Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4451 16 Jun 2026, 14:07

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 22:29.610 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:33.862
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:20.464
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.269
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.304
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.823
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.126
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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30.281
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 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 8.753
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 16.374
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.282
And persistence is disabled 0.099
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.771
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.936
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:44.679
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.004
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 8.689
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.284
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.094
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 18.727
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.051
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.500
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.066
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.201
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.063
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.548
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009
Tags: @product
28.542
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.004
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 7.703
And the system is very low on memory 3.616
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.173
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.646
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.112
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.382
And I free up some memory 0.857
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.005
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.694
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:49.179
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.719
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.339
And all tps features are active 5.510
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.150
When I disable the first tps feature 2.603
Then all tps features but the first one are active 5.515
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.961
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.704
Then all tps features but the first one are active 5.674
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.593
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.019
Tags: @product
13.394
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.004
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.934
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.061
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.049
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.065
When I disable the first tps feature 2.569
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.055
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.047
When I enable the first tps feature 2.484
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.058
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.067
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.862
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
13.420
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.007
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.642
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.066
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.058
And I disable the first tps feature 2.578
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.030
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.043
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.810
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
47.501
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.680
And the network is plugged 0.043
And Tor is ready 12.018
And I take note of which tps features are available 4.760
When I write some files expected to persist 1.263
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.502
# 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" 12.232
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.323
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:46.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.006
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.242
And the network is plugged 0.019
And Tor is ready 9.805
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.128
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.407
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.417
And I capture all network traffic 0.005
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 11.449
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.352
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.076
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.081
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.848
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.055
Tags: @product
40.024
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.586
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.057
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 13.409
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.971
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.954
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
3:0.759
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 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 8.826
When I enable persistence 18.706
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.093
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.533
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.324
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.265
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.558
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 25.783
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.155
When I cold reboot the computer 10.458
And the computer reboots Tails 37.764
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.305
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.233
Given I enable persistence 11.625
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.089
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.242
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.612
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.178
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.636
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009
Tags: @product
2:15.671
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.004
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.492
# 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 28.915
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.599
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:7.544
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 21.118
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.135
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009
Tags: @product
41.086
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.010
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.842
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.807
Then persistence is disabled 0.097
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.138
And all notifications have disappeared 8.143
When I delete the persistent partition 2.668
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.388
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.779
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:30.245
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.788
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.055
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.950
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:10.185
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.265
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.055
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.050
Tags: @product
56.915
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 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 9.319
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.060
When I try to enable persistence 1.196
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 14.334
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 12.012
And all notifications have disappeared 7.845
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.298
And all tps features are enabled 5.305
And all tps features but the first one are active 5.541
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.933
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:16.865
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 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 32.768
And I enable persistence 25.874
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.761
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.645
And persistence is enabled 5.815
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.034
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
27.720
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 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 7.203
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 19.893
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.623
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.074
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
35.471
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 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 8.506
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.260
When I enable persistence 11.189
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.050
And persistence is successfully enabled 6.463
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.850
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
28.211
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.011
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.181
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.013
When I try to enable persistence 1.277
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.386
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.200
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.526
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.073
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.194
Then persistence is successfully enabled 4.358
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.079
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
45.704
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 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 7.555
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.075
When I try to enable persistence 1.189
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 9.769
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 0.029
When I log in to a new session 11.572
And all notifications have disappeared 10.135
# 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" 0.148
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.444
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.179
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.553
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.861
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.128
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
44.067
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 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 7.979
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.963
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.350
When I try to enable persistence 1.201
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.414
When I log in to a new session 11.100
And all notifications have disappeared 9.382
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.828
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.847
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.797
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000