Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4428 03 Jun 2026, 11:28

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 21:35.155 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:33.097
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.005
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:19.557
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.366
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.280
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.894
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.882
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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29.492
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 8.838
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.849
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.238
And persistence is disabled 0.099
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.466
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.954
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
1:42.953
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 8.948
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.335
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.105
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 18.625
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.065
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.658
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.939
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.202
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.074
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.837
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.008
Tags: @product
30.851
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 8.258
And the system is very low on memory 3.511
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.129
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.686
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.097
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.386
And I free up some memory 0.890
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 10.832
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.059
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.948
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
1:36.234
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 8.340
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.337
And all tps features are active 1.608
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.203
When I disable the first tps feature 2.590
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.332
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.164
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.405
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.252
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.018
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.025
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13.500
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 7.501
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.075
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.072
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.086
When I disable the first tps feature 3.005
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.073
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.046
When I enable the first tps feature 2.518
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.059
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.060
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.704
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
13.280
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 7.571
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.075
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.074
And I disable the first tps feature 2.573
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.933
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.052
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.028
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
45.223
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 7.527
And the network is plugged 0.014
And Tor is ready 13.575
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.243
When I write some files expected to persist 1.216
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.688
# 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" 12.958
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.138
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:41.548
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 7.563
And the network is plugged 0.018
And Tor is ready 10.259
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.175
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.880
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.544
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 11.558
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.368
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.072
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.087
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.863
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.089
Tags: @product
41.966
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 without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.770
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.093
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 14.746
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 17.356
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.031
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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2:51.833
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 8.955
When I enable persistence 15.098
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.153
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.865
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.326
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.294
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.534
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 25.977
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.146
When I cold reboot the computer 6.428
And the computer reboots Tails 38.837
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.276
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.223
Given I enable persistence 8.405
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.086
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.283
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.769
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.168
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.191
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.009
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2:26.714
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 8.653
# 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 30.600
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.857
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:14.947
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 22.655
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.927
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.044
Tags: @product
41.373
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 8.596
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 16.257
Then persistence is disabled 0.091
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.945
And all notifications have disappeared 8.328
When I delete the persistent partition 2.736
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.418
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.972
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
1:24.009
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 8.180
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.052
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.888
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:8.658
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.230
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.771
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.017
Tags: @product
45.057
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 8.117
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.069
When I try to enable persistence 1.250
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 11.287
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 12.607
And all notifications have disappeared 8.031
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.287
And all tps features are enabled 1.098
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.307
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.816
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
1:8.829
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 33.300
And I enable persistence 21.293
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.536
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.793
And persistence is enabled 1.904
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.084
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
23.971
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 7.503
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 15.898
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.569
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.793
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
27.147
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 8.607
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.457
When I enable persistence 7.127
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.051
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.903
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.908
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
26.556
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 8.133
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.217
When I try to enable persistence 1.371
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.682
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.203
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.542
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.054
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.157
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.192
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.923
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
45.071
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 7.998
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.054
When I try to enable persistence 1.161
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 9.630
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.207
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.033
When I log in to a new session 11.323
And all notifications have disappeared 9.500
# 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" 0.176
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.554
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.245
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.418
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.765
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.786
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
46.440
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 8.143
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.388
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.367
When I try to enable persistence 1.211
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.990
When I log in to a new session 11.644
And all notifications have disappeared 9.950
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.870
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.873
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.966
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000