Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4445 13 Jun 2026, 11:18

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 22:12.045 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:35.200
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.016
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:21.469
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.380
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.263
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.086
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.737
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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31.212
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.025
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.383
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 16.688
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.276
And persistence is disabled 0.091
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.772
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.073
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:44.314
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 8.876
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.483
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.123
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 18.565
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.049
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.967
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.922
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.185
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.140
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.002
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.021
Tags: @product
29.778
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 8.420
And the system is very low on memory 3.550
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.165
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.377
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.106
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.375
And I free up some memory 0.881
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.855
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.991
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:50.690
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.017
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.849
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.318
And all tps features are active 6.073
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.374
When I disable the first tps feature 2.551
Then all tps features but the first one are active 5.023
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.932
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:10.483
Then all tps features but the first one are active 5.082
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.629
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.019
Tags: @product
13.378
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.041
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.052
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.056
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.064
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.054
When I disable the first tps feature 2.523
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.050
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.033
When I enable the first tps feature 2.443
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.049
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.050
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.897
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
13.430
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.086
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.688
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.072
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.078
And I disable the first tps feature 2.607
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.923
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.060
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.862
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
47.487
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 7.571
And the network is plugged 0.020
And Tor is ready 12.570
And I take note of which tps features are available 4.039
When I write some files expected to persist 1.066
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.100
# 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" 12.119
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.337
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:53.717
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.017
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.874
And the network is plugged 0.023
And Tor is ready 14.165
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.116
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.340
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:8.784
And I capture all network traffic 0.021
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 11.826
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.393
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.086
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.066
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.689
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.072
Tags: @product
41.307
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.021
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.721
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.143
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 14.189
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 17.252
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.233
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:55.059
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.007
When I enable persistence 16.842
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.052
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.643
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.411
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.240
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.495
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 26.339
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.171
When I cold reboot the computer 5.328
And the computer reboots Tails 37.628
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.240
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.224
Given I enable persistence 11.514
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.078
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.229
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.455
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.154
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.725
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.019
Tags: @product
2:13.116
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 8.478
# 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 28.445
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.602
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:8.985
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 18.605
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.043
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.041
Tags: @product
39.686
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 with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.801
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.345
Then persistence is disabled 0.116
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.135
And all notifications have disappeared 8.032
When I delete the persistent partition 2.872
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.381
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.774
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:29.083
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 8.614
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.058
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.013
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:10.158
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.238
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.723
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.023
Tags: @product
51.067
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.040
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.567
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.047
When I try to enable persistence 1.217
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 9.773
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.499
And all notifications have disappeared 7.774
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.257
And all tps features are enabled 5.018
And all tps features but the first one are active 5.909
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.714
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:11.338
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 30.984
And I enable persistence 24.151
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.265
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.566
And persistence is enabled 5.371
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.031
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
26.805
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.835
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 18.375
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.595
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.911
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
32.319
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.276
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 7.955
When I enable persistence 10.496
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.042
And persistence is successfully enabled 5.549
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.939
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
27.553
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.160
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.514
When I try to enable persistence 1.300
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.567
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.210
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.598
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.057
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.156
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.986
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.774
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
43.306
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.017
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.869
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.049
When I try to enable persistence 1.156
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 9.021
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.231
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.025
When I log in to a new session 10.819
And all notifications have disappeared 9.455
# 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" 0.167
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.087
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.290
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.474
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.658
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.025
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
42.190
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.017
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.566
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.729
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.324
When I try to enable persistence 1.240
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.935
When I log in to a new session 11.268
And all notifications have disappeared 7.913
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.478
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.732
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.800
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000