Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4438 09 Jun 2026, 07:58

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 21:50.586 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:37.406
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 1:22.291
And I update the APT lists using apt 7.784
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.287
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.043
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.876
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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31.387
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 8.715
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 16.901
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.303
And persistence is disabled 0.109
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.357
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.168
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
1:45.400
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 9.282
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.283
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.102
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 18.063
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.051
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.734
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.577
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.241
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.064
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.936
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.007
Tags: @product
31.462
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 7.287
And the system is very low on memory 4.395
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.225
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.874
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.098
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.417
And I free up some memory 0.854
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 11.229
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.080
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.158
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
1:38.127
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 9.025
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.262
And all tps features are active 1.248
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.295
When I disable the first tps feature 2.688
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.558
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.864
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:9.335
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.849
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.628
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.068
Tags: @product
13.308
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.011
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.975
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.066
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.065
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.042
When I disable the first tps feature 2.462
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.064
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.049
When I enable the first tps feature 2.469
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.065
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.046
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.970
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
13.790
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 7.485
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.065
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.067
And I disable the first tps feature 3.106
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.979
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.086
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.988
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
44.235
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 7.249
And the network is plugged 0.027
And Tor is ready 13.681
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.202
When I write some files expected to persist 1.146
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.606
# 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" 12.320
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.593
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:45.763
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.015
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.514
And the network is plugged 0.020
And Tor is ready 10.392
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.206
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.080
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.244
And I capture all network traffic 0.004
And the network is plugged 0.023
And Tor is ready 12.738
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.341
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.076
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.119
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.099
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.042
Tags: @product
41.916
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 without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.231
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.125
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 14.491
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 17.067
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.973
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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2:53.512
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 8.604
When I enable persistence 14.553
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.190
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 39.149
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.421
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.286
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.593
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 25.867
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.140
When I cold reboot the computer 9.312
And the computer reboots Tails 38.987
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.290
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.245
Given I enable persistence 7.232
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.080
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.257
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.131
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.167
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.943
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.008
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2:24.973
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 8.780
# 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 27.077
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.713
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:17.935
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 25.466
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.438
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006
Tags: @product
39.695
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 8.016
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.749
Then persistence is disabled 0.113
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.000
And all notifications have disappeared 8.030
When I delete the persistent partition 3.441
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.345
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.641
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
1:22.910
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 7.905
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.111
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.834
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:8.789
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.269
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.857
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.007
Tags: @product
45.234
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 8.341
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.102
When I try to enable persistence 1.397
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 12.306
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.546
And all notifications have disappeared 7.899
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.257
And all tps features are enabled 1.119
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.263
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.071
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:12.655
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 36.073
And I enable persistence 22.021
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.839
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.737
And persistence is enabled 1.982
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.805
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
23.707
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 7.013
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 16.136
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.557
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.125
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
26.096
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 8.620
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 8.134
When I enable persistence 6.953
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.080
And persistence is successfully enabled 2.306
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.759
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
27.700
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 8.528
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.417
When I try to enable persistence 1.230
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 4.458
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.165
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.486
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.081
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.248
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.083
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.049
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
44.559
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 7.408
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.067
When I try to enable persistence 1.156
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 9.542
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.230
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.028
When I log in to a new session 12.341
And all notifications have disappeared 9.028
# 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" 0.160
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.105
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.238
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.468
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.783
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.970
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
46.741
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 8.234
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.726
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.384
When I try to enable persistence 1.157
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 4.017
When I log in to a new session 12.391
And all notifications have disappeared 8.346
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.774
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.708
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.100
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000