Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4502 21 Jul 2026, 08:10

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 22:9.350 Passed
Tags: @product
Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
Tags: @product
1:34.110
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 1:19.758
And I update the APT lists using apt 7.170
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.311
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.869
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.749
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
31.928
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 8.677
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 16.116
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.245
And persistence is disabled 0.096
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.792
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.067
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:43.546
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 9.003
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.405
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.132
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 21.578
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.065
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.510
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.611
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.200
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.039
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.742
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
32.347
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 8.288
And the system is very low on memory 4.846
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.248
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.865
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.176
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.412
And I free up some memory 0.953
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 10.510
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.046
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.892
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:46.434
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 enabled and logged in 8.019
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.417
And all tps features are active 5.484
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.980
When I disable the first tps feature 2.578
Then all tps features but the first one are active 4.760
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.964
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:10.788
Then all tps features but the first one are active 5.440
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.084
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008
Tags: @product
13.399
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 7.825
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.115
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.051
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.056
When I disable the first tps feature 2.679
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.069
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.045
When I enable the first tps feature 2.461
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.050
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.043
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.815
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
13.181
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 7.502
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.058
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.054
And I disable the first tps feature 2.600
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.889
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.075
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.609
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
44.936
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 7.110
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 13.247
And I take note of which tps features are available 4.171
When I write some files expected to persist 1.148
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.018
# 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" 12.222
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.361
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:48.478
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 7.023
And the network is plugged 0.066
And Tor is ready 10.923
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.122
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.866
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:11.130
And I capture all network traffic 0.004
And the network is plugged 0.018
And Tor is ready 11.764
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.380
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.069
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.109
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.905
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.057
Tags: @product
42.211
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 8.346
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.075
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 14.984
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 17.804
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.237
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
2:55.812
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 8.642
When I enable persistence 20.473
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.696
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.539
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.334
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.225
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.540
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 24.666
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.151
When I cold reboot the computer 6.617
And the computer reboots Tails 37.662
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.279
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.178
Given I enable persistence 11.321
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.069
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.228
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.012
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.171
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.034
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
2:10.346
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 7.963
# 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 27.630
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.046
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:9.434
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 18.271
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.321
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
39.615
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 7.613
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.391
Then persistence is disabled 0.099
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 7.210
And all notifications have disappeared 8.245
When I delete the persistent partition 2.664
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.389
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.691
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:20.445
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 7.268
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.102
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.020
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.797
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.256
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.861
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.015
Tags: @product
53.435
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 7.627
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.084
When I try to enable persistence 1.197
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 13.300
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.036
And all notifications have disappeared 7.859
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.237
And all tps features are enabled 5.895
And all tps features but the first one are active 5.196
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.752
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:15.141
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 32.835
And I enable persistence 26.034
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.365
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.691
And persistence is enabled 6.214
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.666
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
27.631
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 7.045
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 19.975
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.610
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.586
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
36.874
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 8.129
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 11.411
When I enable persistence 11.631
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.048
And persistence is successfully enabled 5.653
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.127
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
28.942
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 7.650
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.170
When I try to enable persistence 1.272
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.818
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.176
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.335
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.074
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.162
Then persistence is successfully enabled 4.281
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.856
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
44.556
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 7.461
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.064
When I try to enable persistence 1.195
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 10.733
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.159
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.026
When I log in to a new session 10.531
And all notifications have disappeared 9.168
# 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" 0.180
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.607
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.249
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.354
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.822
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.918
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
45.973
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 7.520
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.057
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.342
When I try to enable persistence 1.192
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.413
When I log in to a new session 11.212
And all notifications have disappeared 9.216
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.274
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.742
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.848
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000