Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4450 16 Jun 2026, 13:30

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 24:7.213 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:37.851
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.025
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:23.829
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.539
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.367
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.114
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.005
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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33.047
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.392
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 17.281
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.300
And persistence is disabled 0.113
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.958
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.083
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:54.785
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.104
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 10.447
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.314
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.102
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 22.087
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.055
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.528
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:10.936
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.261
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.052
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.596
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.028
Tags: @product
32.509
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 8.491
And the system is very low on memory 3.618
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.215
When I try to create a persistent partition 5.279
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.105
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.458
And I free up some memory 1.040
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 11.248
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.050
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.806
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:55.972
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.033
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 9.163
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.308
And all tps features are active 6.374
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.476
When I disable the first tps feature 3.005
Then all tps features but the first one are active 5.635
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.613
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:14.877
Then all tps features but the first one are active 6.516
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.074
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.023
Tags: @product
14.558
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 8.544
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.204
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.062
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.060
When I disable the first tps feature 2.883
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.050
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.051
When I enable the first tps feature 2.555
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.086
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.058
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.838
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
14.135
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 enabled and logged in 8.263
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.088
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.101
And I disable the first tps feature 2.641
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.959
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.081
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.673
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
53.612
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 with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.733
And the network is plugged 0.020
And Tor is ready 12.799
And I take note of which tps features are available 5.429
When I write some files expected to persist 1.517
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.691
# 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" 14.421
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.211
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:0.869
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 enabled and logged in 7.950
And the network is plugged 0.021
And Tor is ready 10.495
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.134
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.863
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:18.946
And I capture all network traffic 0.019
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 12.803
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.411
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.112
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.094
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.038
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.072
Tags: @product
46.942
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 stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.814
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.120
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 16.768
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 19.239
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.546
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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3:16.230
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 10.222
When I enable persistence 21.684
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.601
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 39.496
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.418
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.294
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.652
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 27.903
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.198
When I cold reboot the computer 11.407
And the computer reboots Tails 40.316
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.289
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.199
Given I enable persistence 13.489
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.098
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.292
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.515
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.146
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.772
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.023
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2:22.166
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 10.225
# 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 25.737
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.333
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:15.565
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 21.303
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.228
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.024
Tags: @product
43.679
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.529
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 16.795
Then persistence is disabled 0.184
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.904
And all notifications have disappeared 8.453
When I delete the persistent partition 3.321
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.489
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.677
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:31.546
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 8.728
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.086
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.375
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:15.057
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.298
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.749
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.021
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55.532
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 9.151
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.057
When I try to enable persistence 1.180
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 11.691
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 12.236
And all notifications have disappeared 7.852
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.517
And all tps features are enabled 6.248
And all tps features but the first one are active 5.597
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.764
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:19.684
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 with a LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 33.279
And I enable persistence 27.584
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 12.341
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.679
And persistence is enabled 5.800
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.152
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
30.644
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.974
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 22.055
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.614
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.710
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
36.217
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 8.780
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 8.679
When I enable persistence 12.024
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.069
And persistence is successfully enabled 6.664
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.642
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
29.725
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.830
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.475
When I try to enable persistence 1.383
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.910
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.224
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.532
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.063
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.166
Then persistence is successfully enabled 4.137
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.007
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
48.393
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 8.455
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.057
When I try to enable persistence 1.222
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 9.716
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.194
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.026
When I log in to a new session 12.944
And all notifications have disappeared 9.666
# 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" 0.145
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.552
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.360
Then the Tor Browser starts 2.098
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.955
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.720
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
49.108
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 8.313
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.395
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.432
When I try to enable persistence 1.167
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.519
When I log in to a new session 11.459
And all notifications have disappeared 10.137
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.866
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.817
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.667
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000