Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4442 11 Jun 2026, 11:15

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 21:43.366 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:33.899
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 1:20.243
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.407
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.313
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.934
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.897
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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30.273
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 9.462
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.465
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.296
And persistence is disabled 0.096
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.952
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.073
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:42.223
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 8.916
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.367
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.111
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 18.159
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.067
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.647
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.716
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.187
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.050
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.562
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.023
Tags: @product
31.367
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 logged in 8.015
And the system is very low on memory 3.936
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.176
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.752
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.161
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.539
And I free up some memory 0.941
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 10.791
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.053
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.873
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
1:38.187
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 enabled and logged in 8.840
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.477
And all tps features are active 1.566
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.439
When I disable the first tps feature 2.666
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.413
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.014
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:8.519
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.247
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.565
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.008
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12.953
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 7.484
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.079
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.059
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.049
When I disable the first tps feature 2.553
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.066
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.055
When I enable the first tps feature 2.490
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.059
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.054
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.831
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
13.917
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 8.114
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.064
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.068
And I disable the first tps feature 2.595
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.021
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.052
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.910
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
46.779
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 enabled and logged in 8.117
And the network is plugged 0.019
And Tor is ready 14.892
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.292
When I write some files expected to persist 1.196
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.612
# 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" 12.647
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.514
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:43.797
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 7.393
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 9.634
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.176
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.637
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.622
And I capture all network traffic 0.006
And the network is plugged 0.025
And Tor is ready 11.729
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.375
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.064
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.112
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.058
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.042
Tags: @product
43.755
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 8.871
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.100
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 16.005
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 17.777
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.266
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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2:58.809
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 9.438
When I enable persistence 13.874
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.529
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 39.170
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.388
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.283
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.594
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 27.574
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.246
When I cold reboot the computer 9.341
And the computer reboots Tails 40.440
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.342
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.240
Given I enable persistence 8.679
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.091
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.308
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.094
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.168
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.692
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.011
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2:14.454
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.007
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 9.199
# 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 27.547
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.802
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:4.527
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 23.378
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.418
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.012
Tags: @product
40.492
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.007
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.572
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.200
Then persistence is disabled 0.128
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.350
And all notifications have disappeared 7.984
When I delete the persistent partition 2.852
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.403
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.774
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:24.281
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 8.406
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.057
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.727
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.807
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.283
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.010
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.008
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46.624
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 8.901
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.047
When I try to enable persistence 1.230
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 12.229
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.930
And all notifications have disappeared 7.743
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.979
And all tps features are enabled 1.232
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.328
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.731
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
1:7.175
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 33.016
And I enable persistence 20.134
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.830
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.569
And persistence is enabled 1.623
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.697
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
23.243
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.348
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 15.224
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.670
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.009
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
28.206
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 9.412
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.613
When I enable persistence 7.312
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.048
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.818
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.091
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
26.930
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.013
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.123
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.181
When I try to enable persistence 1.242
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 4.238
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.177
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.525
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.068
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.186
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.184
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.902
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
47.749
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 8.229
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 9.988
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.185
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.031
When I log in to a new session 12.551
And all notifications have disappeared 9.708
# 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" 0.229
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.579
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.334
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.756
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.875
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.206
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
48.244
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 8.343
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.417
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.459
When I try to enable persistence 1.195
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.778
When I log in to a new session 12.092
And all notifications have disappeared 10.109
Then the Tor Browser starts 2.012
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.835
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.393
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000