Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4501 20 Jul 2026, 17:59

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 21:54.782 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:34.956
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 1:20.697
And I update the APT lists using apt 7.012
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.368
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.878
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.859
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
29.085
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.079
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.240
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.242
And persistence is disabled 0.098
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.423
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.070
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:39.775
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.009
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 8.501
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.265
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.084
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 21.330
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.044
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.415
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.849
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.209
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.072
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.799
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
Tags: @product
31.190
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 7.714
And the system is very low on memory 4.554
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.190
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.677
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.170
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.415
And I free up some memory 0.969
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 10.437
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.060
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.590
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:45.859
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 8.057
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.311
And all tps features are active 5.639
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.004
When I disable the first tps feature 2.550
Then all tps features but the first one are active 4.832
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.925
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:10.369
Then all tps features but the first one are active 5.168
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.873
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
13.693
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 8.195
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.061
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.062
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.050
When I disable the first tps feature 2.636
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.086
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.047
When I enable the first tps feature 2.427
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.062
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.064
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.019
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
12.902
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 7.307
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.067
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.085
And I disable the first tps feature 2.581
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.814
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.046
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.917
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
44.104
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 7.092
And the network is plugged 0.018
And Tor is ready 13.720
And I take note of which tps features are available 4.314
When I write some files expected to persist 1.124
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.412
# 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" 12.422
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.183
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:43.147
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 7.031
And the network is plugged 0.019
And Tor is ready 10.174
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.130
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.522
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:8.053
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 11.599
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.423
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.063
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.108
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.705
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.038
Tags: @product
41.962
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 stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.284
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.086
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 14.970
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 17.622
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.976
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
2:53.559
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 8.784
When I enable persistence 19.287
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.748
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.758
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.291
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.222
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.543
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 24.698
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.192
When I cold reboot the computer 6.160
And the computer reboots Tails 36.568
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.267
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.208
Given I enable persistence 11.414
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.078
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.334
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.852
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.146
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.725
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
2:17.831
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 8.126
# 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 32.223
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.533
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:10.696
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 21.252
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.266
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.029
Tags: @product
39.649
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 7.371
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.255
Then persistence is disabled 0.096
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.416
And all notifications have disappeared 8.334
When I delete the persistent partition 2.812
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.361
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.890
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:21.247
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 7.153
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.084
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.062
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.723
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.223
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.538
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.014
Tags: @product
51.584
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 7.617
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.102
When I try to enable persistence 1.164
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 12.362
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.778
And all notifications have disappeared 7.837
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.249
And all tps features are enabled 5.097
And all tps features but the first one are active 5.374
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.710
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:13.995
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 32.560
And I enable persistence 26.053
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.037
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.701
And persistence is enabled 5.643
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.942
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
26.551
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 7.128
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 18.925
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.497
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.736
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
34.253
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.002
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.889
When I enable persistence 10.111
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.037
And persistence is successfully enabled 6.212
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.935
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
29.280
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 7.700
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.006
When I try to enable persistence 1.262
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.722
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.183
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.411
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.078
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.146
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.768
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.913
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
45.529
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 7.695
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.071
When I try to enable persistence 1.243
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 11.207
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.178
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.057
When I log in to a new session 10.607
And all notifications have disappeared 9.531
# 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" 0.175
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.358
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.160
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.331
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.911
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.980
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
44.620
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 7.622
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.572
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.337
When I try to enable persistence 1.232
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.568
When I log in to a new session 9.769
And all notifications have disappeared 8.670
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.831
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.014
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.876
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000