Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4485 08 Jul 2026, 11:17

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 22:9.104 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:33.851
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 1:19.949
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.841
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.275
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.784
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.918
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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29.011
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 8.630
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.528
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.234
And persistence is disabled 0.084
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.534
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.898
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:44.591
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 8.621
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.314
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.104
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 18.510
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.056
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.714
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.971
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.230
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.066
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.704
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
Tags: @product
29.634
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 logged in 7.401
And the system is very low on memory 4.369
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.187
When I try to create a persistent partition 5.169
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.125
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.361
And I free up some memory 0.875
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.099
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.715
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:51.823
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 8.709
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.400
And all tps features are active 5.361
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.047
When I disable the first tps feature 2.537
Then all tps features but the first one are active 5.592
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.925
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:10.887
Then all tps features but the first one are active 5.362
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.934
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.029
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13.752
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 7.523
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.089
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.160
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.102
When I disable the first tps feature 3.154
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.080
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.041
When I enable the first tps feature 2.481
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.064
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.054
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.033
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
13.053
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 with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.366
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.091
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.059
And I disable the first tps feature 2.550
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.935
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.050
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.787
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
47.846
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.014
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.600
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 12.611
And I take note of which tps features are available 4.383
When I write some files expected to persist 1.305
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.347
# 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" 12.582
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.467
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:52.598
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 7.292
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 11.404
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.156
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.333
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:10.486
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.019
And Tor is ready 13.300
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.394
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.074
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.117
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.972
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.059
Tags: @product
39.111
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.013
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.667
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 13.208
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.161
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.924
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:56.696
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 8.761
When I enable persistence 18.175
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.690
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.573
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.343
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.247
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.578
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 24.778
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.162
When I cold reboot the computer 8.970
And the computer reboots Tails 37.654
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.241
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.166
Given I enable persistence 11.693
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.072
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.232
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.166
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.188
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.721
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.024
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2:14.045
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 8.079
# 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 27.845
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.417
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:6.586
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 23.115
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.053
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
Tags: @product
37.749
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 7.595
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.843
Then persistence is disabled 0.114
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.233
And all notifications have disappeared 7.893
When I delete the persistent partition 2.705
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.364
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.014
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:25.816
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 7.343
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.053
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.443
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:8.618
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.355
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.042
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008
Tags: @product
49.623
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 7.735
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.051
When I try to enable persistence 1.174
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 9.817
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.030
And all notifications have disappeared 7.621
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.792
And all tps features are enabled 5.361
And all tps features but the first one are active 5.038
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.617
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:12.990
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 31.246
And I enable persistence 24.216
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.513
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.606
And persistence is enabled 6.407
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.721
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
26.570
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 7.119
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 18.942
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.507
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.601
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
34.242
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 7.880
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 8.706
When I enable persistence 11.437
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.095
And persistence is successfully enabled 6.123
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.132
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
27.970
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.023
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.493
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.467
When I try to enable persistence 1.267
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 4.048
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.164
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.327
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.061
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.157
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.982
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.823
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
43.587
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 7.475
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.061
When I try to enable persistence 1.173
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 9.567
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.205
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.058
When I log in to a new session 11.581
And all notifications have disappeared 8.199
# 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" 0.201
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.109
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.436
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.557
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.960
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.586
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
44.535
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 7.741
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.925
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.356
When I try to enable persistence 1.302
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.798
When I log in to a new session 11.076
And all notifications have disappeared 8.703
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.520
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.108
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.893
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000