Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4425 01 Jun 2026, 17:32

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 19:44.913 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:31.919
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 1:18.393
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.525
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.230
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.770
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.879
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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28.365
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 8.594
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.293
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.261
And persistence is disabled 0.095
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.119
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.954
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
1:35.939
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 8.235
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.399
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.119
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 18.278
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.046
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.310
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 59.273
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.199
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.075
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.882
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.025
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27.233
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 7.154
And the system is very low on memory 3.441
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.188
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.266
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.087
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.404
And I free up some memory 0.782
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.862
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.045
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.027
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
1:29.558
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 8.046
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.289
And all tps features are active 1.296
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.900
When I disable the first tps feature 2.564
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.074
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.533
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.625
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.227
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.646
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006
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12.898
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 7.581
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.077
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.055
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.052
When I disable the first tps feature 2.513
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.050
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.031
When I enable the first tps feature 2.415
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.044
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.074
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.850
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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12.653
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 7.157
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.071
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.049
And I disable the first tps feature 2.491
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.831
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.052
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.545
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
39.416
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 7.051
And the network is plugged 0.020
And Tor is ready 9.740
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.158
When I write some files expected to persist 1.231
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.343
# 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" 11.871
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.403
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:39.878
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 7.142
And the network is plugged 0.024
And Tor is ready 9.831
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.156
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.030
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.501
And I capture all network traffic 0.005
And the network is plugged 0.026
And Tor is ready 12.612
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.390
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.053
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.102
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.933
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.055
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36.908
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 stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.162
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 12.504
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 15.162
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.894
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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2:41.364
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 8.637
When I enable persistence 13.114
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.572
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.261
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.311
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.243
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.471
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 24.682
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.134
When I cold reboot the computer 6.044
And the computer reboots Tails 36.251
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.253
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.175
Given I enable persistence 7.019
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.092
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.200
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.741
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.155
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.009
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006
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2:5.425
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 enabled and logged in 7.970
# 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 26.016
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.600
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:1.127
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 20.710
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.072
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006
Tags: @product
36.267
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 7.685
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.924
Then persistence is disabled 0.088
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 3.798
And all notifications have disappeared 7.798
When I delete the persistent partition 2.637
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.335
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.000
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:16.885
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 7.462
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.039
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.470
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 59.683
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.228
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.857
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006
Tags: @product
39.041
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 7.187
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.064
When I try to enable persistence 1.224
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 9.685
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.684
And all notifications have disappeared 7.868
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.301
And all tps features are enabled 1.023
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.001
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.676
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:0.237
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 29.352
And I enable persistence 18.506
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.223
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.573
And persistence is enabled 1.582
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.658
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
21.876
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 6.789
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 14.575
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.511
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.848
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
23.037
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 7.586
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 7.277
When I enable persistence 6.518
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.035
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.618
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.671
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
23.173
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 7.471
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.323
When I try to enable persistence 1.292
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.280
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.158
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.453
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.077
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.209
Then persistence is successfully enabled 0.907
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.600
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
40.329
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 7.410
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.059
When I try to enable persistence 1.157
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 8.246
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.247
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.025
When I log in to a new session 10.387
And all notifications have disappeared 8.054
# 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" 0.272
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.088
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.341
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.252
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.787
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.987
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
42.499
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 7.763
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.438
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.360
When I try to enable persistence 1.204
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.895
When I log in to a new session 10.662
And all notifications have disappeared 8.168
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.293
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.711
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.463
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000