Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4473 30 Jun 2026, 07:56

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 22:10.466 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:33.272
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:19.630
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.377
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.295
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.969
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.698
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
30.814
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 9.017
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 16.002
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.269
And persistence is disabled 0.091
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.434
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.971
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:44.946
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 8.634
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.433
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.109
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 19.096
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.073
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 1:6.507
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.176
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.051
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.903
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
Tags: @product
29.394
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 7.584
And the system is very low on memory 3.524
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.244
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.759
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.159
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.433
And I free up some memory 0.980
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.657
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.050
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.922
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:50.975
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 8.353
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.294
And all tps features are active 5.991
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.074
When I disable the first tps feature 2.469
Then all tps features but the first one are active 5.214
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.316
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:9.658
Then all tps features but the first one are active 5.602
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.788
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.036
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13.000
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 7.586
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.058
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.055
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.062
When I disable the first tps feature 2.482
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.055
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.058
When I enable the first tps feature 2.549
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.048
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.042
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.782
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
13.245
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 7.679
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.055
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.075
And I disable the first tps feature 2.531
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.837
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.065
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.988
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
44.628
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 7.157
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 13.366
And I take note of which tps features are available 4.541
When I write some files expected to persist 1.172
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.784
# 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" 12.589
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.129
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:49.002
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 7.844
And the network is plugged 0.025
And Tor is ready 10.181
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.146
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.763
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.925
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.014
And Tor is ready 12.524
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.363
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.066
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.144
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.000
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.092
Tags: @product
42.366
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 stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.759
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.094
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 15.395
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 17.116
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.193
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:52.399
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 8.471
When I enable persistence 16.553
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.953
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.647
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.371
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.246
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.521
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 25.394
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.159
When I cold reboot the computer 6.369
And the computer reboots Tails 36.680
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.272
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.236
Given I enable persistence 10.656
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.082
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.255
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.389
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.136
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.991
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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2:17.493
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 enabled and logged in 8.247
# 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 29.326
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.716
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:8.248
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 21.954
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.362
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
39.077
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 7.717
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.209
Then persistence is disabled 0.111
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.409
And all notifications have disappeared 7.830
When I delete the persistent partition 3.347
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.451
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.710
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:26.615
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.011
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.651
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.052
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.570
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:9.096
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.244
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.634
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
50.353
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 7.794
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.062
When I try to enable persistence 1.175
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 11.426
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.621
And all notifications have disappeared 7.823
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.374
And all tps features are enabled 4.840
And all tps features but the first one are active 5.235
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.950
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:12.086
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 31.523
And I enable persistence 23.855
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.453
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.771
And persistence is enabled 5.483
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.781
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
27.573
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 7.258
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 19.768
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.546
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.782
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
34.906
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 8.693
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.356
When I enable persistence 11.000
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.061
And persistence is successfully enabled 5.795
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.946
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
28.925
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 7.951
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.569
When I try to enable persistence 1.232
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.870
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.180
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.546
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.072
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.169
Then persistence is successfully enabled 4.333
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.836
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
44.842
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 7.232
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.102
When I try to enable persistence 1.156
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 9.469
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.201
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.042
When I log in to a new session 12.014
And all notifications have disappeared 9.537
# 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" 0.242
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.509
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.183
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.318
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.831
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.945
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
44.546
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 7.880
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.693
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.305
When I try to enable persistence 1.218
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.331
When I log in to a new session 10.845
And all notifications have disappeared 8.803
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.362
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.107
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.057
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000