Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4437 08 Jun 2026, 11:05

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 20:3.293 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:30.556
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:17.610
And I update the APT lists using apt 5.891
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.244
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.809
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.691
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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27.293
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 8.369
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.627
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.217
And persistence is disabled 0.127
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 3.952
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.911
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
1:35.119
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 8.004
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.320
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.093
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.319
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 9.432
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 59.627
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.209
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.065
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.690
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006
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28.632
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 7.282
And the system is very low on memory 4.059
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.150
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.801
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.137
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.366
And I free up some memory 0.951
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.825
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.057
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.714
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
1:28.574
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 8.212
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.284
And all tps features are active 1.258
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.106
When I disable the first tps feature 2.453
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.018
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.821
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.357
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.061
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.633
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.007
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12.987
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 7.611
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.055
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.052
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.053
When I disable the first tps feature 2.565
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.084
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.068
When I enable the first tps feature 2.404
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.052
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.039
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.845
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
12.829
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 7.177
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.065
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.065
And I disable the first tps feature 2.489
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.990
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.040
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.933
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
39.016
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 7.097
And the network is plugged 0.021
And Tor is ready 9.719
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.173
When I write some files expected to persist 1.167
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.293
# 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" 11.544
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.274
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:40.595
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 7.162
And the network is plugged 0.051
And Tor is ready 9.848
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.108
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.248
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.642
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 11.957
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.385
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.082
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.087
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.766
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.050
Tags: @product
37.735
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 8.328
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.082
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 13.023
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 15.302
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.042
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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2:43.697
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 8.355
When I enable persistence 12.288
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.749
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.355
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.380
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.214
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.489
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 24.308
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.157
When I cold reboot the computer 10.049
And the computer reboots Tails 35.432
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.300
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.200
Given I enable persistence 7.000
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.094
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.198
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.960
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.160
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.629
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006
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2:3.928
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 8.260
# 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 24.766
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.189
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:1.379
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 20.331
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.321
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.027
Tags: @product
38.569
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 8.486
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.230
Then persistence is disabled 0.118
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.141
And all notifications have disappeared 7.534
When I delete the persistent partition 2.699
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.358
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.779
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:20.988
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 8.041
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.083
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.372
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.262
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.228
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.683
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.007
Tags: @product
41.258
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 8.229
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.061
When I try to enable persistence 1.164
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 10.481
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.966
And all notifications have disappeared 7.823
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.279
And all tps features are enabled 1.054
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.197
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.943
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
1:4.138
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 29.959
And I enable persistence 21.088
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.949
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.568
And persistence is enabled 1.571
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.961
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
23.586
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 6.928
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 16.075
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.583
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.642
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
25.004
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 8.464
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 7.964
When I enable persistence 6.632
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.057
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.885
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.848
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
23.655
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 7.793
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.677
When I try to enable persistence 1.242
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.110
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.211
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.436
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.043
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.175
Then persistence is successfully enabled 0.964
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.650
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
42.705
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 7.417
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.057
When I try to enable persistence 1.219
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 9.516
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.151
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.029
When I log in to a new session 10.512
And all notifications have disappeared 9.266
# 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" 0.175
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.125
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.191
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.271
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.770
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.097
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
42.418
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 7.537
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.781
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.328
When I try to enable persistence 1.232
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.602
When I log in to a new session 10.520
And all notifications have disappeared 8.273
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.499
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.643
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.042
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000