Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4444 12 Jun 2026, 11:24

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 22:20.915 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:35.262
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.014
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:21.549
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.382
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.286
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.011
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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28.602
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.031
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.228
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.992
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.267
And persistence is disabled 0.091
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.022
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.255
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:43.713
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.018
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 9.169
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.413
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.102
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 18.637
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.065
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.607
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.419
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.205
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.093
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.652
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.021
Tags: @product
30.151
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.020
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 8.377
And the system is very low on memory 3.155
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.137
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.647
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.120
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.408
And I free up some memory 0.953
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 10.274
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.077
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.640
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:49.661
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.015
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.745
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.515
And all tps features are active 5.635
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.086
When I disable the first tps feature 3.123
Then all tps features but the first one are active 4.869
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.166
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:8.785
Then all tps features but the first one are active 5.734
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.690
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.020
Tags: @product
13.736
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.013
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.879
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.095
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.069
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.055
When I disable the first tps feature 3.031
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.051
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.049
When I enable the first tps feature 2.409
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.048
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.045
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.032
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
13.419
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.014
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.712
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.074
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.066
And I disable the first tps feature 2.568
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.952
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.043
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.963
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
49.108
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.016
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.559
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 13.539
And I take note of which tps features are available 4.358
When I write some files expected to persist 1.161
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.277
# 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" 12.193
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.192
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:49.908
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.022
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.084
And the network is plugged 0.019
And Tor is ready 10.067
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.151
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.863
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:10.211
And I capture all network traffic 0.035
And the network is plugged 0.038
And Tor is ready 11.840
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.397
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.117
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.079
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.007
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.068
Tags: @product
40.735
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.014
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.737
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.164
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 13.904
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.928
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.779
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:59.812
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.012
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.266
When I enable persistence 18.159
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.778
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.778
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.309
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.266
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.559
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 25.836
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.131
When I cold reboot the computer 9.342
And the computer reboots Tails 38.019
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.284
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.195
Given I enable persistence 11.176
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.071
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.255
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.232
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.148
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.937
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.018
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2:15.618
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.015
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.652
# 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 26.494
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.215
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:10.155
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 22.101
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.163
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.024
Tags: @product
38.687
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.015
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.556
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.223
Then persistence is disabled 0.097
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.531
And all notifications have disappeared 8.195
When I delete the persistent partition 2.745
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.338
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.536
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:29.102
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.015
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.102
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.077
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.281
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:10.398
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.243
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.662
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.018
Tags: @product
51.259
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.014
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.646
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.118
When I try to enable persistence 1.189
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 9.286
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.670
And all notifications have disappeared 7.706
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.303
And all tps features are enabled 5.641
And all tps features but the first one are active 5.696
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.049
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:13.775
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.019
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 30.534
And I enable persistence 24.861
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.210
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.564
And persistence is enabled 6.606
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.732
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
26.794
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.036
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 7.357
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 18.941
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.495
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.920
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
34.038
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.015
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.074
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 8.190
When I enable persistence 11.611
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.101
And persistence is successfully enabled 6.062
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.695
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
27.811
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.015
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.095
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.883
When I try to enable persistence 1.253
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.539
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.189
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.416
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.064
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.148
Then persistence is successfully enabled 4.221
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.000
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
43.854
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.015
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.202
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.058
When I try to enable persistence 1.165
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 8.375
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.189
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.024
When I log in to a new session 11.770
And all notifications have disappeared 9.267
# 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" 0.141
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.078
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.222
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.578
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.780
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.935
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
45.858
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.014
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.794
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.525
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.352
When I try to enable persistence 1.310
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.687
When I log in to a new session 11.361
And all notifications have disappeared 9.977
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.981
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.868
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.550
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000