Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4488 10 Jul 2026, 11:13

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 20:54.666 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:30.542
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 1:17.286
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.151
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.239
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.864
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.923
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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27.759
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 8.352
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.914
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.273
And persistence is disabled 0.176
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.042
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.201
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:39.151
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 8.243
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.313
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.092
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.421
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.050
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.318
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.497
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.180
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.034
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.607
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.012
Tags: @product
27.394
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 7.270
And the system is very low on memory 3.262
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.137
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.503
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.098
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.321
And I free up some memory 0.818
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.929
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.051
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.788
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:39.253
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 8.090
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.295
And all tps features are active 5.405
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.786
When I disable the first tps feature 2.477
Then all tps features but the first one are active 4.631
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.670
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.493
Then all tps features but the first one are active 4.402
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.969
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
12.878
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 7.543
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.060
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.061
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.056
When I disable the first tps feature 2.487
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.049
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.045
When I enable the first tps feature 2.470
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.049
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.052
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.857
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
12.666
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 7.091
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.060
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.069
And I disable the first tps feature 2.482
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.916
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.045
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.610
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
43.707
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 7.235
And the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 10.057
And I take note of which tps features are available 4.155
When I write some files expected to persist 1.180
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.301
# 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" 11.760
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.594
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:42.129
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 7.231
And the network is plugged 0.021
And Tor is ready 9.500
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.110
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.688
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.190
And I capture all network traffic 0.002
And the network is plugged 0.025
And Tor is ready 12.759
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.404
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.089
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.104
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.709
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.050
Tags: @product
38.877
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 stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.227
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.087
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 12.583
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.978
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.094
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:50.868
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 8.481
When I enable persistence 16.412
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.828
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.413
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.337
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.219
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.526
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 24.747
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.149
When I cold reboot the computer 8.714
And the computer reboots Tails 35.542
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.295
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.251
Given I enable persistence 10.687
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.080
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.224
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.758
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.197
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.964
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
Tags: @product
2:7.784
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 8.189
# 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 25.851
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.377
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:2.897
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 21.469
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.357
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.024
Tags: @product
36.743
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 8.153
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.765
Then persistence is disabled 0.088
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.088
And all notifications have disappeared 7.672
When I delete the persistent partition 2.656
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.318
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.974
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:22.001
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 8.064
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.057
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.424
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.248
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.205
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.748
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
48.355
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 8.186
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.053
When I try to enable persistence 1.137
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 11.601
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.479
And all notifications have disappeared 7.637
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.276
And all tps features are enabled 4.257
And all tps features but the first one are active 4.725
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.033
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:7.423
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 30.069
And I enable persistence 21.747
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.788
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.586
And persistence is enabled 5.231
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.958
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
25.509
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 6.824
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 18.191
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.493
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.701
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
31.694
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 8.187
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 7.746
When I enable persistence 10.295
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.058
And persistence is successfully enabled 5.407
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.089
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
26.537
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 7.933
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.837
When I try to enable persistence 1.213
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.386
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.157
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.279
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.073
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.200
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.456
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.653
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
41.843
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 7.494
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.078
When I try to enable persistence 1.161
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 8.746
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.206
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.028
When I log in to a new session 9.983
And all notifications have disappeared 9.448
# 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" 0.170
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.481
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.145
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.239
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.657
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.912
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
41.545
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 7.394
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.423
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.310
When I try to enable persistence 1.158
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.900
When I log in to a new session 10.504
And all notifications have disappeared 8.511
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.672
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.669
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.653
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000