Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4424 01 Jun 2026, 11:04

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 19:42.550 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:31.692
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 1:18.526
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.112
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.217
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.836
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.576
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
28.118
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 8.460
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.151
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.282
And persistence is disabled 0.080
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.144
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.895
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
1:31.150
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 logged in 8.352
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.302
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.128
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.361
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 5.424
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 59.290
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.202
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.042
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.589
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006
Tags: @product
28.289
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 7.410
And the system is very low on memory 3.620
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.154
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.589
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.086
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.403
And I free up some memory 0.889
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.091
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.042
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.950
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
1:27.589
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 8.106
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.338
And all tps features are active 1.208
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.216
When I disable the first tps feature 2.545
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.180
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.427
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.500
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.065
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.682
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.008
Tags: @product
12.851
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 7.515
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.065
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.056
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.066
When I disable the first tps feature 2.479
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.058
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.040
When I enable the first tps feature 2.439
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.082
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.046
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.907
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
12.697
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 7.111
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.065
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.058
And I disable the first tps feature 2.468
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.942
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.051
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.091
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
35.855
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 7.107
And the network is plugged 0.021
And Tor is ready 10.154
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.169
When I write some files expected to persist 1.238
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.529
# 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" 11.634
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.491
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:39.814
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 7.217
And the network is plugged 0.022
And Tor is ready 9.767
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.135
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.460
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.185
And I capture all network traffic 0.019
And the network is plugged 0.026
And Tor is ready 11.352
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.467
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.078
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.081
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.964
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.063
Tags: @product
37.952
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 8.447
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.092
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 13.211
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 15.200
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.025
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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2:44.220
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 8.664
When I enable persistence 12.358
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.720
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.187
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.293
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.235
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.509
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 24.226
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.150
When I cold reboot the computer 10.112
And the computer reboots Tails 35.419
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.239
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.185
Given I enable persistence 6.760
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.064
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.220
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.723
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.147
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.671
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.009
Tags: @product
2:5.359
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 8.191
# 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 26.830
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.483
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:0.216
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 20.637
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.164
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.007
Tags: @product
38.035
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 8.309
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.199
Then persistence is disabled 0.094
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.413
And all notifications have disappeared 7.897
When I delete the persistent partition 2.729
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.391
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.727
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
1:18.352
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 7.316
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.049
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.437
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.328
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.220
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.882
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.007
Tags: @product
39.255
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 7.498
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.059
When I try to enable persistence 1.175
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 9.952
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.664
And all notifications have disappeared 7.724
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.253
And all tps features are enabled 0.923
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.004
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.138
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
1:0.389
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 28.819
And I enable persistence 19.029
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.319
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.590
And persistence is enabled 1.630
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.003
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
22.370
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 6.883
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 14.947
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.540
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.861
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
23.499
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 7.551
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 7.431
When I enable persistence 6.671
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.043
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.801
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.741
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
23.588
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 7.400
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.641
When I try to enable persistence 1.224
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.369
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.168
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.546
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.040
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.138
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.060
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.677
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
41.559
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 7.263
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.054
When I try to enable persistence 1.162
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 8.520
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.195
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.026
When I log in to a new session 10.831
And all notifications have disappeared 8.565
# 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" 0.266
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.404
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.207
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.356
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.704
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.756
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
39.909
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 7.199
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.483
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.426
When I try to enable persistence 1.177
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.615
When I log in to a new session 9.862
And all notifications have disappeared 7.967
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.490
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.687
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.469
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000