Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4480 02 Jul 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 21:56.287 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:29.341
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 1:16.236
And I update the APT lists using apt 5.942
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.231
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.929
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.905
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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27.945
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 8.426
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.083
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.265
And persistence is disabled 0.090
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.079
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.829
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:40.754
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 8.297
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.295
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.179
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 18.613
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.049
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.655
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.402
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.204
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.057
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.511
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
28.616
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 7.216
And the system is very low on memory 3.642
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.124
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.724
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.102
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.393
And I free up some memory 0.793
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.567
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.051
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.631
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:50.016
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 8.707
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.378
And all tps features are active 5.138
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.188
When I disable the first tps feature 2.605
Then all tps features but the first one are active 5.649
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.712
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:9.429
Then all tps features but the first one are active 5.205
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.840
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.030
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13.355
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 7.778
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.086
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.063
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.075
When I disable the first tps feature 2.662
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.050
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.032
When I enable the first tps feature 2.504
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.055
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.866
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
13.287
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 7.386
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.078
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.059
And I disable the first tps feature 2.571
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.110
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.081
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.998
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
42.925
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 enabled and logged in 7.628
And the network is plugged 0.027
And Tor is ready 10.206
And I take note of which tps features are available 4.576
When I write some files expected to persist 1.353
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.991
# 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" 12.141
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.373
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:43.845
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 7.230
And the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 9.927
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.143
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.022
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.908
And I capture all network traffic 0.012
And the network is plugged 0.014
And Tor is ready 11.938
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.426
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.095
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.110
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.030
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.043
Tags: @product
41.789
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 8.522
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.074
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 14.558
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 17.633
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.224
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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3:0.606
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 8.350
When I enable persistence 17.976
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.815
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.806
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.396
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.238
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.485
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 25.195
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.169
When I cold reboot the computer 9.010
And the computer reboots Tails 39.803
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.308
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.195
Given I enable persistence 12.098
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.079
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.259
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.238
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.178
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.769
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
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2:16.804
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 8.655
# 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 30.144
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.465
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:9.651
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 22.887
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.356
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
Tags: @product
38.890
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 8.340
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.142
Then persistence is disabled 0.083
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.033
And all notifications have disappeared 7.929
When I delete the persistent partition 2.911
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.449
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.007
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:27.050
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 7.873
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.084
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.961
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:8.904
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.225
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.719
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.023
Tags: @product
51.054
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 8.256
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.050
When I try to enable persistence 1.224
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 10.159
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.585
And all notifications have disappeared 7.541
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.341
And all tps features are enabled 5.556
And all tps features but the first one are active 5.338
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.706
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:11.754
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 30.154
And I enable persistence 25.081
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.797
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.718
And persistence is enabled 6.002
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.366
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
27.151
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 7.199
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 19.412
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.540
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.615
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
34.849
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 8.409
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 8.783
When I enable persistence 11.052
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.052
And persistence is successfully enabled 6.551
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.904
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
28.273
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 7.956
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.709
When I try to enable persistence 1.341
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.355
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.183
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.547
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.048
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.179
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.951
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.933
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
44.271
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 7.631
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.055
When I try to enable persistence 1.194
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 8.955
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.217
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.026
When I log in to a new session 12.137
And all notifications have disappeared 8.708
# 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" 0.193
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.560
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.195
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.596
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.801
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.024
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
43.700
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 7.821
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.661
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.314
When I try to enable persistence 1.191
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.505
When I log in to a new session 10.967
And all notifications have disappeared 8.867
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.609
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.762
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.153
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000