Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4512 25 Jul 2026, 01:39

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 20:55.319 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:32.822
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 1:18.002
And I update the APT lists using apt 7.467
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.367
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.984
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.958
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
28.743
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 8.319
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.646
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.218
And persistence is disabled 0.088
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.471
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.204
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:34.837
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 8.111
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.379
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.132
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.982
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.052
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.464
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.480
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.174
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.059
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.872
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.010
Tags: @product
28.913
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 7.348
And the system is very low on memory 4.128
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.208
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.800
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.166
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.414
And I free up some memory 0.813
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.972
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.059
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.875
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:40.428
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 8.138
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.308
And all tps features are active 4.981
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.780
When I disable the first tps feature 2.471
Then all tps features but the first one are active 4.562
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.988
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.613
Then all tps features but the first one are active 4.582
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.799
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009
Tags: @product
12.855
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 7.443
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.060
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.106
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.058
When I disable the first tps feature 2.490
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.046
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.025
When I enable the first tps feature 2.469
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.096
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.057
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.900
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
12.727
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 7.028
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.127
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.071
And I disable the first tps feature 2.584
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.869
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.045
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.000
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
42.460
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 7.119
And the network is plugged 0.026
And Tor is ready 12.528
And I take note of which tps features are available 4.193
When I write some files expected to persist 1.101
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.359
# 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" 12.130
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.305
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:37.972
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 7.159
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 10.085
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.151
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.402
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.539
And I capture all network traffic 0.002
And the network is plugged 0.023
And Tor is ready 11.045
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.355
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.074
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.115
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.910
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.086
Tags: @product
40.808
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 8.282
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.089
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 12.900
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 18.535
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.940
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:46.505
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 7.955
When I enable persistence 17.044
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.724
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.375
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.349
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.227
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.542
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 23.676
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.146
When I cold reboot the computer 6.224
And the computer reboots Tails 36.126
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.263
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.168
Given I enable persistence 10.395
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.103
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.206
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.821
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.152
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.888
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
Tags: @product
2:4.136
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 7.974
# 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 25.494
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.416
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:4.663
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 20.588
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.997
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.056
Tags: @product
38.847
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 7.768
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.369
Then persistence is disabled 0.086
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.221
And all notifications have disappeared 8.281
When I delete the persistent partition 2.721
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.398
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.905
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:19.810
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 7.496
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.057
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.940
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.065
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.251
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.927
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
Tags: @product
49.146
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 7.669
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.041
When I try to enable persistence 1.200
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 12.271
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.035
And all notifications have disappeared 7.941
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.286
And all tps features are enabled 4.873
And all tps features but the first one are active 4.826
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.615
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:10.945
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 31.879
And I enable persistence 24.316
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.845
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.548
And persistence is enabled 5.354
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.858
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
25.848
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 6.997
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 18.283
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.568
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.889
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
33.013
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 7.578
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.706
When I enable persistence 10.208
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.050
And persistence is successfully enabled 5.468
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.777
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
27.736
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 7.343
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.674
When I try to enable persistence 1.288
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.080
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.159
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.362
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.059
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.132
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.634
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.985
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
42.863
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 7.316
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.046
When I try to enable persistence 1.215
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 10.380
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.154
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.028
When I log in to a new session 10.080
And all notifications have disappeared 9.112
# 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" 0.136
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.366
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.157
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.200
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.667
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.959
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
43.896
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 7.474
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.781
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.361
When I try to enable persistence 1.269
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.824
When I log in to a new session 10.203
And all notifications have disappeared 8.852
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.402
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.727
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.034
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000