Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4500 19 Jul 2026, 12:10

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 23:20.116 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:34.634
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:19.961
And I update the APT lists using apt 7.533
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.257
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.882
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.638
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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32.266
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 8.373
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.940
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.273
And persistence is disabled 0.099
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 7.579
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.393
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:49.835
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 8.936
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.373
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.117
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 22.138
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 10.085
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.864
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.208
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.054
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.964
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008
Tags: @product
32.967
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 7.390
And the system is very low on memory 4.717
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.367
When I try to create a persistent partition 5.201
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.138
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.438
And I free up some memory 0.847
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 11.790
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.074
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.833
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:53.037
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 8.594
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.300
And all tps features are active 6.096
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.318
When I disable the first tps feature 3.137
Then all tps features but the first one are active 5.631
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.735
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:11.748
Then all tps features but the first one are active 5.474
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.795
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.012
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14.085
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 8.015
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.069
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.101
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.055
When I disable the first tps feature 3.036
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.052
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.052
When I enable the first tps feature 2.548
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.068
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.083
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.677
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
13.568
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 7.236
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.101
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.059
And I disable the first tps feature 3.198
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.922
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.048
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.642
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
50.024
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 7.146
And the network is plugged 0.025
And Tor is ready 14.355
And I take note of which tps features are available 4.650
When I write some files expected to persist 1.224
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.888
# 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" 12.735
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.282
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:54.236
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 7.623
And the network is plugged 0.049
And Tor is ready 10.326
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.140
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.474
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:12.574
And I capture all network traffic 0.004
And the network is plugged 0.024
And Tor is ready 12.340
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.425
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.116
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.136
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.619
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.063
Tags: @product
43.915
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 8.561
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.096
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 14.763
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 19.493
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.260
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
3:6.747
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 9.107
When I enable persistence 21.715
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.784
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 39.196
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.354
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.228
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.561
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 25.434
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.173
When I cold reboot the computer 10.935
And the computer reboots Tails 39.915
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.300
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.270
Given I enable persistence 11.185
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.116
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.260
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.063
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.141
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.568
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
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2:19.461
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 with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.462
# 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 31.117
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.717
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:11.762
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 22.402
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.463
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.011
Tags: @product
41.401
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 7.604
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 16.264
Then persistence is disabled 0.088
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.780
And all notifications have disappeared 8.536
When I delete the persistent partition 2.739
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.388
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.882
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:26.667
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 7.503
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.053
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.205
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:11.665
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.239
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.598
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.038
Tags: @product
53.799
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 8.440
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.076
When I try to enable persistence 1.168
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 13.138
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.985
And all notifications have disappeared 7.782
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.324
And all tps features are enabled 5.489
And all tps features but the first one are active 5.393
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.005
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:20.550
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 34.383
And I enable persistence 27.251
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.575
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.606
And persistence is enabled 6.732
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.841
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
30.128
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 7.769
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 21.715
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.643
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.653
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
38.013
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 8.432
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 11.573
When I enable persistence 10.875
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.048
And persistence is successfully enabled 7.084
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.703
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
31.733
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 7.592
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.812
When I try to enable persistence 1.252
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 4.368
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.248
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.714
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.077
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.141
Then persistence is successfully enabled 4.526
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.023
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
47.401
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 7.770
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.081
When I try to enable persistence 1.206
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 11.697
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.150
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.029
When I log in to a new session 11.906
And all notifications have disappeared 8.859
# 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" 0.780
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.481
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.280
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.393
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.764
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.072
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
45.639
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 7.503
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.308
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.341
When I try to enable persistence 1.188
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.213
When I log in to a new session 9.880
And all notifications have disappeared 9.643
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.864
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.695
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.690
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000