Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4454 17 Jun 2026, 07:51

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 21:13.705 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:29.478
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.015
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:16.566
And I update the APT lists using apt 5.764
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.316
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.830
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.859
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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27.817
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 8.632
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.292
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.240
And persistence is disabled 0.099
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.553
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.942
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:39.733
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 8.394
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.291
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.126
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.592
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.085
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.654
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.372
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.168
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.047
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.466
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.020
Tags: @product
28.373
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 7.684
And the system is very low on memory 3.087
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.152
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.590
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.097
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.421
And I free up some memory 0.742
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.552
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.922
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:42.880
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 8.457
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.319
And all tps features are active 4.843
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.979
When I disable the first tps feature 2.545
Then all tps features but the first one are active 4.976
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.538
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.339
Then all tps features but the first one are active 4.880
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.851
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.038
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13.162
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 7.797
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.055
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.057
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.064
When I disable the first tps feature 2.494
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.065
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.035
When I enable the first tps feature 2.433
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.076
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.080
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.585
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
12.997
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 7.539
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.074
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.063
And I disable the first tps feature 2.493
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.787
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.039
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.730
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
47.951
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 7.429
And the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 13.892
And I take note of which tps features are available 3.944
When I write some files expected to persist 1.213
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.643
# 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" 11.812
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.336
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:50.376
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 7.461
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 18.120
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.157
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.210
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.943
And I capture all network traffic 0.016
And the network is plugged 0.032
And Tor is ready 10.901
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.362
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.071
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.082
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.892
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.061
Tags: @product
36.911
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 8.552
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.095
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 12.156
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 15.106
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.915
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:50.568
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 8.548
When I enable persistence 16.050
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.490
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.283
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.404
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.213
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.518
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 24.098
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.149
When I cold reboot the computer 9.031
And the computer reboots Tails 36.182
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.280
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.180
Given I enable persistence 10.238
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.067
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.215
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.477
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.136
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.738
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.020
Tags: @product
2:9.874
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 8.472
# 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 29.359
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.745
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:3.677
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 22.618
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.136
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.020
Tags: @product
37.945
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 8.669
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.570
Then persistence is disabled 0.101
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.692
And all notifications have disappeared 7.987
When I delete the persistent partition 2.583
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.339
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.843
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:18.110
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 8.365
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.069
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.976
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.474
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.224
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.666
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.030
Tags: @product
48.966
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 8.365
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.072
When I try to enable persistence 1.236
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 10.648
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.370
And all notifications have disappeared 7.659
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.290
And all tps features are enabled 4.403
And all tps features but the first one are active 4.919
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.871
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:10.087
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 31.805
And I enable persistence 22.762
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.829
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.602
And persistence is enabled 5.088
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.157
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
26.040
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 7.140
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 18.382
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.518
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.710
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
31.883
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 8.583
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 7.473
When I enable persistence 10.311
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.054
And persistence is successfully enabled 5.460
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.898
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
26.350
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 7.934
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.749
When I try to enable persistence 1.272
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.897
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.173
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.341
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.044
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.134
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.801
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.117
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
41.943
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 7.656
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.049
When I try to enable persistence 1.132
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 8.519
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.227
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.030
When I log in to a new session 10.868
And all notifications have disappeared 8.382
# 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" 0.237
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.389
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.190
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.512
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.745
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.845
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
42.250
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 7.580
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.217
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.369
When I try to enable persistence 1.170
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.509
When I log in to a new session 9.978
And all notifications have disappeared 8.367
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.416
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.640
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.019
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000