1:20.005
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.619
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.221
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.892
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.138
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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29.386
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 8.477
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.799
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.288
And persistence is disabled 0.100
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.720
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.032
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
1:39.975
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 8.683
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.275
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.105
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 18.160
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.057
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.672
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.718
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.252
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.047
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.838
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006
Tags: @product
29.089
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 7.815
And the system is very low on memory 3.404
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.160
When I try to create a persistent partition 5.055
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 2.417
And I free up some memory 0.945
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.142
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.046
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.734
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
1:35.875
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 8.736
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.297
And all tps features are active 1.210
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.077
When I disable the first tps feature 2.550
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.069
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.436
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.325
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.172
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.911
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006
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13.028
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 7.593
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.077
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.076
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.053
When I disable the first tps feature 2.600
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.062
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.050
When I enable the first tps feature 2.407
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.061
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.046
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.724
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
12.980
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 7.390
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.063
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.050
And I disable the first tps feature 2.534
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.857
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.083
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.777
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
43.691
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 7.510
And the network is plugged 0.014
And Tor is ready 12.588
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.436
When I write some files expected to persist 1.351
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.511
# 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" 12.278
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.061
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:44.467
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 7.392
And the network is plugged 0.019
And Tor is ready 10.371
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.128
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.098
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.348
And I capture all network traffic 0.005
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 14.566
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.343
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.085
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.090
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.887
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.054
Tags: @product
41.670
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.008
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.422
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 14.860
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 17.310
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.892
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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2:52.372
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 8.719
When I enable persistence 14.084
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.995
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.421
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.415
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.251
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.532
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 24.841
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.155
When I cold reboot the computer 10.682
And the computer reboots Tails 38.859
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.352
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.219
Given I enable persistence 7.354
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.072
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.236
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.012
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.165
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.009
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006
Tags: @product
2:9.172
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 7.955
# 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 29.299
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.717
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:3.414
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 22.784
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.016
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.009
Tags: @product
38.070
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 7.644
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.626
Then persistence is disabled 0.121
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.789
And all notifications have disappeared 7.971
When I delete the persistent partition 2.604
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.312
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.645
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
1:18.849
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 7.595
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.078
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.444
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.518
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.213
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.949
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006
Tags: @product
41.117
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 7.564
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.073
When I try to enable persistence 1.183
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 9.642
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.933
And all notifications have disappeared 8.033
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.288
And all tps features are enabled 1.143
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.253
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.645
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
1:3.611
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 30.141
And I enable persistence 20.699
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.250
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.581
And persistence is enabled 1.940
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.854
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
23.038
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 7.380
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 15.004
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.654
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.765
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
25.191
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 7.565
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 7.596
When I enable persistence 8.269
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.067
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.692
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.011
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
23.560
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 7.162
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.852
When I try to enable persistence 1.328
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.480
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.142
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.402
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.057
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.161
Then persistence is successfully enabled 0.970
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.288
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
43.593
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 7.952
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.049
When I try to enable persistence 1.162
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 8.546
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.157
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.024
When I log in to a new session 12.138
And all notifications have disappeared 8.609
# 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" 0.204
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.143
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.216
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.348
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.039
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.984
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
42.104
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 7.582
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.616
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.321
When I try to enable persistence 1.179
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.713
When I log in to a new session 10.046
And all notifications have disappeared 8.518
Then the Tor Browser starts 2.092
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.032
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.754
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000