Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4432 04 Jun 2026, 16:14

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 20:53.039 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:35.802
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 1:21.799
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.652
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.335
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.014
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.557
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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30.866
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 8.677
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 16.316
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.284
And persistence is disabled 0.103
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.483
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.287
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:42.013
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 8.979
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.281
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.112
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 18.754
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.052
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.771
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.779
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.185
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.097
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.803
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.007
Tags: @product
28.664
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 7.471
And the system is very low on memory 3.651
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.147
When I try to create a persistent partition 5.007
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.147
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.393
And I free up some memory 0.890
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.916
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.038
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.612
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:29.467
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 8.674
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.272
And all tps features are active 1.371
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.189
When I disable the first tps feature 2.583
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.051
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.777
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.289
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.258
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.792
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.009
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13.098
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 7.724
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.068
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.061
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.054
When I disable the first tps feature 2.510
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.058
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.067
When I enable the first tps feature 2.458
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.051
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.043
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.653
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
13.480
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 7.789
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.063
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.064
And I disable the first tps feature 2.614
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.892
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.054
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.749
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
43.671
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 7.582
And the network is plugged 0.018
And Tor is ready 13.097
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.180
When I write some files expected to persist 1.288
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.555
# 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" 11.949
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.087
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:41.124
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 7.439
And the network is plugged 0.013
And Tor is ready 9.976
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.124
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.549
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.209
And I capture all network traffic 0.005
And the network is plugged 0.039
And Tor is ready 11.241
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.367
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.067
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.090
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.720
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.062
Tags: @product
40.362
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 stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.931
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.062
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 12.904
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 17.465
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.273
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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2:49.904
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 8.785
When I enable persistence 13.188
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.043
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.450
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.341
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.261
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.635
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 25.970
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.168
When I cold reboot the computer 9.031
And the computer reboots Tails 37.375
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.287
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.208
Given I enable persistence 7.333
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.099
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.254
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.292
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.176
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.899
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006
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2:14.856
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 8.590
# 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 31.742
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.616
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:5.656
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 23.250
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.414
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.007
Tags: @product
38.214
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 7.815
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.369
Then persistence is disabled 0.106
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 3.807
And all notifications have disappeared 7.907
When I delete the persistent partition 2.854
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.353
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.140
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:19.210
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 7.473
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.158
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.710
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.634
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.233
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.616
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.007
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43.222
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 7.815
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.056
When I try to enable persistence 1.256
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 11.166
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.227
And all notifications have disappeared 8.119
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.302
And all tps features are enabled 1.127
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.150
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.106
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:4.405
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 30.446
And I enable persistence 20.157
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.581
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.544
And persistence is enabled 1.675
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.996
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
24.100
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 7.695
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 15.724
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.679
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.748
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
26.042
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 8.351
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 8.121
When I enable persistence 7.576
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.071
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.920
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.783
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
24.588
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 7.533
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.212
When I try to enable persistence 1.309
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.782
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.202
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.443
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.058
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.139
Then persistence is successfully enabled 0.906
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.682
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
44.355
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 7.742
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.088
When I try to enable persistence 1.220
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 9.601
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.171
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.028
When I log in to a new session 10.991
And all notifications have disappeared 9.297
# 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" 0.276
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.554
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.181
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.442
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.758
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.969
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
45.589
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.919
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.495
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.371
When I try to enable persistence 1.220
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.899
When I log in to a new session 11.082
And all notifications have disappeared 8.697
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.863
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 1.133
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000