Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4479 01 Jul 2026, 15:51

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 22:26.417 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:31.492
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 1:17.978
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.379
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.268
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.867
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.746
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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28.403
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 8.674
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.936
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.253
And persistence is disabled 0.105
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.434
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.795
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:43.187
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 8.534
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.318
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.107
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 19.298
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.059
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.675
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.968
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.181
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.654
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
Tags: @product
29.344
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 7.325
And the system is very low on memory 3.904
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.205
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.874
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.096
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.478
And I free up some memory 0.811
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.577
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.071
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.928
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:49.319
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 8.653
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.326
And all tps features are active 5.473
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.935
When I disable the first tps feature 2.571
Then all tps features but the first one are active 5.291
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.880
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:8.780
Then all tps features but the first one are active 5.406
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.940
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
Tags: @product
13.316
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 7.836
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.097
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.060
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.068
When I disable the first tps feature 2.532
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.070
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.046
When I enable the first tps feature 2.511
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.051
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.039
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.961
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
12.920
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 7.220
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.073
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.065
And I disable the first tps feature 2.540
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.975
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.981
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
48.997
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 7.573
And the network is plugged 0.020
And Tor is ready 13.488
And I take note of which tps features are available 4.647
When I write some files expected to persist 1.266
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.483
# 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" 12.517
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.292
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:49.521
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 7.478
And the network is plugged 0.022
And Tor is ready 10.329
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.154
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.420
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:10.278
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 11.218
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.411
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.063
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.122
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.184
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.058
Tags: @product
38.046
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.962
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 12.974
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 15.033
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.727
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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3:13.261
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 22.528
When I enable persistence 17.563
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.026
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.679
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.319
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.249
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.624
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 26.663
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.166
When I cold reboot the computer 8.993
And the computer reboots Tails 38.064
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.297
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.200
Given I enable persistence 11.843
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.083
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.233
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.583
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.140
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.671
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008
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2:19.727
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 9.040
# 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 28.421
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.697
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:10.023
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 22.545
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.879
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.013
Tags: @product
39.074
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 8.385
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.864
Then persistence is disabled 0.095
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.861
And all notifications have disappeared 7.845
When I delete the persistent partition 2.710
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.311
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.659
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:26.653
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 8.280
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.085
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.949
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:11.013
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.323
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.622
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.010
Tags: @product
51.952
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 8.082
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.055
When I try to enable persistence 1.182
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 11.080
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.686
And all notifications have disappeared 7.548
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.959
And all tps features are enabled 5.752
And all tps features but the first one are active 5.605
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.859
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:12.179
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 31.490
And I enable persistence 24.589
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.182
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.739
And persistence is enabled 6.176
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.239
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
26.743
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 7.143
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 19.116
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.483
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.077
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
34.252
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 8.343
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 8.466
When I enable persistence 11.135
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.066
And persistence is successfully enabled 6.239
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.995
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
27.944
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 7.924
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.520
When I try to enable persistence 1.361
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.261
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.163
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.326
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.043
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.160
Then persistence is successfully enabled 4.181
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.831
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
43.694
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.005
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 the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.065
When I try to enable persistence 1.147
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 8.573
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.178
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.027
When I log in to a new session 11.695
And all notifications have disappeared 8.686
# 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" 0.229
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.167
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.252
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.398
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.714
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.890
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
46.383
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 8.025
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.713
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.353
When I try to enable persistence 1.167
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.836
When I log in to a new session 11.026
And all notifications have disappeared 8.462
Then the Tor Browser starts 2.030
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.767
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.955
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000