Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4433 05 Jun 2026, 11:10

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 19:45.555 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:29.842
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.002
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:16.561
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.121
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.315
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.843
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.923
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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27.302
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 8.378
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.851
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.238
And persistence is disabled 0.087
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.746
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.919
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
1:31.812
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 8.295
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.267
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.089
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.569
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.059
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.338
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 59.966
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.174
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.051
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.860
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006
Tags: @product
28.347
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 7.292
And the system is very low on memory 3.563
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.156
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.575
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.100
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.346
And I free up some memory 0.793
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.473
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.904
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
1:27.859
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 8.156
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.339
And all tps features are active 1.120
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.900
When I disable the first tps feature 2.476
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.177
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.300
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.367
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.020
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.822
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.027
Tags: @product
12.868
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 7.497
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.078
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.056
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.055
When I disable the first tps feature 2.517
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.050
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.032
When I enable the first tps feature 2.487
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.054
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.037
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.869
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
12.883
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 7.044
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.068
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.061
And I disable the first tps feature 2.560
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.106
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.042
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.938
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
35.091
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 7.125
And the network is plugged 0.018
And Tor is ready 8.307
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.199
When I write some files expected to persist 1.298
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.625
# 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" 11.516
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.215
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:39.089
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 7.202
And the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 9.523
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.115
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.374
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.365
And I capture all network traffic 0.004
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 10.831
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.469
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.083
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.087
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.751
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.043
Tags: @product
40.387
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 8.462
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.143
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 13.839
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.941
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.171
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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2:42.560
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 8.443
When I enable persistence 12.428
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.816
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.122
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.287
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.199
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.532
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 23.875
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.179
When I cold reboot the computer 10.134
And the computer reboots Tails 35.245
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.325
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.197
Given I enable persistence 6.809
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.063
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.197
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.548
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.151
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.768
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.017
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2:8.838
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 8.031
# 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 28.964
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.379
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 59.554
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 22.907
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.295
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006
Tags: @product
37.242
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 7.780
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.372
Then persistence is disabled 0.100
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.230
And all notifications have disappeared 7.782
When I delete the persistent partition 2.607
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.368
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.307
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:20.019
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 7.488
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.050
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.345
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.922
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.211
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.682
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.022
Tags: @product
39.883
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 7.712
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.090
When I try to enable persistence 1.151
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 10.254
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.626
And all notifications have disappeared 7.632
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.253
And all tps features are enabled 1.115
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.046
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.880
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:0.958
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 29.460
And I enable persistence 19.063
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.425
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.470
And persistence is enabled 1.539
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.908
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
22.156
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 6.991
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 14.653
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.510
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.661
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
23.340
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 7.970
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 7.453
When I enable persistence 5.969
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.047
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.900
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.925
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
23.747
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 7.544
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.319
When I try to enable persistence 1.283
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.861
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.175
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.378
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.080
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.147
Then persistence is successfully enabled 0.957
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.247
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
40.856
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 7.354
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.050
When I try to enable persistence 1.158
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 9.234
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.154
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.025
When I log in to a new session 8.938
And all notifications have disappeared 9.478
# 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" 0.146
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.128
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.242
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.230
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.712
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.938
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
40.464
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 7.164
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.347
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.311
When I try to enable persistence 1.210
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.278
When I log in to a new session 9.756
And all notifications have disappeared 8.166
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.385
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.843
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.444
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000