Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4439 09 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 20:0.413 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:31.097
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 1:17.612
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.324
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.255
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.905
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.712
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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29.040
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 8.570
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.643
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.248
And persistence is disabled 0.082
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.495
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.793
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
1:37.492
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 8.488
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.331
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.114
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 16.783
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.056
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.386
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.075
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.191
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.065
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.731
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006
Tags: @product
27.790
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 7.276
And the system is very low on memory 3.283
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.200
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.462
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.111
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.475
And I free up some memory 0.849
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.056
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.075
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.980
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
1:28.784
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 8.002
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.358
And all tps features are active 1.329
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.084
When I disable the first tps feature 2.548
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.151
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.387
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.670
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.251
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.992
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.007
Tags: @product
12.812
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 with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.486
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.067
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.071
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.067
When I disable the first tps feature 2.496
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.049
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.044
When I enable the first tps feature 2.434
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.049
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.046
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.942
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
12.731
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 7.209
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.067
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.060
And I disable the first tps feature 2.516
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.839
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.037
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.074
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
42.453
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 7.150
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 12.838
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.158
When I write some files expected to persist 1.099
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.343
# 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" 11.845
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.371
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:36.846
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 7.027
And the network is plugged 0.045
And Tor is ready 10.179
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.112
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.354
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.302
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.020
And Tor is ready 11.117
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.425
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.107
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.151
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.975
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.045
Tags: @product
40.804
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 8.124
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.075
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 14.510
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 17.093
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.228
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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2:45.614
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 8.583
When I enable persistence 13.741
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.988
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.771
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.373
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.258
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.501
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 25.753
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.171
When I cold reboot the computer 6.417
And the computer reboots Tails 36.674
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.270
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.227
Given I enable persistence 7.079
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.099
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.239
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.318
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.146
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.734
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.007
Tags: @product
2:9.514
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 8.235
# 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 26.771
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.320
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:2.198
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 23.988
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.104
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006
Tags: @product
37.149
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 7.628
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.268
Then persistence is disabled 0.106
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.055
And all notifications have disappeared 7.914
When I delete the persistent partition 2.745
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.431
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.618
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
1:16.276
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 7.673
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.062
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.581
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.723
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.234
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.983
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.009
Tags: @product
38.681
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 7.476
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.046
When I try to enable persistence 1.150
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 9.158
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.724
And all notifications have disappeared 7.554
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.277
And all tps features are enabled 1.098
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.195
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.113
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
1:0.458
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 28.704
And I enable persistence 19.945
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.713
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.602
And persistence is enabled 1.493
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.880
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
21.958
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 7.001
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 14.346
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.610
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.783
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
24.197
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 7.728
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 8.322
When I enable persistence 6.540
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.065
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.539
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.020
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
23.746
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 7.609
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.529
When I try to enable persistence 1.236
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.814
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.157
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.241
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.058
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.169
Then persistence is successfully enabled 0.928
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.006
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
42.868
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.694
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.050
When I try to enable persistence 1.168
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 8.512
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.183
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.034
When I log in to a new session 10.675
And all notifications have disappeared 9.633
# 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" 0.113
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.458
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.213
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.317
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.810
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.878
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
40.090
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 7.496
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.448
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.289
When I try to enable persistence 1.142
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.596
When I log in to a new session 10.273
And all notifications have disappeared 7.702
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.349
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.793
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.871
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000