Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4460 18 Jun 2026, 16:16

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 21:13.747 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:30.429
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 1:17.052
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.287
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.244
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.845
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.823
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
26.658
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.621
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.097
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.237
And persistence is disabled 0.085
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.616
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.530
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:40.772
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 logged in 8.803
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.318
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.263
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.078
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.037
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.911
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.061
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.215
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.083
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.041
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.018
Tags: @product
28.503
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 7.852
And the system is very low on memory 3.405
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.147
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.492
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.086
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.346
And I free up some memory 1.073
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.044
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.055
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.743
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:44.955
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 8.147
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.266
And all tps features are active 5.176
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.970
When I disable the first tps feature 2.486
Then all tps features but the first one are active 4.643
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.242
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.466
Then all tps features but the first one are active 4.555
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.830
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.024
Tags: @product
13.332
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 enabled and logged in 7.514
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.072
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.057
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.056
When I disable the first tps feature 3.001
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.049
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.045
When I enable the first tps feature 2.437
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.050
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.048
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.847
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
12.831
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 7.205
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.064
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.054
And I disable the first tps feature 2.562
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.887
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.056
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.880
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
47.311
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 7.390
And the network is plugged 0.027
And Tor is ready 13.634
And I take note of which tps features are available 3.761
When I write some files expected to persist 1.110
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.488
# 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" 11.899
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.525
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:45.194
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 7.195
And the network is plugged 0.018
And Tor is ready 11.215
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.114
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.579
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.818
And I capture all network traffic 0.017
And the network is plugged 0.031
And Tor is ready 12.681
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.363
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.085
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.073
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.704
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.050
Tags: @product
37.608
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 8.899
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.072
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 12.644
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 14.992
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.865
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:46.575
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.295
When I enable persistence 16.141
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.799
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.155
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.267
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.216
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.450
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 24.238
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.144
When I cold reboot the computer 5.091
And the computer reboots Tails 35.633
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.251
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.163
Given I enable persistence 10.573
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.070
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.234
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.694
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.152
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.709
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.018
Tags: @product
2:9.342
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 enabled and logged in 8.493
# 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 26.106
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.887
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:3.997
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 20.857
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.289
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.019
Tags: @product
36.850
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 with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.558
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.687
Then persistence is disabled 0.093
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.753
And all notifications have disappeared 7.747
When I delete the persistent partition 2.683
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.326
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.858
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:25.536
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 8.324
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.100
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.204
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.716
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.191
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.730
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.018
Tags: @product
48.166
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 8.149
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.047
When I try to enable persistence 1.143
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 9.653
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.463
And all notifications have disappeared 7.587
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.230
And all tps features are enabled 4.732
And all tps features but the first one are active 5.157
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.527
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:8.200
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 31.211
And I enable persistence 21.673
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.948
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.501
And persistence is enabled 4.864
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.595
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
25.419
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.094
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 17.793
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.531
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.830
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
33.806
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 8.376
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.666
When I enable persistence 10.646
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.053
And persistence is successfully enabled 5.064
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.922
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
26.394
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 7.747
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.485
When I try to enable persistence 1.196
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.802
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.167
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.681
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.079
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.153
Then persistence is successfully enabled 4.080
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.784
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
44.324
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 7.653
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.049
When I try to enable persistence 1.151
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 9.425
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.206
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.030
When I log in to a new session 11.271
And all notifications have disappeared 9.456
# 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" 0.167
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.553
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.176
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.447
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.735
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.739
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
41.531
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 7.764
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.804
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.316
When I try to enable persistence 1.202
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.150
When I log in to a new session 9.153
And all notifications have disappeared 8.807
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.528
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.803
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.787
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000