Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4459 18 Jun 2026, 11:30

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 22:41.433 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:34.498
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.018
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:20.460
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.599
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.374
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.064
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.782
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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29.371
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.070
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.954
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.267
And persistence is disabled 0.102
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.977
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.831
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:47.809
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 9.419
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.295
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.120
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 18.671
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 9.863
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:9.053
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.261
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.068
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.956
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.027
Tags: @product
30.620
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.026
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 8.276
And the system is very low on memory 3.902
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.201
When I try to create a persistent partition 5.125
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.183
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.405
And I free up some memory 0.912
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.566
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.048
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.700
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:52.441
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 9.285
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.368
And all tps features are active 5.414
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.921
When I disable the first tps feature 2.574
Then all tps features but the first one are active 6.069
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.040
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:11.542
Then all tps features but the first one are active 5.223
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.861
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.024
Tags: @product
13.711
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 7.954
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.081
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.047
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.056
When I disable the first tps feature 2.885
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.048
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.037
When I enable the first tps feature 2.500
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 1.017
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
13.547
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 7.855
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.062
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.062
And I disable the first tps feature 2.702
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.795
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.068
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.791
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
49.765
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.026
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.101
And the network is plugged 0.025
And Tor is ready 13.114
And I take note of which tps features are available 4.564
When I write some files expected to persist 1.252
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.958
# 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" 12.749
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.523
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:50.851
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 enabled and logged in 7.508
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 10.478
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.150
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.195
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:11.822
And I capture all network traffic 0.018
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 12.980
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.459
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.086
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.119
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.011
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.062
Tags: @product
42.102
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 without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.291
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.080
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 14.396
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 17.334
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.889
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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3:1.030
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 9.212
When I enable persistence 17.530
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.885
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.720
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.295
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.253
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.552
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 25.258
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.159
When I cold reboot the computer 9.625
And the computer reboots Tails 38.966
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.276
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.203
Given I enable persistence 12.135
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.101
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.268
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.399
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.184
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.825
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.024
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2:19.701
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 8.666
# 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 28.814
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.484
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:10.427
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 23.308
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.131
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.037
Tags: @product
38.219
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 8.262
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.518
Then persistence is disabled 0.112
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.240
And all notifications have disappeared 7.896
When I delete the persistent partition 2.805
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.384
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.047
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:27.088
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 7.956
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.059
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.784
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:13.006
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.281
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.737
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.044
Tags: @product
51.980
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 8.398
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.057
When I try to enable persistence 1.163
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 10.966
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.040
And all notifications have disappeared 7.774
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.349
And all tps features are enabled 5.729
And all tps features but the first one are active 5.500
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.992
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:15.214
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 32.731
And I enable persistence 24.344
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.196
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.580
And persistence is enabled 6.361
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.705
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
27.561
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.612
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 19.305
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.644
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.653
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
35.322
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 8.960
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 8.549
When I enable persistence 11.374
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.065
And persistence is successfully enabled 6.374
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.939
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
29.416
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.129
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.551
When I try to enable persistence 1.262
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 4.373
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.174
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.391
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.071
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.155
Then persistence is successfully enabled 4.309
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.018
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
46.377
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.051
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.860
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.078
When I try to enable persistence 1.184
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 9.269
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.233
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.037
When I log in to a new session 11.420
And all notifications have disappeared 9.858
# 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" 0.212
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.549
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.259
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.543
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.870
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.008
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
44.798
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 8.447
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.457
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.409
When I try to enable persistence 1.221
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.373
When I log in to a new session 10.092
And all notifications have disappeared 10.083
Then the Tor Browser starts 2.018
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.694
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.978
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000