Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4511 24 Jul 2026, 11:23

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 22:6.685 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:32.750
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 1:18.169
And I update the APT lists using apt 7.205
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.316
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.057
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.043
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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29.529
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 8.404
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.122
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.263
And persistence is disabled 0.103
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.635
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.894
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:39.209
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 8.540
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.283
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.079
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 19.359
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.057
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.743
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.882
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.211
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.051
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.601
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.011
Tags: @product
31.479
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 7.390
And the system is very low on memory 4.685
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.205
When I try to create a persistent partition 6.124
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.102
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.361
And I free up some memory 0.779
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.761
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.069
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.876
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:47.760
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 8.123
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.321
And all tps features are active 5.585
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.293
When I disable the first tps feature 2.519
Then all tps features but the first one are active 5.122
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.717
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:11.958
Then all tps features but the first one are active 5.119
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.755
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
13.421
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 7.492
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.064
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.063
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.053
When I disable the first tps feature 3.004
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.066
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.033
When I enable the first tps feature 2.511
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.053
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.076
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.753
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
12.742
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
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.077
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 2.919
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.039
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.058
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
54.106
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 7.312
And the network is plugged 0.020
And Tor is ready 22.023
And I take note of which tps features are available 4.290
When I write some files expected to persist 1.133
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.313
# 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" 12.012
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.200
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:45.676
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 7.755
And the network is plugged 0.049
And Tor is ready 10.400
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.161
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.085
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.396
And I capture all network traffic 0.005
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 12.150
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.423
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.095
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.136
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.630
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.079
Tags: @product
42.213
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 8.344
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.081
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 13.509
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 19.277
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.333
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:53.459
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 8.312
When I enable persistence 20.894
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.973
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.341
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.373
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.235
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.532
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 24.059
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.173
When I cold reboot the computer 6.327
And the computer reboots Tails 37.066
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.252
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.177
Given I enable persistence 10.917
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.068
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.208
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.385
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.160
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.886
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
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2:13.080
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 8.300
# 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 28.901
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.826
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:7.356
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 22.695
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.052
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.035
Tags: @product
38.637
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 7.761
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.507
Then persistence is disabled 0.105
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.068
And all notifications have disappeared 8.163
When I delete the persistent partition 2.660
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.370
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.611
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:22.733
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 enabled and logged in 7.510
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.062
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.102
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.771
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.285
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.573
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.056
Tags: @product
52.351
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.016
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.556
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.063
When I try to enable persistence 1.186
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 12.876
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.689
And all notifications have disappeared 7.890
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.910
And all tps features are enabled 5.912
And all tps features but the first one are active 5.265
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.911
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:14.712
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 32.816
And I enable persistence 25.999
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.268
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.588
And persistence is enabled 6.038
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.896
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
26.617
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 7.075
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 18.904
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.637
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.623
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
35.438
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 7.990
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 10.045
When I enable persistence 11.394
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.050
And persistence is successfully enabled 5.958
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.718
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
29.453
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 7.245
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.987
When I try to enable persistence 1.256
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.378
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.163
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.516
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.046
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.148
Then persistence is successfully enabled 4.710
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.913
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
46.992
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 7.500
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.056
When I try to enable persistence 1.173
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 11.430
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.144
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.027
When I log in to a new session 11.235
And all notifications have disappeared 10.357
# 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" 0.182
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.475
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.180
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.517
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.710
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.819
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
44.318
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 7.354
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.921
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.342
When I try to enable persistence 1.189
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.850
When I log in to a new session 10.284
And all notifications have disappeared 9.173
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.279
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.923
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.988
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000