Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4472 29 Jun 2026, 11:18

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 22:9.526 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:33.862
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 1:19.880
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.733
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.271
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.977
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.968
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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30.311
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 9.133
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.500
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.274
And persistence is disabled 0.108
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.295
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.172
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:44.241
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 8.345
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.336
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.110
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 18.032
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.061
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.691
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.370
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.216
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.075
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.014
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
Tags: @product
30.602
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 7.543
And the system is very low on memory 4.044
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.172
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.832
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.128
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.354
And I free up some memory 0.940
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 10.540
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.045
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.666
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:51.342
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 8.345
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.374
And all tps features are active 6.043
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.076
When I disable the first tps feature 2.613
Then all tps features but the first one are active 5.094
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.895
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:10.408
Then all tps features but the first one are active 5.489
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.891
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
Tags: @product
13.178
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 7.635
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.089
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.050
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.052
When I disable the first tps feature 2.676
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.077
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.035
When I enable the first tps feature 2.434
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.070
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.054
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.990
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
13.189
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 7.279
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.115
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.060
And I disable the first tps feature 2.710
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.970
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.052
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.058
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
48.023
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 7.246
And the network is plugged 0.013
And Tor is ready 13.817
And I take note of which tps features are available 3.986
When I write some files expected to persist 1.137
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.599
# 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" 12.222
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.275
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:48.042
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 7.395
And the network is plugged 0.042
And Tor is ready 9.643
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.115
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.522
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:8.519
And I capture all network traffic 0.005
And the network is plugged 0.018
And Tor is ready 12.099
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.453
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.090
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.135
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.891
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.056
Tags: @product
41.068
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 8.873
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.071
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 13.916
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 17.206
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.774
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:58.266
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 8.484
When I enable persistence 19.280
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.857
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.689
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.390
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.255
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.500
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 24.301
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.191
When I cold reboot the computer 8.974
And the computer reboots Tails 37.981
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.300
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.221
Given I enable persistence 11.184
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.091
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.253
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.146
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.160
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.600
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.018
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2:12.950
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 8.429
# 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 29.446
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.749
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:6.861
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 18.463
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.424
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.014
Tags: @product
37.940
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 7.971
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.064
Then persistence is disabled 0.146
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.916
And all notifications have disappeared 7.784
When I delete the persistent partition 2.735
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.321
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.807
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:29.608
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 8.046
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.051
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.416
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:11.832
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.261
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.730
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.024
Tags: @product
48.502
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 7.662
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.054
When I try to enable persistence 1.198
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 10.768
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.040
And all notifications have disappeared 7.862
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.287
And all tps features are enabled 4.733
And all tps features but the first one are active 4.894
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.772
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:12.114
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 30.594
And I enable persistence 23.881
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.335
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.619
And persistence is enabled 5.683
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.743
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
27.014
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 7.039
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 19.454
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.520
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.745
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
34.437
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 8.379
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 8.744
When I enable persistence 11.397
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.045
And persistence is successfully enabled 5.870
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.908
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
28.030
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 7.947
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.644
When I try to enable persistence 1.223
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.905
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.168
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.627
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.049
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.154
Then persistence is successfully enabled 4.308
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.797
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
43.613
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 8.182
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.066
When I try to enable persistence 1.176
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 8.869
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.214
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.039
When I log in to a new session 11.102
And all notifications have disappeared 9.087
# 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" 0.173
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.126
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.248
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.503
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.821
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.692
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
43.184
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 7.673
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.269
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.384
When I try to enable persistence 1.196
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.795
When I log in to a new session 10.981
And all notifications have disappeared 8.659
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.463
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.760
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.617
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000