Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4471 28 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 22:25.403 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:33.853
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 1:20.148
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.486
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.257
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.961
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.867
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
29.577
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 8.865
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.988
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.289
And persistence is disabled 0.106
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.327
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.916
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:45.515
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 8.676
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.277
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.087
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 19.221
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.047
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.647
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.263
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.206
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.087
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.814
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
29.844
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 7.374
And the system is very low on memory 3.961
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.380
When I try to create a persistent partition 5.149
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.116
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.466
And I free up some memory 0.991
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.333
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.069
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.046
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:53.476
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 8.714
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.329
And all tps features are active 5.661
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.110
When I disable the first tps feature 3.058
Then all tps features but the first one are active 5.975
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.136
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:11.334
Then all tps features but the first one are active 5.155
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.965
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008
Tags: @product
13.541
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.008
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.500
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.154
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.072
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.080
When I disable the first tps feature 3.048
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.054
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.055
When I enable the first tps feature 2.462
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.059
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.051
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.717
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
13.957
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 7.144
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.067
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.060
And I disable the first tps feature 3.061
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.574
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.048
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.935
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
47.924
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 7.444
And the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 12.615
And I take note of which tps features are available 4.657
When I write some files expected to persist 1.169
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.452
# 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" 12.570
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.357
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:49.122
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 7.307
And the network is plugged 0.021
And Tor is ready 10.328
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.153
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.455
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:9.173
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.021
And Tor is ready 12.036
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.422
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.065
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.134
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.837
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.063
Tags: @product
43.616
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 without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.178
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.096
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 14.896
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 18.444
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.029
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
3:11.896
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 22.454
When I enable persistence 17.966
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.673
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.731
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.347
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.309
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.533
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 26.303
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.142
When I cold reboot the computer 8.949
And the computer reboots Tails 37.368
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.248
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.218
Given I enable persistence 11.556
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.097
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.281
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.564
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.148
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.016
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.034
Tags: @product
2:11.833
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 8.419
# 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 25.045
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.042
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:9.215
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 22.109
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.384
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
39.116
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 7.845
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.183
Then persistence is disabled 0.115
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.884
And all notifications have disappeared 7.981
When I delete the persistent partition 2.740
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.365
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.670
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:26.714
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 7.559
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.056
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.726
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:9.029
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.342
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.685
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.018
Tags: @product
50.274
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 7.704
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.036
When I try to enable persistence 1.181
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 10.127
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.220
And all notifications have disappeared 7.809
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.425
And all tps features are enabled 5.230
And all tps features but the first one are active 5.538
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.014
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:10.262
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 30.120
And I enable persistence 23.212
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.300
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.711
And persistence is enabled 5.917
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.136
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
25.749
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 7.089
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 18.073
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.586
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.020
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
32.607
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 7.533
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 8.125
When I enable persistence 10.734
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.053
And persistence is successfully enabled 6.160
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.591
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
28.746
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 7.811
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.978
When I try to enable persistence 1.255
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.650
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.159
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.454
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.090
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.161
Then persistence is successfully enabled 4.184
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.966
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
42.852
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 7.253
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.060
When I try to enable persistence 1.140
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 8.861
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.207
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.026
When I log in to a new session 11.484
And all notifications have disappeared 9.065
# 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" 0.265
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.118
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.236
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.377
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.754
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.975
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
44.920
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 8.247
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.063
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.311
When I try to enable persistence 1.173
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.074
When I log in to a new session 11.218
And all notifications have disappeared 9.013
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.899
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.918
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.881
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000