Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4449 16 Jun 2026, 11:29

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 23:12.456 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:37.650
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.034
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:22.715
And I update the APT lists using apt 7.724
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.283
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.927
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.904
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
30.606
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.047
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.727
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.188
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.318
And persistence is disabled 0.131
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.238
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.641
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:45.717
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 9.510
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.409
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.364
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 20.400
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.069
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.992
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:8.756
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.166
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.047
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.531
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.023
Tags: @product
31.279
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 7.928
And the system is very low on memory 4.325
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.188
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.636
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.149
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.524
And I free up some memory 0.881
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 10.592
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.052
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.275
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:52.885
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.027
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 9.333
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.328
And all tps features are active 6.057
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.189
When I disable the first tps feature 3.030
Then all tps features but the first one are active 5.410
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.123
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:11.212
Then all tps features but the first one are active 5.198
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.916
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.017
Tags: @product
13.512
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 persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.145
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.067
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.050
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.051
When I disable the first tps feature 2.554
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.064
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.046
When I enable the first tps feature 2.440
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.049
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.043
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.701
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
13.859
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 8.110
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.096
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.053
And I disable the first tps feature 2.618
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.932
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.048
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.890
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
48.915
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 8.275
And the network is plugged 0.020
And Tor is ready 12.359
And I take note of which tps features are available 4.068
When I write some files expected to persist 1.169
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.018
# 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" 13.003
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.412
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:52.180
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 8.463
And the network is plugged 0.021
And Tor is ready 10.203
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.155
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.550
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:10.515
And I capture all network traffic 0.035
And the network is plugged 0.014
And Tor is ready 11.625
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.427
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.080
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.087
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.703
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.072
Tags: @product
41.413
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 without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.311
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.088
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 13.751
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 17.261
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.145
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
3:5.177
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.027
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.491
When I enable persistence 19.203
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.015
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.569
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.440
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.229
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.543
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 26.408
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.127
When I cold reboot the computer 9.394
And the computer reboots Tails 38.137
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.301
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.179
Given I enable persistence 13.238
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.077
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.273
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.379
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.166
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.680
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.025
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2:18.820
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.024
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 9.262
# 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 28.393
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.469
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:10.849
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 19.845
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.439
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.032
Tags: @product
40.704
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.023
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.986
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.096
Then persistence is disabled 0.108
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.841
And all notifications have disappeared 7.854
When I delete the persistent partition 3.465
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.351
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.657
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:31.538
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.024
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.291
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.065
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.485
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:12.407
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.288
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.781
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.045
Tags: @product
53.120
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 with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.987
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.063
When I try to enable persistence 1.227
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 10.682
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.220
And all notifications have disappeared 7.763
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.300
And all tps features are enabled 5.759
And all tps features but the first one are active 6.115
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.942
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:20.207
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.024
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 35.308
And I enable persistence 25.588
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.824
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.771
And persistence is enabled 6.714
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.702
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
27.114
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 7.520
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 19.010
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.583
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.678
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
38.240
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.028
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.817
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.841
When I enable persistence 12.358
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.054
And persistence is successfully enabled 6.169
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.321
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
30.924
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 9.529
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.528
When I try to enable persistence 1.278
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 4.046
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.180
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.613
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.065
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.166
Then persistence is successfully enabled 4.515
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.894
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
49.401
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.023
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 0.066
When I try to enable persistence 1.164
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 10.775
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.176
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.040
When I log in to a new session 12.566
And all notifications have disappeared 10.650
# 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" 0.281
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.591
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.284
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.691
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.907
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.257
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
49.184
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.035
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.927
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.591
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.405
When I try to enable persistence 1.242
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.692
When I log in to a new session 12.275
And all notifications have disappeared 9.813
Then the Tor Browser starts 2.325
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.908
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.842
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000