Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4430 04 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 19:40.351 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:30.390
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.004
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:17.019
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.276
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.260
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.833
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.901
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
26.787
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 8.541
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.292
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.206
And persistence is disabled 0.083
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.663
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.962
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
1:32.620
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 8.353
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.298
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.097
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.490
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.038
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.830
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 59.289
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.174
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.047
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.589
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006
Tags: @product
28.283
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 7.466
And the system is very low on memory 3.730
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.157
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.565
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.105
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.365
And I free up some memory 0.779
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.064
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.049
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.913
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
1:26.433
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 7.981
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.302
And all tps features are active 1.244
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.923
When I disable the first tps feature 2.563
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.040
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 1:0.915
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.023
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.805
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.015
Tags: @product
12.876
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 7.456
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.090
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.095
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.061
When I disable the first tps feature 2.489
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.048
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.064
When I enable the first tps feature 2.472
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.042
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.054
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.890
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
12.680
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 7.102
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.057
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.079
And I disable the first tps feature 2.500
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.890
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.050
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.578
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
41.112
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 7.340
And the network is plugged 0.013
And Tor is ready 11.212
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.197
When I write some files expected to persist 1.180
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.364
# 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" 11.803
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.182
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:37.998
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 7.041
And the network is plugged 0.026
And Tor is ready 8.522
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.166
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.509
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.648
And I capture all network traffic 0.005
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 11.461
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.418
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.054
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.126
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.842
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.047
Tags: @product
36.312
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 8.504
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.072
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 12.509
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 14.226
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.882
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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2:44.059
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 8.536
When I enable persistence 11.823
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.886
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.437
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.293
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.211
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.485
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 25.346
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.166
When I cold reboot the computer 8.705
And the computer reboots Tails 35.727
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.330
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.182
Given I enable persistence 6.608
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.065
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.209
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.900
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.143
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.681
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.007
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2:10.097
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 8.155
# 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 29.090
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.417
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:1.060
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 22.373
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.980
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006
Tags: @product
36.350
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 7.620
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.429
Then persistence is disabled 0.106
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.428
And all notifications have disappeared 7.678
When I delete the persistent partition 2.754
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.333
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.924
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
1:15.619
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 7.154
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.059
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.963
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.240
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.201
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.596
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006
Tags: @product
38.351
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 7.507
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.042
When I try to enable persistence 1.209
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 9.234
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.331
And all notifications have disappeared 7.634
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.249
And all tps features are enabled 1.038
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.103
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.986
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
59.143
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 28.821
And I enable persistence 18.298
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.050
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.507
And persistence is enabled 1.465
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.714
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
21.886
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 6.863
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 14.483
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.539
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.896
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
23.486
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 7.799
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 7.586
When I enable persistence 6.479
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.042
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.578
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.774
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
23.659
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 7.656
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.161
When I try to enable persistence 1.222
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.880
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.185
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.349
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.092
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.158
Then persistence is successfully enabled 0.952
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.614
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
41.085
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 7.595
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.065
When I try to enable persistence 1.153
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 8.429
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.164
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.026
When I log in to a new session 10.503
And all notifications have disappeared 8.361
# 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" 0.231
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.136
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.234
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.326
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.855
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.707
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
41.114
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 7.386
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.047
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.319
When I try to enable persistence 1.158
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.967
When I log in to a new session 11.098
And all notifications have disappeared 7.656
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.589
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.890
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.881
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000