Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4469 26 Jun 2026, 11:20

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 22:14.677 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:33.884
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 1:20.090
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.696
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.262
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.835
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.251
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
29.135
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 9.005
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.354
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.229
And persistence is disabled 0.095
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.450
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.842
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:44.659
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 8.405
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.317
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.087
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.876
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.071
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.748
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.931
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.170
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.050
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.642
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008
Tags: @product
30.680
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 7.652
And the system is very low on memory 4.182
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.236
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.775
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 2.389
And I free up some memory 0.810
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 10.471
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.057
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.595
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:51.423
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 8.639
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.315
And all tps features are active 5.580
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.578
When I disable the first tps feature 2.646
Then all tps features but the first one are active 5.707
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.992
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:10.026
Then all tps features but the first one are active 4.937
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.787
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
Tags: @product
13.337
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 7.533
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.077
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.070
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.048
When I disable the first tps feature 2.799
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.077
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.079
When I enable the first tps feature 2.552
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.044
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.051
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.870
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
13.518
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.158
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.091
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.071
And I disable the first tps feature 3.126
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.017
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.052
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.787
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
48.041
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 7.457
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 13.132
And I take note of which tps features are available 4.531
When I write some files expected to persist 1.196
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.447
# 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" 12.259
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.266
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:50.727
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 7.559
And the network is plugged 0.022
And Tor is ready 9.980
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.122
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.562
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:11.139
And I capture all network traffic 0.010
And the network is plugged 0.024
And Tor is ready 11.641
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.419
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.100
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.145
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.727
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.038
Tags: @product
40.283
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 without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.617
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.075
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 13.390
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 17.200
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.270
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:59.474
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.597
When I enable persistence 17.997
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.887
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.839
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.308
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.232
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.543
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 25.022
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.199
When I cold reboot the computer 9.100
And the computer reboots Tails 37.463
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.320
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.200
Given I enable persistence 12.109
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.085
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.285
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.128
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.153
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.916
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.020
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2:6.092
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.490
# 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 23.468
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.934
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:9.298
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 18.900
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.039
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
Tags: @product
38.670
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 8.366
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.647
Then persistence is disabled 0.115
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.484
And all notifications have disappeared 7.922
When I delete the persistent partition 2.742
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.391
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.655
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:24.308
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 8.435
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.112
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.981
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:8.540
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.237
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.997
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
53.318
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.301
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.073
When I try to enable persistence 1.184
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 12.233
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.471
And all notifications have disappeared 7.530
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.411
And all tps features are enabled 5.163
And all tps features but the first one are active 4.947
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.897
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:15.776
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 33.899
And I enable persistence 24.669
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.329
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.786
And persistence is enabled 6.091
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.328
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
26.278
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
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 6.934
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 18.750
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.592
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.004
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
35.703
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 8.858
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.424
When I enable persistence 11.414
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.049
And persistence is successfully enabled 5.956
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.549
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
29.546
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.989
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.757
When I try to enable persistence 1.329
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.913
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.171
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.521
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.043
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.165
Then persistence is successfully enabled 4.653
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.757
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
45.218
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.742
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.050
When I try to enable persistence 1.183
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 9.652
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.151
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.026
When I log in to a new session 11.426
And all notifications have disappeared 9.558
# 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" 0.198
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.646
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.241
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.504
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.834
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.167
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
44.598
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 7.767
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.649
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.325
When I try to enable persistence 1.182
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.494
When I log in to a new session 11.197
And all notifications have disappeared 8.636
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.285
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.059
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.802
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000