Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4513 25 Jul 2026, 11:26

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 22:37.503 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:36.770
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 1:21.865
And I update the APT lists using apt 7.494
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.244
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.166
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.039
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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31.117
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 8.736
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 16.061
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.317
And persistence is disabled 0.105
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.896
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.830
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:47.731
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 8.465
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.317
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.125
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 23.639
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.083
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.936
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.896
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.201
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.066
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.617
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
31.845
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 7.599
And the system is very low on memory 4.732
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.222
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.791
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.216
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.712
And I free up some memory 0.894
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 10.633
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.043
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.188
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:50.940
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 8.507
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.430
And all tps features are active 6.087
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.158
When I disable the first tps feature 2.684
Then all tps features but the first one are active 5.891
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.176
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:11.810
Then all tps features but the first one are active 6.192
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.003
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.047
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13.379
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 7.617
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.085
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.065
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.049
When I disable the first tps feature 2.690
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.059
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.047
When I enable the first tps feature 2.655
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.067
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.041
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.901
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
13.940
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.008
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.889
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.085
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.069
And I disable the first tps feature 2.821
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.994
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.080
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.871
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
45.451
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 7.300
And the network is plugged 0.019
And Tor is ready 12.208
And I take note of which tps features are available 4.361
When I write some files expected to persist 1.395
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.237
# 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" 12.926
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.332
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:47.053
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 7.504
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 10.468
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.204
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.324
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:9.101
And I capture all network traffic 0.004
And the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 11.808
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.362
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.062
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.177
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.939
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.061
Tags: @product
43.150
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 stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.187
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.074
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 14.428
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 19.459
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.890
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:57.722
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 8.445
When I enable persistence 19.877
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.752
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.571
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.325
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.249
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.499
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 25.419
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.144
When I cold reboot the computer 6.292
And the computer reboots Tails 38.640
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.265
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.261
Given I enable persistence 11.900
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.094
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.250
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.590
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.138
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.672
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
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2:15.374
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 7.978
# 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 31.682
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.384
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:10.494
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 19.834
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.285
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.014
Tags: @product
41.959
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 7.597
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.677
Then persistence is disabled 0.094
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.949
And all notifications have disappeared 8.689
When I delete the persistent partition 2.629
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.323
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.842
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:23.284
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 7.185
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.129
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.795
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:8.924
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.250
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.990
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.013
Tags: @product
54.250
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 7.738
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.055
When I try to enable persistence 1.193
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 13.795
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.058
And all notifications have disappeared 7.773
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.398
And all tps features are enabled 5.650
And all tps features but the first one are active 5.585
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.963
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:16.990
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 35.154
And I enable persistence 25.119
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.799
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.647
And persistence is enabled 6.269
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.875
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
26.355
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 6.973
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 18.807
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.575
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.880
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
36.644
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 8.316
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 10.648
When I enable persistence 11.680
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.047
And persistence is successfully enabled 5.951
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.801
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
31.068
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.507
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.469
When I try to enable persistence 1.254
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.684
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.191
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.344
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.099
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.285
Then persistence is successfully enabled 4.232
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.945
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
46.604
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 7.437
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.060
When I try to enable persistence 1.170
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 12.928
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.187
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.026
When I log in to a new session 10.655
And all notifications have disappeared 9.363
# 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" 0.140
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.524
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.162
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.230
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.715
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.917
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
45.866
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 7.637
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.507
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.327
When I try to enable persistence 1.239
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.879
When I log in to a new session 11.102
And all notifications have disappeared 8.926
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.321
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.924
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.176
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000