Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4496 15 Jul 2026, 11:28

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 21:10.062 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:33.400
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 1:19.365
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.988
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.247
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.798
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.908
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
28.054
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 8.299
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.204
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.302
And persistence is disabled 0.118
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.129
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.652
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:49.798
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 20.820
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.245
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.081
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.452
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.039
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.935
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.003
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.175
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.949
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.065
Tags: @product
28.874
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 7.607
And the system is very low on memory 4.312
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.156
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.363
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.087
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.497
And I free up some memory 0.821
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.989
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.037
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.839
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:42.628
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 7.827
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.309
And all tps features are active 5.049
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.979
When I disable the first tps feature 2.494
Then all tps features but the first one are active 4.814
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.295
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.198
Then all tps features but the first one are active 4.659
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.554
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
12.389
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 7.021
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.055
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.056
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.061
When I disable the first tps feature 2.547
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.056
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.055
When I enable the first tps feature 2.444
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.046
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.825
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
12.423
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 persistent partition enabled and logged in 6.969
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.072
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.058
And I disable the first tps feature 2.479
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.801
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.041
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.804
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
43.941
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 7.051
And the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 10.434
And I take note of which tps features are available 3.916
When I write some files expected to persist 1.318
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.435
# 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" 11.769
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.349
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:40.381
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 7.058
And the network is plugged 0.022
And Tor is ready 9.985
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.131
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.368
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.165
And I capture all network traffic 0.002
And the network is plugged 0.014
And Tor is ready 11.069
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.375
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.057
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.129
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.889
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.047
Tags: @product
38.918
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 8.015
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.071
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 12.123
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 17.707
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.049
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:50.945
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 8.102
When I enable persistence 16.967
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.728
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.302
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.298
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.216
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.545
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 24.274
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.141
When I cold reboot the computer 8.593
And the computer reboots Tails 36.050
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.273
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.213
Given I enable persistence 10.947
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.068
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.235
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.851
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.132
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.737
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.057
Tags: @product
2:9.881
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 7.746
# 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 29.827
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.076
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:4.070
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 20.159
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.215
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.028
Tags: @product
37.590
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 7.228
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.434
Then persistence is disabled 0.096
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.142
And all notifications have disappeared 7.722
When I delete the persistent partition 2.646
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.319
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.598
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:15.450
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 7.143
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.066
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.313
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.693
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.233
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.816
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
48.243
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 7.278
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.054
When I try to enable persistence 1.140
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 11.876
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.398
And all notifications have disappeared 7.497
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.317
And all tps features are enabled 4.890
And all tps features but the first one are active 4.789
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.972
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:8.219
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 30.713
And I enable persistence 23.164
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.795
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.567
And persistence is enabled 4.978
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.143
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
25.207
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 7.102
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 17.484
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.620
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.004
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
32.434
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 7.586
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.465
When I enable persistence 10.131
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.046
And persistence is successfully enabled 5.203
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.748
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
27.336
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 7.348
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.372
When I try to enable persistence 1.188
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.950
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.234
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.309
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.063
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.198
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.669
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.831
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
43.469
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 7.144
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.067
When I try to enable persistence 1.131
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 11.382
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.151
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.025
When I log in to a new session 9.711
And all notifications have disappeared 8.835
# 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" 0.131
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.369
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.179
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.245
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.093
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.751
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
40.474
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 7.120
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.493
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.333
When I try to enable persistence 1.125
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.023
When I log in to a new session 8.896
And all notifications have disappeared 8.357
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.298
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.823
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.786
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000