Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4493 14 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 22:32.000 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:34.238
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 1:20.505
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.456
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.305
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.970
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.590
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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28.903
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 8.582
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.152
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.256
And persistence is disabled 0.085
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.824
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.222
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:45.601
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 9.205
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.309
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.112
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 19.651
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.052
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.545
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:10.454
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.208
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.061
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.789
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.018
Tags: @product
29.959
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 7.893
And the system is very low on memory 3.632
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.178
When I try to create a persistent partition 5.130
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.139
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.511
And I free up some memory 0.894
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.521
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.057
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.845
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:53.626
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 8.976
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.302
And all tps features are active 5.845
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.179
When I disable the first tps feature 2.542
Then all tps features but the first one are active 6.401
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.576
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:11.643
Then all tps features but the first one are active 6.159
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.631
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.037
Tags: @product
13.369
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 7.361
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.150
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.063
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.086
When I disable the first tps feature 2.987
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.055
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.042
When I enable the first tps feature 2.490
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.076
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.054
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.800
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
12.993
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 7.297
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.054
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.070
And I disable the first tps feature 2.586
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.922
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.062
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.916
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
47.948
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.017
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.577
And the network is plugged 0.014
And Tor is ready 12.140
And I take note of which tps features are available 4.701
When I write some files expected to persist 1.226
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.437
# 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" 12.850
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.406
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:52.753
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 enabled and logged in 7.762
And the network is plugged 0.028
And Tor is ready 10.695
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.236
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.637
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:11.696
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.019
And Tor is ready 12.022
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.421
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.100
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.129
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.577
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.095
Tags: @product
41.669
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 without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.951
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.121
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 13.909
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 17.686
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.903
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:58.117
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 8.981
When I enable persistence 18.159
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.877
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.525
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.369
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.242
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.522
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 25.580
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.135
When I cold reboot the computer 6.289
And the computer reboots Tails 38.239
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.263
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.355
Given I enable persistence 11.919
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.078
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.256
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.188
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.131
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.794
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.024
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2:18.562
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 8.630
# 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 24.799
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.639
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:13.899
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 22.593
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.155
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.027
Tags: @product
40.979
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 8.516
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.771
Then persistence is disabled 0.121
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.648
And all notifications have disappeared 8.206
When I delete the persistent partition 3.330
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.384
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.033
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:27.973
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 8.104
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.056
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.664
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:9.873
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.273
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.756
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.040
Tags: @product
50.755
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 7.981
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.076
When I try to enable persistence 1.198
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 9.531
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.039
And all notifications have disappeared 7.979
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.353
And all tps features are enabled 5.459
And all tps features but the first one are active 6.136
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.174
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:13.540
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 32.067
And I enable persistence 24.555
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.359
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.566
And persistence is enabled 5.992
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.070
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
26.590
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.010
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 7.113
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 18.798
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.677
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.853
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
37.338
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 8.493
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 10.043
When I enable persistence 11.631
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.060
And persistence is successfully enabled 7.110
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.029
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
29.039
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 8.401
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.665
When I try to enable persistence 1.271
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.764
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.160
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.354
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.055
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.149
Then persistence is successfully enabled 4.216
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.776
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
42.950
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 7.754
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.094
When I try to enable persistence 1.196
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 8.553
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.181
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.023
When I log in to a new session 12.142
And all notifications have disappeared 8.541
# 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" 0.167
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.082
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.165
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.261
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.785
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.863
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
45.090
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 8.103
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.896
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.352
When I try to enable persistence 1.176
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.187
When I log in to a new session 11.971
And all notifications have disappeared 8.800
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.787
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.814
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.747
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000