Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4434 06 Jun 2026, 11:12

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 20:42.609 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:34.628
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 1:21.180
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.161
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.258
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.028
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.775
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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29.433
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.743
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.661
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.249
And persistence is disabled 0.105
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.673
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.775
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
1:38.070
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 8.538
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.331
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.121
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 19.469
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.048
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.669
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.664
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.169
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.058
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.703
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.007
Tags: @product
30.390
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 7.254
And the system is very low on memory 3.803
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.189
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.690
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.174
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.388
And I free up some memory 0.822
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 11.019
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.047
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.958
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
1:32.493
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 8.390
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.269
And all tps features are active 1.082
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.865
When I disable the first tps feature 2.534
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.387
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.581
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.160
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.220
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.771
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.007
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13.233
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 7.708
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.111
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.060
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.075
When I disable the first tps feature 2.550
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.049
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.050
When I enable the first tps feature 2.511
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.060
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.055
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.005
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
13.255
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 7.096
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.063
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.060
And I disable the first tps feature 3.028
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.967
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.038
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.063
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
43.139
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 7.453
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 12.218
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.288
When I write some files expected to persist 1.482
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.383
# 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" 12.295
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.153
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:44.873
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 7.269
And the network is plugged 0.023
And Tor is ready 10.035
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.143
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.388
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.344
And I capture all network traffic 0.004
And the network is plugged 0.020
And Tor is ready 12.088
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.392
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.077
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.084
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.967
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.089
Tags: @product
40.409
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 8.442
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.095
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 13.636
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 17.234
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.101
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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2:48.160
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 8.897
When I enable persistence 12.659
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.707
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.547
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.334
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 25.046
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.318
When I cold reboot the computer 9.081
And the computer reboots Tails 37.553
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.331
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.195
Given I enable persistence 6.939
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.074
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.240
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.361
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.173
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.776
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.036
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2:10.083
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 8.360
# 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 28.988
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.467
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:4.990
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 18.275
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.191
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006
Tags: @product
38.323
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 8.013
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.467
Then persistence is disabled 0.155
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.742
And all notifications have disappeared 7.920
When I delete the persistent partition 2.651
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.371
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.920
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
1:21.223
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 7.725
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.111
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.567
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.580
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.238
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.642
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.042
Tags: @product
42.003
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 8.293
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.075
When I try to enable persistence 1.269
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 9.940
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.075
And all notifications have disappeared 7.608
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.282
And all tps features are enabled 0.925
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.531
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.771
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
1:4.423
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 30.966
And I enable persistence 19.898
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.468
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.560
And persistence is enabled 1.528
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.033
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
22.863
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 7.175
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 14.966
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.721
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.944
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
24.020
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 7.633
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 7.918
When I enable persistence 6.741
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.043
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.682
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.796
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
23.876
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 7.329
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.852
When I try to enable persistence 1.289
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.387
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.150
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.552
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.055
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.188
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.070
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.925
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
43.952
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 7.489
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.062
When I try to enable persistence 1.174
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 8.652
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.214
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.027
When I log in to a new session 12.095
And all notifications have disappeared 8.802
# 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" 0.207
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.695
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.212
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.406
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.910
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.812
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
43.750
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 7.571
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.745
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.367
When I try to enable persistence 1.197
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.115
When I log in to a new session 10.907
And all notifications have disappeared 8.640
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.444
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.761
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.006
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000